Origins of Fairy Lore
Fairies are a popular theme in the folklore of various cultures, largely that of Europe, and remain ever-popular in modern literature and fiction. The concept of fairies can range from being strongly or loosely based on the fae of medieval Western Europe, which, at the time was Old France. The fae of that region could [...]
Fairy Rings
The fairy ring is also known as a fairy circle, elf circle, pixie circle, and so on and so forth. It is a naturally occurring ring of either mushrooms, darker green grass, or dead grass and can grow to be over ten meters in diameter. A fairy ring is typically a gateway into the realm [...]
Classification Of Fairies
Fairies are divided in Scottish folklore as being in two separate categories, the Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Afterwards, the famous poet, William Butler Yeats divided them further into two other categories; the Trooping and Solitary Fairies. The Seelie Court is composed of different fairy creatures, all mainly benevolent, and with mostly beneficent intent towards humans. [...]
Changelings
A changeling is basically a fairy child, or a type of Fae infant that has been put in the place of a human infant. According to the folklore of various cultures in Europe, trolls, fairies, or elves, would steal a human child, and replace it with one of their own, or worse, a “stock” which [...]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of the most widely popular plays by William Shakespeare, written in the 1590’s. It’s the story of four star crossed lovers, with various sub-plots regarding fairies in the forest, and an acting troupe whose leaders becomes involved with them in their mischief. The Athenian lovers are Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius, [...]