nostalgebraist:

In the original, serialized version, Pinocchio dies a gruesome death: hanged for his innumerable faults, at the end of Chapter 15. At the request of his editor, Collodi added chapters 16–36, in which the Fairy with Turquoise Hair (or “Blue Fairy”, as the Disney version names her) rescues Pinocchio and eventually transforms him into a real boy, when he acquires a deeper understanding of himself, making the story more suitable for children. In the second half of the book, the maternal figure of the Blue-haired Fairy is the dominant character, versus the paternal figure of Geppetto in the first part.

Pinocchio died for our sins, and was then resurrected through divine (i.e. editorial) intervention

Turquoise hair… introduced for the purpose of enabling the protagonist’s character development… by rescuing him from his faults…

The Blue Fairy: manic dream girl pixie?