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a tiny diva who'll bless or curse you depending on the milk you left out
means a small supernatural being of folklore, often winged and magical, capable of both kindness and mischief toward humans.
from From Old French 'faerie,' meaning enchantment or the realm of magical beings, built on 'fae' (a fairy), which traces back to Latin 'fata' — the Fates, those goddesses who spun out human destinies. So a fairy is, etymologically, a creature of fate and enchantment: the word once described the magic before it described the maker of it. 'Fata' itself comes from 'fatum,' literally 'that which is spoken' — a cousin of 'fate' and 'fable.'
- iron weakness
- folklore says cold iron repels them instantly
- name origin
- from Latin fata, the Fates themselves
- dark roots
- old fairies kidnapped babies and soured cream
- ring danger
- dancing in fairy circles trapped mortals for years
- victorian rebrand
- shrunk into harmless winged garden cuties
tooth fairy tradition — american practice where children receive money for lost teeth, documented since early 1900s
fairy circles namibia — unexplained circular bare patches in namib desert grasslands spanning decades
cottingley fairies hoax — 1917 photographs of fairies in yorkshire that fooled arthur conan doyle, revealed as fake in 1983