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MattPriceTime wrote: The Number of fairys is often one of the details that no doubt had many different versions over the years. Depending on what version you find it could be a wide number.

But for comparison and pointless trivia for us so inclined lol:

The Charles Perrault version has Seven, the dark fairy being the Eighth

The Brothers Grimm version Little Brier Rose has Twelve, the dark fairy is Thirteenth

In the story that predates both versions and serves as inspiration, Sun, Moon and Talia by Giambattista Basile, there's no fairies at all. It's just a bad horroscope.

I'm not sure if there's another version that dwindled it down to three before Disney, but if there is, someone please add the info. :)

I've heard of most of these versions but I'm sure Once will go the Disney version (not that there's anything wrong with that) as Maleficent is the Disney version of the wicked fairy godmother. but the three of them could be part of the twelve or seven.