Mommy Fortuna is a major antagonist in the 1968 fantasy novel The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle and its 1982 animated film adaptation of the same name. In the film, she was voiced by Angela Lansbury, who also portrayed Mrs. Iselin in The Manchurian Candidate, Ruth in The Pirates of Penzance and Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
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The Unicorn encounters Mommy Fortuna while resting during her journey. Fortuna has manages to capture one other mythical creature for her show; the harpy Celaeno. Mommy Fortuna is a witch who uses her illusory magic to run the Midnight Carnival, which showcases mythical creatures that are, in truth, just normal animals disguised by her spells. However, her magic only works on weak-minded people who believe whatever comes easiest. Her other victims include a snake made to seem like one aspect of Jörmungandr, a lion she disguises as a Manticore, a monkey she makes appear as a Minotaur and even a spider she has people convinced is Arachne, the woman transformed into a spider for her need to show-off her weaving beauty.