Fae

In folklore, is one of a variety of supernatural beings endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment. Belief in fairies has existed from earliest times, and literatures all over the world have tales of fairies and their relations to humans. Some Christians have said that fairies were the ancestors of the ancient pagan god, who, having been replaced by newer deities, were hostile. Others thought that fairies were nature deities, similar to the Greek nymphs. Still others identified fairies with the souls of the dead, particularly the unbaptized or fallen angels. Among their many guises, fairies have been described as tiny, wizen faced old men, like the Irish leprechaun; as beautiful enchantresses who wooed men to their deaths, and as hideous, man eating giants, like the ogre. Fairies were frequently supposed to reside in a kingdom of their own- which might be underground, as with gnomes; in the sea, as with mermaids; in an enchanted part of the forest; or in some far land. Sometimes a king or queen ruled them. Although fairies were usually represented as mischievous, capricious, and at times, even demonic, they could also be loving and bountiful. Sometimes fairies entered into love affairs with mortals, but usually such liaisons involved some restriction or compact and frequently ended in calamity. Various peoples have emphasized particular kinds of fairies in their folklore, as the Arabic jinn, the Scandinavian troll, the Celtic manic elf, and the English pixie.

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