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Kristin Bauer Van Straten has said in quite a few interviews that Maleficent is in fact a dragon, presumably one with the unique ability to transform into a human and perform magic as the few other dragons we've seen on-screen have not displayed this ability.

But the original fairy tale makes her a fairy, while the Disney movie makes her into a sorceress (the 2014 movie keeps her a fairy). In every incarnation she's something different. LOL