Allies’s list of the fairies.
Jabez Allies (1787-1856) in Antiquities of Worcestershire (second edition, 1852) included in the book an enlargement of an earlier pamphlet on ‘The Ignis Fatuus or…
Category: Fairies
AINSEL
This is a variant of the ‘Noman’ story and is told in Richardson’s Table-Book about the faries of Northumberland. A widow and her little boy…
Aedh
Aedh {ay). The son of Eochail Lethderg, Prince of Leinster, who was playing hurling with his young companions when he was carried into a BRUGH,…
Seelie court and Unseelie court
In Scottish folklore, the seelie court and unseelie court are the two groups of the fairy folk. The seelie is good and the unseelie is…
Fairy, Birth
In the famous story Sleeping Beauty, a king and queen, celebrating the birth of a long-awaited royal heir, throw a festive banquet for Fairies. Each…
FLOWER FAIRY
Tiny little winged spirits, flitting from flower to flower: these are flower Fairies. Regular Fairies compare in size to humans, although many are skilled shape-shifters…
GREEN FAIRY
The Green Fairy is the Absinthe Fairy. Absinthe may refer to two things: absinthe names the herb Artemisia absinthium, more commonly known in English as…
Fairy Queens
Post-Christianity, some powerful Pagan spirits were reclassified as saints. See Also: Brigid.) Others were reclassified as Fairy Queens. Fairy Queens tend to be goddesses who…
Fatit
Fatit are Birth Fairies. Their name derives from Fate. Miren, another name used for them, derives from the Greek Moirae. Fatit are pretty, if extremely…
Oberon
OBERON : KING OF SHADOWS According to William Shakespeare, Oberon is King of the Fairies. Oberon and his consort Titania star in Shakespeare’s romantic comedy…