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Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale about a princess who is under an evil curse. In this category, you can read all about the story, from characters and setting to mood and tone.
286 Questions
What is name of witch in Sleeping Beauty?
Her name was, Voice actress: Eleanor Audley
Not a witch but an evil fairy of the kingdom. Maleficent curses Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) after not being invited to the celebration of the princess' birth. Voice actress: Mary Costa
Live action model: Helene Stanley
Daughter of King Stefan and his queen. The heroine of the story, charmed by the three good fairies and cursed by Maleficient. She is raised as a peasant under the psuedonym, Briar Rose.
When was the first book of Sleeping Beauty published?
The first 'modern' version dates from 1697, but there are earlier versions, such as Giambattista Basile's story 'Sun, Moon and Thalia' which appeared in 1634.
There are echoes of even earlier stories, dating from before 1500. Some of the very early versions are more like Greek myths and are far too shocking for use as children's stories. For example, in many of the early versions the sleeping beauty is raped by a prince or king, who later discovers that she is his daughter.
What was the name of the father in Sleeping Beauty?
The Fathers name is Stefan but the mothers is never mentioned!
What is the moral lesson in the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty?
Beauty comes from within. The beast is hideous in the beginning of the story which scares Belle but in the end, when the Beast becomes this compassionate creature; his physical feature doesn't seem to bother Belle as much.
Who is the protagonist in Sleeping Beauty?
is the Protagonist (the main character).
Note, the antagonists are her Stepsisters.
Sleeping Beauty is also known by other what two names?
An older version of the story is called 'Sun, Moon and Talia', Talia being her name in that case. The Brothers Grimm named her Briar Rose, while Tchaikovsky called her Aurora (translating the name of one of her daughters, from the second part of the story).
What witch made Sleeping Beauty prick her finger?
Snow White does not prick her finger. Out of all the Disney Princesses, only Sleeping beauty (Aurora) pricks her finger.
How do you undress sleeping people?
First: Reasons for doing this are almost certainly illegal.
Second: I highly suggest you don't try.
What is the name of the evil queen from Sleeping Beauty?
In Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the evil queen's name is just the Queen. However, several Disney productions in the 1930's she is referred to as Queen Grimhilde.
Why the sleeping beauty felt happy?
This is about a young princess who was born, and so the king and queen celebrated and invited all the fairies except for one because they only had 12 golden plates to eat off of. All the fairies casted spells on the princess that would make her smart, pretty, kind and so on. then the one fairy that was not invited showed up and was so angry she casted a spell on her that when she turned 15 she was to prick her finger on a spindle and die. The king and queen were horrified, so the last fairy who had not cast a spell on the princess thought and even though she could not undo the spell she could not make it so bad so instead of dieing she would fall asleep for 100 years. the king and queen tried to prevent that from happening so they outlawed spindles throughout the country. When the princess turned 15 she woke and was excited to be another year old, she got up and started to explore the castle, when she found a tower so she climbed up it opened it up and went inside. Inside there was an old women that could not hear real well. She was up spinning on her spindle because she had not heard the king and queen when they outlawed spindles. The princess looked at it and got pricked by the spindle and went over to the bed near by a fell into a deep sleep. The whole intire castle fell into a deep sleep the king and queen, the cook, the animals, and even the flies. For 100 years princes from all over had heard of the lovely princess and went to g see her but could never get over a huge poky rose plant. Finally one day when 100 years was nearly over a prince showed up and got over the plant and went inside the castle and saw everything asleep. Then he found the tower went inside and saw the beautifull princess and kissed her and the whole castle woke up, and the prince and the princess got married and loved happily ever after.
What is the name of the green fairy in Sleeping Beauty?
Merryweather
In the Disney version of the Sleeping Beauty, the three fairy godmothers are called Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. Merryweather dressed in blue, had black hair and was the shortest of the three. Flora dressed in red and Fauna in green. These particular fairies were Disney interpretations of the 1697 fairy tale by Charles Perrault. However, these characters do not appear in traditional folk versions of the tale.
(Merryweather is often found spelled in different ways, but this is the Disney spelling.)
When will Sleeping Beauty be released from the Disney vault?
Sleeping Beauty - 1959 was released on:
USA: 29 January 1959 (Los Angeles, California) (premiere)
Brazil: 6 February 1959
USA: 17 February 1959 (New York City, New York)
Argentina: 9 July 1959
UK: 29 July 1959
West Germany: 30 October 1959
Italy: 1 December 1959
Ireland: 13 December 1959
France: 16 December 1959
Netherlands: 17 December 1959 (English version)
Finland: 18 December 1959
Sweden: 19 December 1959
Australia: 24 December 1959
Mexico: 24 December 1959
Denmark: 26 December 1959
Norway: 26 December 1959
Austria: 15 January 1960
Netherlands: 14 April 1960 (Dutch version)
Hong Kong: 26 May 1960
Japan: 23 July 1960
Spain: 3 October 1960 (Madrid)
Portugal: 2 April 1961
Poland: 1962
Turkey: 23 April 1962
Hungary: 30 June 1966
Italy: 3 October 1969 (re-release)
East Germany: 10 October 1969
USA: 10 June 1970 (re-release)
France: 31 March 1971 (re-release)
Japan: 26 June 1971 (re-release)
Finland: 22 December 1972 (re-release)
Spain: 17 December 1973 (re-release)
Portugal: 21 December 1973 (re-release)
West Germany: 16 June 1977 (re-release)
USA: 28 September 1979 (re-release)
France: 25 March 1981 (re-release)
Australia: 23 April 1981 (re-release)
Spain: 2 April 1982 (Madrid) (re-release)
Japan: 21 July 1984 (re-release)
USA: 7 March 1986 (re-release)
USA: 12 June 1987 (re-release)
France: 24 June 1987 (re-release)
Australia: 27 June 1987 (re-release)
Japan: 23 July 1988 (re-release)
Italy: 24 March 1989 (re-release)
France: 28 June 1995 (re-release)
Denmark: 4 August 1995 (re-release)
Finland: 18 August 1995 (re-release)
Poland: 18 August 1995 (re-release)
Austria: 24 August 1995 (re-release)
Germany: 24 August 1995 (re-release)
Hungary: 24 August 1995 (re-release)
Greece: 1 September 1995 (re-release)
Sweden: 8 September 1995 (re-release)
USA: 10 September 1995 (re-release)
Netherlands: 12 October 1995 (re-release)
Japan: 16 December 1995 (re-release)
Kuwait: 24 May 1999
USA: 22 August 2002 (re-release)
Who is the main character of Sleeping Beauty?
In the Disney version of the story there are:
Princess Aurora - the princess
Maleficent - the evil witch
Flora - the red fairy
Fauna - the green fairy
Merryweather - the blue fairy
Phillip - the prince
King Stefan - Aurora's father
Queen Leah
Who sang the original Once Upon A Dream from the 1959 Disney Sleeping Beauty?
Mary Costa, who did the voice or Princess Aurora/Briar Rose in the 1959 Disney Classic "Sleeping Beauty" sang all 3 versions in the movie (Intro, Middle and Ending) of "Once Upon A Dream" with Bill Shirley (The voice of Prince Phillip). ~Mary Costa is not just a voice for the character but also a talented professional Opera Singer.~
How did Sleeping Beauty Fall asleep?
"The prince's servants carry the coffin away. While doing so, they stumble on some bushes and the movement causes the piece of poisoned apple to dislodge from Snow White's throat, awakening her. "
