See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

FAIRY (Fr. See also:

• FEE

fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. See also:

• LAT

Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, See also:

• FATE

fate, destiny)  , the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TERM

term for a supposed See also:

• RACE

race of supernatural beings who magically intermeddle in human affairs . Of all the See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor creatures of See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology the fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable in literature . Like all organic growths, whether of nature or of the See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy, they are not the immediate product of one See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country or of one See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time; they have a See also:

• PEDIGREE

pedigree, and the question of their ancestry and See also:

• AFFILIATION (from Lat. ad filiare, to adopt as a son)

affiliation is one of wide bearing . But mixture and connexion of races have in this as in many other cases so changed the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original folk-product that it is difficult to disengage and See also:

• SEPARATE

separate the different strains that have gone to the making or moulding of the result as we have it . It is not in literature, however See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient, that we must look for the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early forms of the See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy belief . Many of See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer's heroes have fairy lemans, called See also:

• NYMPHS

nymphs, fairies taken up into a higher region of See also:

• POETRY

poetry and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion; and the fairy leman is notable in the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of See also:

• ATHAMAS

Athamas and his See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride Nephele, but this See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character is as See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar to the unpoetical See also:

• ESKIMO, ESKIMOS

Eskimo, and to the Red See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, with their See also:

• BIRD

bird-bride and See also:

• BEAVER
• BEAVER (from Fr. baviere, a child's bib, from bane, saliva)

beaver-bride (see A . See also:

• LANG, ANDREW (1844— )
• LANG, KARL HEINRICH, RITTER VON (1764-1835)

Lang's See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

Custom and Myth, " The Story of See also:

• CUPID (Cupido, " desire ")

Cupid and See also:

• PSYCHE (//vxi7)

Psyche ") . The Gandharvas of See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit poetry are also fairies . One of the most interesting facts about fairies is the wide See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution and See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long persistence of the belief in them . They are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• FACTOR (from Lat. facere, to make or do)

factor in surviving Irish superstition . Here they dwell in the raths," old See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth-forts, or earthen bases of later palisaded dwellings of the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, and in the subterranean houses, common also in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . They are an organized See also:

• PEOPLE

people, often called " the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army," and their See also:

• LIFE

life corresponds to human life in all particulars .

They carry off See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children, leaving See also:

• CHANGELING

changeling substitutes, transport men and See also:

• WOMEN

women into fairyland, and are generally the causes of all mysterious phenomena . Whirls of dust are caused by the fairy marching army, as by the being called Kutchi in the Dieri tribe of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia . In 1907, in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, a See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house was troubled with flying stones (see See also:

• POLTERGEIST (Ger. for " racketing spirit ")

POLTERGEIST) . The neighbours said that the fairies caused the phenomenon, as the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man had swept his See also:

• CHIMNEY (through the Fr. cheminee, from caminata, sc. camera, a Lat. derivative of caminus, an oven or furnace)

chimney with a bough of See also:

• HOLLY (Ilex Aquifolium)

holly, and the holly is " a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree," dear to the fairies . The fairy changeling belief also exists in some districts of See also:

• ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll, and a fairy boy dwelt long in a small See also:

• FARM

farm-house in See also:

• GLENCOE

Glencoe, now unoccupied . In Ireland and the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• HIGHLANDS, THE

Highlands See also:

• NEOLITHIC, or LATER STONE AGE (Gr. vEOr, new, and XLOos, stone)

neolithic arrow-heads and See also:

• FLINT
• FLINT, AUSTIN (1812-1886)
• FLINT, or FLTNTSHTRE (sir Gallestr)
• FLINT, ROBERT (1838- )
• FLINT, TIMOTHY (1780-1840)

flint chips are still fairy weapons . They are dipped in See also:

• WATER

water, which is given to ailing See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle and human beings as a See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign remedy for diseases . The writer knows of " a little lassie in See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green " who is a fairy and, according to the percipients, haunts the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Mukomar See also:

• POOL

pool on tha Lochy . In Glencoe is a fairy See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill where the fairy See also:

• MUSIC

music, vocal and instrumental, is heard in still See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather . In the Highlands, however, there is much more See also:

• INTEREST

interest in second sight than in fairies, while in Ireland the See also:

• REVERSE

reverse is the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case . The best See also:

• BOOK

book on See also:

• CELTIC

Celtic fairy See also:

• LORE
• LORE, AMBROISE DE (1396-1446)

lore is still that of the See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of See also:

• ABERFOYLE

Aberfoyle, the Rev . Mr See also:

• KIRK, SIR JOHN (1832- )

Kirk (ob .

1692) .