Maleficent's adoptive aunt and teacher, the Fairy Godmother, also dislikes her and feels that Maleficent is evil and Nanny should have just left her in the tree. She is always the target of ridicule and scorn from three of her classmates, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather. Due to her horns and her odd appearance, Maleficent is an outcast at the Fairy Academy. As Maleficent grows up, Nanny sees that the young fairy is exceptionally skilled in magic, and enrolls Maleficent in the Fairy Academy, of which Nanny is the headmistress. Nanny decides to take Maleficent home and raise her as her daughter. A fairy (nicknamed "Nanny") discovers Maleficent in the tree and is shocked at her abandonment. The plot of the book jumps back and forth in time, recounting moments in Maleficent's childhood and teen years, her years before cursing Aurora, and the days after Aurora falls into her cursed slumber.Īs a very small child, Maleficent was living in a tree in the Fairylands, being raised by crows. It is a tale of the Mistress of All Evil." It is a tale of love and betrayal, of magic and reveries. Here is one account, pulled down from the many passed down through the ages. So what of the dark fairy, Maleficent? Why does she curse the innocent princess? What led to her becoming so filled with malice, anger and hatred? Many tales have tried to explain her motives. But the power of good endures, as her true love defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love's first kiss. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. The story has been told many times, and in many ways. It is a tale of the Mistress of All Evil."The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods.
So what of the dark fairy, Maleficent? Why does she curse the innocent princess? What led to her becoming so filled with malice, anger, and hatred? Many tales have tried to explain her motives. The two live happily ever after.Īnd yet this is only half the story.
The story has been told many times and in many ways. The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods.
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