Fata Morgana
Encyclopedia
Fata Morgana may refer to:
- Fata Morgana (mirage)Fata Morgana (mirage)A Fata Morgana is an unusual and very complex form of mirage, a form of superior mirage, which, like many other kinds of superior mirages, is seen in a narrow band right above the horizon...
, an optical phenomenon - Morgan le FayMorgan le FayMorgan le Fay , alternatively known as Morgane, Morgaine, Morgana and other variants, is a powerful sorceress in the Arthurian legend. Early works featuring Morgan do not elaborate her character beyond her role as a fay or magician...
or , a sorceress in Arthurian legend
Film and television
- Fata Morgana (1965 film)Fata Morgana (1965 film)Fata Morgana is a 1965 Spanish drama directed by veteran filmmaker Vicente Aranda and distributed in America by Troma Entertainment. It grossed 1,882,000 ESP in the box office with 40,053 in attendance....
, a film by Vicente Aranda - Fata Morgana (1972 film), a film by Werner Herzog
- Fata Morgana (2007 film)Fata Morgana (2007 film)Fata Morgana is a 2007 German film directed by Simon Groß and starring Matthias Schweighöfer, Marie Zielcke and Jean-Hugues Anglade. The film is about a young couple ending up lost in the desert and...
, a film by Simon Groß - Fata Morgana (television program)Fata Morgana (television program)Fata Morgana was a Flemish television show which ran for five series between 2004 and 2008. It could be classified as a game show, though there were no prizes to be won....
, a Belgian game show - "Fata Morgana" (Sanctuary)Fata Morgana (Sanctuary)"Fata Morgana" is the third episode of the science fiction television series Sanctuary. The episode first aired on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on October 10, 2008. It subsequently aired on ITV4 in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2008. The episode, which is named after a mirage of the...
, an episode of Sanctuary
Literature
- "Fata Morgana", a 1939 poem by André BretonAndré BretonAndré Breton was a French writer and poet. He is known best as the founder of Surrealism. His writings include the first Surrealist Manifesto of 1924, in which he defined surrealism as "pure psychic automatism"....
- Fata Morgana, a 1977 crime novel by William KotzwinkleWilliam KotzwinkleWilliam Kotzwinkle is an American novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for Doctor Rat in 1977, and has also won the National Magazine Award for fiction. Kotzwinkle wrote the novelization of the...
- Fata Morgana, a 1992 crime novel by Roy JacobsenRoy JacobsenRoy Jacobsen is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing début in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv , which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris...
- Fata Morgana, a 1999 science fiction novel by Leo FrankowskiLeo FrankowskiLeo Frankowski was an American writer of science fiction novels. He lived in Russia for four years with his now ex-wife and adopted teenage daughter, but...
- Fata Morgana, a novella by Mykhailo KotsiubynskyMykhailo KotsiubynskyMykhailo Mykhailovych Kotsiubynsky , was a Ukrainian author whose writings described typical Ukrainian life at the start of the 20th century...
Music
- Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana, a 2000 album
- Fata Morgana, a 1995 album by Omar Faruk TekbilekOmar Faruk TekbilekÖmer Faruk Tekbilek , also known as Omar Faruk Tekbilek, is a Turkish flautist. He is known for his performances with the ney in a Sufi style...
- Fata Morgana, a 1995 EP by Fata Morgana, a side project of Mortiis
- Fata Morgana, a 1998 EP by DissidentenDissidentenDissidenten are a German rock band known for their collaborations with Middle Eastern, African and Indian musicians and the main protagonists of what the New York Times described in the 1980s as "world beat movement, led by groups like Dissidenten...."...
- "Fata morgana", a 1982 song by Krypton from Formaţii Rock 7
- "Fata Morgana", a 1985 song by Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung from Geld oder Leben!
- "Fata Morgana", a 1986 song by Fates Warning from Awaken the GuardianAwaken the GuardianAwaken the Guardian is the third album by Fates Warning. It was first released in 1986, and was later re-released as a double album with "No Exit" in 1992...
- "Fatamorgana (Mirage)", a 1989 song by Ofra Haza from Desert WindDesert Wind (album)Desert Wind was the 1989 album of Ofra Haza, who was already one the most popular singers in Israel. However, she was unknown in the rest of the world. It was the song "Im Nin'Alu" and the following album Shaday that brought her to the attention of Europe and the United States...
- "Fata Morgana", a 1993 song by Dana InternationalDana InternationalSharon Cohen , professionally known as Dana International is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever...
- "Fata Morgana", a 2007 song by El Guincho from AlegranzaAlegranza (album)Alegranza! is the second album from Spanish musician El Guincho.- Track listing :#Palmitos Park – 2:28#Antillas – 5:29#Fata Morgana – 3:34#Kalise – 5:08#Cuando Maravilla Fui – 3:34#Buenos Matrimonios Ahí Fuera – 6:46...
- Fata Morgana, a character in Sergei Prokofiev's opera The Love for Three Oranges
- Fata Morgana, a side project involving Tim AlexanderTim AlexanderTim "Herb" Alexander is an American musician, best known as the former drummer for the rock band Primus. Tim played on the Primus recordings Suck on This to Tales from the Punchbowl, before leaving the band in 1996, only to rejoin in 2003 for the EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People...
of Primus - "Fata Morgana Polka-mazurka", a 1868 polka by Johann Strauss II
Other uses
- Fata Morgana (Efteling)Fata Morgana (Efteling)Fata Morgana, the forbidden city, also known as 1001 Arabian Nights is a dark ride in amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It was designed by Ton van de Ven and Jan Verhoeven and opened in 1986....
, an amusement park ride in North Brabant, Netherlands - Fatamorgana (photo school)Fatamorgana (photo school)Fatamorgana is a Danish school of art photography in Copenhagen. Founded by Morten Bo in 1999, the school offers one-year introductory courses, divided up into two semesters, covering various aspects of documentary and conceptual photography...
, an art photography school in Copenhagen, Denmark - Fonte di Fata MorganaFonte di Fata MorganaThe Fonte di Fata Morgana , locally called the Casina delle Fate , at Grassina, not far from Florence, Italy, in the comune of Bagno a Ripoli, is a small garden building, built in 1573–4 as a garden feature in the extensive grounds of the Villa Riposo of Bernardo Vecchietti on the slope of the hill...
, a 15th-century building near Florence, Italy