In fairy tales, a fairy godmother (French: fée marraine; Spanish: Hada Madrina) is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or surrogate parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. The fairy godmother is a special case of the donor.
Rather than stemming from folklore, these figures come from the fairy tales of précieuses, and their presence there influenced many later tales and fantasy based on fairy tales.
Cyrano de Bergerac (/ˌsɪrənoʊ də ˈbɜːrʒəræk, - ˈbɛər-/ SIRR-ə-noh də BUR-zhə-rak, – BAIR-, French: [siʁano d(ə) bɛʁʒəʁak]) is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. The play includes elements of the life of the 17th-century novelist and playwright Cyrano de Bergerac, along with elements of invention and myth. Cyrano's iconic huge nose is based on reality (see the accompanying portrait) but in performance of the play is usually exaggerated.
The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the classical alexandrine form, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura. It is also meticulously researched, down to the names of the members of the Académie française and the dames précieuses glimpsed before the performance in the first scene.
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