Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the three sleeping beauty cake fairies in Walt Disney’s 1959 film Sleeping Beauty. She is the leader of the group.
Her gift to Aurora is the gift of beauty. She created and possesses the powerful Sword of Truth and the invulnerable Shield of Virtue, which she can conjure whenever she sees fit. She is voiced by Verna Felton. Fauna is the middle fairy, dressed in a green gown, a green hat, and a green cape clipped with a green triangle. She is shown to be a bit flighty, but is the kindest of the three and the most sensitive. Her gift to Aurora is the gift of song. She is voiced by Barbara Jo Allen.
Merryweather is the shortest fairy, dressed in a blue gown, a blue hat, and a blue cape clipped with a blue circle. She is the most aggressive of the fairies and is bolder and feistier than the other two. The three good fairies arrive at the christening of King Stefan and Queen Leah’s newborn daughter, Princess Aurora. They tell King Stefan and Queen Leah that each of them will give a single gift to the infant, and proceed to give their respective gifts, the first two being beauty from Flora and song from Fauna. Flora came up with the plan of the three of them raising Aurora while disguising as peasant women, as the unkind Maleficent would never expect such a thing. All of them are gleeful about it, and they become excited about taking care of a baby. Merryweather starts to get their wands, arguing that the sixteen years are almost over, but Flora and Fauna object.
Fauna says that she’ll make the cake. Later, they take Aurora to a room in the castle. They conjure a crown for her to wear as a princess, then they leave the depressed girl alone so she could recover more easily. The fairies place the sleeping Aurora on a bed in the topmost tower. They weep in sadness, and Flora decides that, in order to prevent everyone from being heartbroken, they put the entire kingdom to sleep until Princess Aurora awakens.
While falling asleep, King Hubert tries to tell Stefan of his son being in love with a peasant girl, which makes Flora realize that Prince Phillip is the man Aurora has fallen in love with, and they fly back to the cottage for him. The good fairies also appear in Disney’s live-action film Maleficent, as a trio of pixies named Knotgrass, Flittle, and Thistlewit, respectively. She blesses Aurora with the gift of beauty. She blesses Aurora with the gift of happiness.