Folklore fairies

Although I have discussed previously the evidence that fairies can be murdered, the general view of fairy-kind is that they’re immortal. Certainly, literary representations describe faery characte…

Brownies are house spirits which can be roughly classified as fairies. A typical brownie has the role of a helper but his view on house chores is pretty specific. Traditionally he works for the owners of the house by night, do what he (it looks male gender is in majority among brownies) is in the mood for (not as the master of the house might prefer) and is not always nice.

Richard Dadd

One of the most common questions I'm asked is if fairies have physicality, if they are tangible beings. This is rooted I think in the common idea perpetuated especially in new age and post-Victorian fairy belief that these beings are entirely energy or thoughtforms, creatures that can be perceived by the mind but lack physical reality in this world. So let's dig into this shall we? Arthur Rackham The simple answer is: yes, no, and maybe. Because, really, nothing with fairies is simple. The…

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The boundaries between the Otherworld and our own are said to be slighter on May Eve, and it is then that protection against the fairies is believed to be more crucial than at any other time of the…

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The Severn, Wye, and Ystwyth, weave their way to the sea from the Elenydd plateau in Wales. Folklore tells how their journeys began.