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Fairies
What is a fairy? you may ask - well according to Wikipedia -
“Fairies are generally described as human in appearance and having magical powers.
Their origins are less clear in the folklore, being variously dead, or some form of demon, or
a species completely independent of humans or angels. Folklorists have suggested that their
actual origin lies in a conquered race living in hiding, or in religious beliefs that lost
currency with the advent of Christianity. These explanations are not always mutually
incompatible, and they may be traceable to multiple sources.
Although in modern culture they are often depicted as young, sometimes winged, humanoids
of small stature, they originally were depicted much differently: tall, radiant, angelic beings
or short, wizened trolls being some of the commonly mentioned. Diminutive fairies of one
kind or another have been recorded for centuries, but occur alongside the human-sized
beings; these have been depicted as ranging in size from very tiny up to the size of a human
child. Even with these small fairies, however, their small size may be magically assumed
rather than constant.
Wings, while common in Victorian and later artwork of fairies, are very rare in the folklore;
even very small fairies flew with magic, sometimes flying on ragwort stems or the backs of
birds. Nowadays, fairies are often depicted with ordinary insect wings or butterfly wings.”
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