Fairies Fabulous Creatures Tales Literature

This category is for a variety of supernatural beings from folklore, endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment, including fairies (faeries), nymphs, (Irish) leprechauns, (English) pixies, (Scandinavian) trolls, (Germanic) elves, and (Arabic) jinni.

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• - An encyclopedia of all the different types of little people, from fairies to gnomes.
  
• - Pixy related folklore and stories.
  
• - Skeptical and humoristic analysis of the Tooth Fairy myth.
  
• - Multimedia website introducing seven different types of Irish fairies.
  
• - An ethnographic study by W.Y. Evans Wentz (1911), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.
  
• - Devoted to faeries and their realm, including origins, types, and artwork.
  
• - Encarta Encyclopedia definition and overview.
  
• - Description of several races of fairies in Italian folklore.
  
• - Encyclopedia article on fairies, including sections on Celtic mythology, literature and the visual arts.
  
• - Information on Irish fairies, including leprechauns and cluricauns, far darrig, silkies, banshees, and changelings.
  
• - Pictorial encyclopedia of the fae, with illustrations, definitions, and folktales.
  
• - Accompanying site to John Walker's documentary exploring the belief in fairies and portraying the people who believe in them.
  
• - Article by Jeremy Harte discussing abduction and changeling stories.
  
• - Article by Bob Trubshaw discussing fairies and the relation with ghosts, earthlights and abductions.
  
• - Information on Cicely Mary Barker, her poems and the fairies she created.
  
• - Neolithic grave mounds in the Cotswolds, once believed to be the abode of fairies.
  
• - Fairy folklore from the British Isles, as well as poetry and art section dedicated to fairies.
  
• - Article by Jeremy Harte discussing the appeal of the belief in fairies in the Victorian Age.
  
• - Illustrated overview of different types of Irish fairies.
  
• - Article by Jeremy Harte proposing that the current image of fairies developed from 14th century literature.
  
• - Article by Jeremy Harte on the meaning of the word barrow, and the "Hollow Hills" where the fairy dwell.
  
  

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