Fata Morgana
Fata morgana can refer to:
* A Roy Jacobsen crime novel, published in 1992
* An alternative name for
Morgan le Fay, the
fairy shapeshifting half-sister of
King Arthur (both "fata" and "Fay" mean
fairy.) The other uses of the phrase below derive from this use, all meaning an illusion, or illusory prospect.
* a
fata morgana, a mirage and
optical phenomenon* A 1573 building,
Fonte di Fata Morgana* A contemporary French
publishing house,
Fata Morgana*
Fata Morgana, a 19th century
poem by
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
* An 1868
polka by
Johann Strauss, op. 330
* "Fata Morgana", a humorous, somewhat bumbling witch character in an 1919 absurdist opera by
Sergei Prokofiev,
The Love for Three Oranges.
*
Fata Morgana, a 1931 play by
Ernest Vajda.
*
Fata Morgana, a 1952
Miss Marple crime novel by
Agatha Christie.
*
Fata Morgana, a 1969 film by
Werner Herzog.
*
Fata Morgana, a 1975 poem by
Nikos Kavvadias*
Fata Morgana, a 1977 crime novel by
William Kotzwinkle.
*
Fata Morgana, an annual review since 1996, publishing prize-winning short stories in Italian, with the themes "doubles, opposites, enemies, lovers."
*
Fata Morgana (Nico's Last Concert), a 1994 album of
Nico's last concert.
*
Fata Morgana, a 1999 science fiction book (ISBN 0671578766) by
Leo Frankowski, that deals with a floating continent.
*
Fata Morgana, a 2004 documentary movie by
Anastasia Lapsui and
Markku Lehmuskallio.
*
Fata Morgana, a character in the T.V. series
Darkwing Duck.
* A musical sideproject of
Mortiis,
Fata Morgana.
* A song by the progressive metal band
Fates Warning* A song by the Austrian band
Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung in 1985
* A song by the late Israeli singer
Ofra Haza
