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Fairy

A fairy (also fay or faerie/faery) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with magical, metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.

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First attested
In folklore
Grouping
Legendary creaturePixieSpriteTuatha Dé Danann
Region
Europe

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Changelings

Protective charms

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In visual art

Christian belief in fairies

Fairies in Non-European culture

In chess

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Fairy

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related to Bibliography · 101
Fairy → Alan Lee, Allen Lane, An Introduction, Anagnosis, Art, Ashliman, Bogies, Bown, Brian, Briggs, Brownies, Bungay, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Capall Bann, Carole, Coghlan, Cowan, Daimler, Diane Troublesome Things
related to In visual art · 22
Fairy → Alan Lee, Amy Brown, Ann Arbor, Arthur Rackham, Brian Froud, Cicely Mary Barker, David Delamare, Florence Harrison, Gustave Doré, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Images, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Local, Meredith Dillman, MI, Myrea Pettit, Nene Thomas, Rebecca Guay, Some, Suza Scalora
related to Popular culture · 17
Fairy → Blood, Chronicles, Club, Donas, Dragons, Dresden Files, Fairies, Fairly OddParents, Fowl, Girl, Magic, PreCure, Prydain, Row, Sicilian, Spiderwick Chronicles, TV
related to Protective charms · 16
Fairy → Another, Before, Bells, Bread, Celtic, In, In County Wexford, In Newfoundland, Ireland, John's, On, Seelie Court, St, The, This, Unseelie Court
related to Tuatha Dé Danann · 14
Fairy → After, Christian Ireland, Emain Ablach, Irish, Land, Mag Mell, Many, Otherworld, Pleasant Plain, The Tuatha Dé Danann, They, Tir, Tuatha Dé Danann, Youth
related to Legends · 13
Fairy → Bluebeard, Child, Elf-Knight, In, In Scotland, Isabel, Knockshigowna, Lady Isabel, Sometimes, Tam Lin, The, The Legend, Then
related to Origins · 12
Fairy → Celtic, Christianity, Early, Eve, Folklorists, Germanic, Greco-Roman, In, Ireland, The, The Scandinavian, These
related to Hidden people · 11
Fairy → Childe Rowland, David MacRitchie, Elfland, In, Orkney, Proponents, Scottish, Stone Age, The, There, Victorian
related to In literature · 11
Fairy → Bordeaux, Chaucer, Faerie, Fairies, Huon, King, King Oberon, Sir Launfal, Sir Orfeo's, The, These
related to Classifications · 10
Fairy → Both, Germanic, In, In Scottish, Seelie Court, Unseelie Court, Using, Various, While, Yeats

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fairies folklore also nature modern spirits one magical victorian tales described angels people celtic later various beings sometimes common literature

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FairyFirst attestedIn folklore1.00infobox
FairyGroupingLegendary creaturePixieSpriteTuatha Dé Danann1.00infobox
FairyRegionEurope1.00infobox
the Shahnameh by Ferdowsiinstance ofPeris were later described in various Persian works in great detail0.80text
cold ironinstance ofby means0.80text
charmsinstance ofby means0.80text
fairy forts were left undisturbedinstance ofLocations0.80text
Walter Scottinstance ofWriters0.80text
James Hogg were inspired by folklore which featured fairiesinstance ofWriters0.80text
such as the Border balladsinstance ofWriters0.80text
fairies or nature spiritsinstance ofChristian belief in fairiesMost Christians have been negative or skeptical regarding creatures0.80text
but a minority of Christian thinkers have advocated for the reality of fairies in positive termsinstance ofChristian belief in fairiesMost Christians have been negative or skeptical regarding creatures0.80text

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