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- | [[Image:Richard Dadd - Come unto These Yellow Sands.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Come unto These Yellow Sands'' (1842) by [[Richard Dadd]]. Images of nude and semi-nude fairies dancing in rings became popular during the Victorian era.]] | + | [[Image:Richard Dadd - Come unto These Yellow Sands.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Come unto These Yellow Sands]]'' ([[1842]]) by [[Richard Dadd]]. Images of nude and semi-nude [[fairies]] dancing in rings became popular during the [[Victorian era]].]] |
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A '''fairy''' ('''fey''' or '''fae''' or '''faerie'''; collectively '''wee folk,''' '''good folk''', '''people of peace''', and other euphemisms) is a [[spirit#Metaphysical and metaphorical uses|metaphysical spirit]] or [[supernatural]] being. | A '''fairy''' ('''fey''' or '''fae''' or '''faerie'''; collectively '''wee folk,''' '''good folk''', '''people of peace''', and other euphemisms) is a [[spirit#Metaphysical and metaphorical uses|metaphysical spirit]] or [[supernatural]] being. | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | ;General | ||
+ | * [[Apsara]] | ||
+ | * [[Fairy Godmother]] | ||
+ | * [[Houri]] | ||
+ | * [[Nymph]] | ||
+ | * [[Pixie]] | ||
+ | * [[Sprite (creature)|Sprite]] | ||
+ | * [[Sylph]] | ||
+ | * [[The Fairy witch trials of Sicily]] | ||
+ | * [[Tooth fairy]] | ||
+ | * [[Yakshini]] | ||
+ | * [[Yōsei]] | ||
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+ | ;Popular culture | ||
+ | * [[Artemis Fowl (series)|Artemis Fowl (book series)]] | ||
+ | * [[Cottingley Fairies]] | ||
+ | * [[List of fairy and sprite characters]] | ||
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A fairy (fey or fae or faerie; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace, and other euphemisms) is a metaphysical spirit or supernatural being.
See also
- General
- Apsara
- Fairy Godmother
- Houri
- Nymph
- Pixie
- Sprite
- Sylph
- The Fairy witch trials of Sicily
- Tooth fairy
- Yakshini
- Yōsei
- Popular culture
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