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Fairies, in Folklore,

Fairies, in folklore, are one of a variety of supernatural beings endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment. Although fairies are usually represented as mischievous, capricious, and, at times, even demonic, they can also be loving and beautiful. Fa'ae or fae or Fay all mean about the same thing: a group of special magical beings that look a little human with powers that go from good to evil. That's why you read about both the good fairy in the Wizard of Oz and the wicked Witch of the North. But here all we care about are the good ones. Although there are a number of fairies from literature which had specific names (Oberon, Titania, Puck, Robin Goodfellow, Meg etc.) most faeries in myths and legends were referred to by some local name such as pisky, boggart or trow . The reason for this is the fact that most faeries will not reveal their true names, but only a nickname. The power which ones true name holds over them is well known to wizards and many savage and superstitious peoples as well as to faeries. There are many tales where a faerie holds some threat over a human, and the only escape is by finding out the faerie's true name, which they often reveal unknowingly while singing to themselves unobserved (so they thought) by anyone. The most familiar of these stories is the tale of Rumpelstilzchen. The original fairies, or faeries, bestowed gifts upon newborn children, such as beauty, wealth and kindness. In the subsequent centuries they continued this original function, but expanded their activities into other types of meddling in human affairs. Fairies can only be seen clearly by animals and seldom by humans, although if one is fortunate enough, one might catch a fleeting glimpse. There are a few exceptions however. The first is when fairies use their power (known as 'glamour') to enable a human to see them. Also, during a full moon on Midsummer Eve a mortal may witness fairy dances or celebrations. And finally, by looking through a self-bored stone (a stone in which a hole has been made by tumbling in the waters of a brook; not found on a beach) one can see fairies distinctly. With faeries all around it was natural to wonder where they came from, and people have had various explanations for their origins. Some thought that the faeries are the souls of the dead, people who were not good enough to enter Heaven but not bad enough for Hell, and so they remained on Earth. Others thought that the faeries were the angels that had been cast out of Heaven, some fell into the sea and some onto the land, where they would do no harm if left alone. In Wales was a belief that the faeries were neither the dead nor fallen angels, but a race of spiritual, invisible beings living in a world of their own. Some have felt that the faeries were based on memories of a previous, conquered people who were driven into hiding by the invaders, seen only rarely afterwards.

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