FAIRY LORE

Thoughts and Articles on the Fey Folk

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Almost every culture has its version of fairy folk, who may also be known as fay, fae, elves, brownies, gnomes, goblins, kobolds, kelpies, nixies, peris, pixies, sylphs, trolls, leprechauns, and by many other names. As well, they have tended to be referred to, by those fearing to provoke them, with euphemisms such as The Good Folk, The Fair Folk, or simply The Folk.

This growing body of articles will explore fairies in their wide divergence of manifestions, in different traditions and cultures, though the emphasis will likely remain on European folklore, as that is my personal focus of interest (at least at this time).

-- C. Maria Plieger

Articles

· Introduction - Good Fairies, Bad Fairies
· The Celtic Fairyland - The Tuatha de Danaan or Children of Dana.
· The Wild Hunt - A folkloric phenomenon.
· What is a Fairy Tale? - How fairy tales differ from fairy lore.

Reviews

· Darby O'Gill and the Little People - (Movie) A tale of leprechauns, a banshee, and the Death Coach.
· Fairy Tale: a True Story - (Movie) Beyond the Cottingley fairies


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