Aurora (Disney)

Aurora (Disney)

Princess Aurora is a fictional character and the titular character of Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty. The Disney version of the character was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, written in 1634 in Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé. She is also known as Briar Rose which is the title of the German version of the fairy tale written by the Brothers Grimm. Aurora was first voiced by Mary Costa in the 1959 film. Erin Torpey took over in the sequels and was later replaced by Jennifer Hale. Aurora is the third member of the Disney Princess line.

Created by Walt Disney and animated by Marc Davis, Aurora is the princess of a fictionalized English kingdom and the only daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah. At her birth, two of three good fairies predicted that she would one day possess great beauty of person and of voice. However, on that day, she was also cursed by the evil fairy Maleficent, who foretold that on her sixteenth birthday, she would prick her finger on a Spinning wheel's spindle and die. The third remaining good fairy then altered the curse so that, when pricked with the spindle, she would only fall into a deep slumber, from which she would only be awakened by the kiss of Prince Phillip, to whom she was betrothed at birth.