La fata, wearing a gown decorated with moons and stars and a long conical hat called a hennin. Burattini e marionette : il loro teatro ed i loro fantocci. (Puppets and Marionettes: Their Theater and Their Characters). 1922.
In the burattini/marionette tradition, la fata is a stock supernatural character, a wise, magical female figure who intervenes to help the protagonist, often contrasting with villainous or trickster characters like Pulcinella or the Devil.
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