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(Sorry, this is in answer to the names of the Fairies, not limited to the Royal Ballet)

There are MANY. As the ballet was produced in different countries and different decades, alterations were made to suit time and place. Choreographer Marius Petipa originally named the fairies who brought gifts to the christening as Candide, Culant, Miettes qui tombent, Canarie qui chante, Violente, and the Lilac Fairy. The gifts were not objects but characterisitics, reflected in the fairies names and in their choreography. Here is at least a partial list:

Candide - White, Crystal, Fairy of the Crystal Fountain

Coulant - Gold, Fairy of the Enchanted Garden, Fairy of the Woodland Glade. I

have also heard of this variation as the Rose Fairy.

Miettes - Pink, the Crumb Fairy

Canarie - Yellow, Canary Fairy, Songbird Fairy

Violente - Orange - Finger Fairy, Electric Fairy, Fairy of the Golden Vine.

Lilac Fairy - she is the only one of these fairies who seems to continue unchanged. Her gift is wisdom, and she has some power to reduce the spell of the last and

uninvited wicked fairy, Carabosse, who also remains unchanged.

Fairies are also sometimes listed as their gifts/attributes, as in Fairy of: Beauty, Temperament, Purity, Joy, Wit, Generosity; Tender Fairy, Playful Fairy, Generous, Brave, Carefree.

Also keep in mind that there are four different fairies at the end of the ballet called Gold, Silver, Sapphire and Diamond.

Of course, Disney then went and made up their own.

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