One of the most common questions I'm asked is if fairies have physicality, if they are tangible beings. This is rooted I think in the common idea perpetuated especially in new age and post-Victorian fairy belief that these beings are entirely energy or thoughtforms, creatures that can be perceived by the mind but lack physical reality in this world. So let's dig into this shall we? Arthur Rackham The simple answer is: yes, no, and maybe. Because, really, nothing with fairies is simple. The…

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The Russian Fairy Tale of Vasilisa The Beautiful

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"Now who shall say there's no such thing as a magic spell or a fairy ring, for kindness of heart begins where it ends, as it goes round through a circle of friends".

Learn about the history of why iron hurts fairies in folk tales throughout history.

1-People Once Believed Their Fate Was Controlled By Fairies The root for the word fairy means ‘those who control death (and life);" in oth...

The boundaries between the Otherworld and our own are said to be slighter on May Eve, and it is then that protection against the fairies is believed to be more crucial than at any other time of the…