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a puppet that dances on strings while you pretend the strings aren't there
means a jointed puppet operated from above by strings or wires attached to its limbs and head.
from From French marionnette, a diminutive of Marion, itself a pet form of Marie — so the name literally means 'little Mary.' The link is fitting: such puppets were long used in medieval religious plays, often to depict the Virgin Mary and biblical scenes, and the little Marys gave their name to the whole family of string-pulled figures.
- name origin
- means little Mary, from medieval church Nativity puppets
- control bar
- called a control or perch, worked from above
- czech mastery
- Czech marionettes are a UNESCO-protected art form
- thunderbirds
- a 1960s TV show used electronic marionettes, dubbed supermarionation
- string count
- complex ones can have over thirty separate strings
pinocchio — wooden puppet character created by carlo collodi in 1881 italian novel
bunraku puppets — traditional japanese string puppets used in bunraku theater since the 17th century
prague marionette theatre — historic puppet theater in prague established in 1991, famous for don giovanni