Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

A fairy tale originally collected by the brothers Grimm. Snow White, a princess, is banished to the forest by her wicked stepmother, who is jealous of Snow White’s great beauty. Alone in the forest Snow White finds the cottage of the Seven Dwarfs. She offers to keep house for them in return for shelter. But … Read more

Fairies from the world

Creatures similar to European fairies appear in both written and oral literature, from the Sanskrit gandharva (semidivine celestial musicians) to the nymphs of Greek mythology and Homer, the jinni of Arabic mythology, and similar folk characters of the Samoans, of the Arctic peoples, and of other indigenous Americans. Abatwa – Said to be the tiniest … Read more

The Golden Age of Fairies

Between 1840 and 1870, historians have dubbed this period of time the “Golden Age of Fairies.” It is where former leading British Victorian Art Historian, Christopher Wood, begins his reference book with glimpses into what inspired a society to turn to the fantastic both with real-world examples and literary examples such as the societal fascination … Read more

Modern Times

Belief in fairies was still widespread in the early twentieth century, according to the testimony of W. Y. Evans-Wentz in The Fairy Faith in the Celtic Countries (London, 1911). An American-born believer in fairies, Evans-Wentz travelled all the Celtic countries on foot and collected material from all social classes, during which respondents spoke of their … Read more

An Historical Overview

of the Whereabouts of Gnomes and Elves, Fauns and Faeries, Goblins, Ogres, Trolls and Bogies, Nymphs, Sprites and Dryads, Past and Present BUCK YOUNG aka Mat Jacobsen wrote this article and it was originally published in Fireheart 6. A long, long time ago, the Earth belonged to the creatures of the wood. By creatures of … Read more

The departure of fairies

Patrick Logan writes of the opinions on fairies in our own century: Whatever took place, or was imagined, round about the year 1790, descriptions of it recorded as far apart as Nithsdale and Caithness are detailed, vivid and surprisingly alike. Invested with a curious atmosphere of mystery and regret, it is known as the Fairies’ … Read more

Famous Fairies from Fairy Tales

Fairy godmother : In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. There are present in Charles Perrault’s Cinderella, Dickens’ The Magic Fishbone and many more. Abonde — Dame … Read more

Gwynn ap Nudd

Gwynn ap Nudd is regarded as the king of the Tylwyth Teg, the fairies of Welsh lore and the leader of the Welsh Wild Hunt. According to Culhwch and Olwen, Culhwch was a great and famous noble warrior and also part of the hunt for the great boar Twrch Trwyth. Gwyn and Gwythyr also set … Read more