fairy godmothers
Wish-granting protectors
Fairy godmothers is the plural of fairy godmother—a benevolent magical figure who appears to help someone in need, famously transforming Cinderella for the ball.
The term extends to any person who provides unexpected assistance or makes something possible: The anonymous donor was a fairy godmother to the struggling theater company.
- wandsSlender implements for conjuring
- wishYearned-for outcome
- magicSupernatural or illusory power
- protectionGuarding against harm
- benevolenceDisposition toward doing good
Charles Perrault · transformation · guardian · benefactor · magic wands · happily ever after · Grimm Brothers · Cinderella · pumpkin carriage · kindness · enchantment · assistance · mentor · supporters · miracle · blessing · magical creatures · pixies
- legendsKing Arthur, Robin Hood, Hercules, Merlin, Excalibur
- folklore fictionfolktales, legends, fables, myths, sagas
- folktalesfolktales, animal fables, folktale, moral fables, fable
- Andersen TalesThe Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, The Wild Swans, The Nightingale
- girls fictionheroines, girl power, schoolgirls, princesses, coming-of-age
- Gothic castledungeons, towers, turrets, battlements, drawbridges
fairy godmothersevil stepmothers
Cruel remarried maternal figures
Maleficent · witches · malevolent spirits · hags · crones
fairy godmothersevil stepmothers
Cruel remarried maternal figures
villains · antagonists · wicked stepsisters · tormentors · oppressors
fairy godmothersevil stepmothers
Cruel remarried maternal figures
wicked stepmothers · exploiters · tyrants · slave-drivers · captors
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