 Andreas Deja (qv) based Jafar on Marc Davis (I) (qv)s design  for Maleficent in _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv). The two villains  share more than just looks: both carry a staff which they use to  execute evil magic; both have bird henchman (Maleficents is a  raven, Jafars a parrot), and both turn themselves into gigantic  animals in their respective films 