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A fairy also fay fae fair folk is a type of mythical being or legendary creature found in the folklore of multiple european cultures including celtic slavic german english and french folklore a form of spirit often described as metaphysical supernatural or preternatural.

Folklore fairies. It can appear as a dwarf creature typically having green clothes and hair living underground or in stone heaps and characteristically exercising magic powers to benevolent ends. One example of this is the case from co. When belief in fairies was common most people didn t like to mention them by name and so referred to them by other names. Myths and stories about fairies do not have a single origin but are rather a collection of folk beliefs from. In irish folklore the leprechaun was one of the best known male solitary fairy. Both of those stories are taken from a new book called magical folk. Edited by historian simon young and folklore researcher ceri houlbrook this.

However the leprechaun statuettes that we see in people s garden have being seriously misrepresented. As a diminutive sprite commonly in the shape of a. Fairies of folklore were vicious vindictive and cruel embodying forces of nature lesser deities or even the spirits of the dead depending on the legend and often appearing as. Most of us think of fairies as tiny creatures flitting about on gossamer wings waving a magic wand but history and folklore tell a different tale. The little people or the hidden people. The food folklore and fairies evening at o shea pub in dublin is a fantastic night out. Fairy also spelled faerie or faery a mythical being of folklore and romance usually having magic powers and dwelling on earth in close relationship with humans.

The whole community searched high and low for her looking in the fields ditches and woodlands but to no avail. Of all the fairies people the one that most people today are familiar with is the leprechaun. The return of the original child may be. According to legend the abducted human children are given to the devil or used to strengthen fairy stock. Everything went well the food was great and the evening ran to time with such precision. When a person or even a child goes missing there are repercussions which manifest in the local folklore and attitudes to the fairies. Fairies are a common theme in fantasy and legend but it may come as a surprise to many that the original fairies of folklore were far from the sweet and innocent beings we have come to see them as in modern times.