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by Perryman on November 6th, 2007

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What is a fata morgana?

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  • by pepe09 on November 8th, 2007

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    A mirage.

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  • by Lady Alathia of Vulcan on November 6th, 2007

    Lady Alathia of Vulcan

    It's another name for Morgan LaFay, the "evil" sister of King Arthur, and mother of his only son.

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  • by Marcie on November 6th, 2007

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    Shhh! You'll hurt Morgana'a feelings. She knows she is a little fata...don't rub it in!

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  • by VSPrasad on November 9th, 2007

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    mirage: a mirage or an illusion

    [< Italian, "Morgan le Fay"; from the belief that a fairy caused the mirage frequently seen near the Strait of Messina]

    http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861610620

    Italian, literally, Morgan le Fay (sorceress of Arthurian legend) - mirage

    http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=fata+morgana

    (science) A form of mirage caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere.

    http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana

    (Meteorology) a mirage consisting of multiple images, as of cliffs and buildings, that are distorted and magnified to resemble elaborate castles, often seen near the Straits of Messina.

    http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/Fata+Morgana

    A mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay.

    http://ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/index.html?service=ee&text=fata+morgana

    Fata Morgana is a Latin name for Morgan le Fay, the fairy 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 (mirage), a mirage and optical phenomenon
    In literature:

    Fata Morgana (poem), a 19th century poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
    Fata Morgana, a novella by Ukrainian writer Mykhailo Kotsiubyns'kyi, published in 1910.
    Fata Morgana, the German title for the 1952 Miss Marple crime novel They Do It with Mirrors.
    Fata Morgana, a 1975 poem by Nikos Kavvadias.
    Fata Morgana (1977 novel), a 1977 crime novel by William Kotzwinkle.
    Fata Morgana (1985 Sahara Elektrik), by Dissidenten.
    Fata Morgana (1992 novel), 1992 crime novel by Roy Jacobsen
    Fata Morgana, an annual review since 1996, publishing prize-winning short stories in Italian, with the themes "doubles, opposites, enemies, lovers".
    Fata Morgana (1999 novel), a 1999 science fiction book by Leo Frankowski.
    Fata Morgana, a contemporary French publishing house.
    "Fata Morgana" is the title of chapter 39 in Kurt Vonnegut's second novel Cat's Cradle. It references both the phenomenon of the mirage and alludes to one of the novel's characters, Mona Aamons Monzano, princess of San Lorenzo.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fata_Morgana

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