2007-08-08 15:42:06 · 14 answers · asked by stormy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Of course they do. Now, there are several fairy kind. At least that I know of. There are the tiny one who are often mistaken with butterflies or dragon flies. You may spot them over quiet water streams, lakes, ponds, and lochs. There are others the size of humans like you and me and they are less seen nowadays, but some time ago, they lived especially in the UK, Germany, and the Celtic parts of Europe, such as Brittany. They can cross the border between Faerie land and Earth but they have mostly retreated to Faerie Land because Earth has been sort of unpleasant and crowded lately. I hope you like my theory :-)
2007-08-08 15:50:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No
The origin of the word "fairy," as given by Thomas Keightley in his Fairy Mythology, and later in the Appendix of his Tales and Popular Fictions, is the Latin fatum, "to enchant." The word was derived directly from the French form of the root. The various forms of the root were:--
Latin . . . . fatum, "to enchant."
French . . . . fee, feerie, "illusion."
Italian . . . . fata.
Provencal . . . . fada.
In old French romance, fee was a "woman skilled in magic." "All those women were called Fays who had to do with enchantment and charms and knew the power and virtue of words, of stones, and of herbs, by which they were kept in youth and in great beauty and in great riches." This was true also of the Italian fata.
The word "fairy" was used in four senses. Fairy represented:--
(1) Illusion, or enchantment.
(2) Abode of the Faes, the country of the Fays.
(3) Inhabitants collectively, the people of Fairyland.
(4) The individual in Fairyland, the fairy Knight, or Elf.
The word was used in the fourth sense before the time of Chaucer. After the appearance of Spenser's Faerie Queene distinctions became confused, and the name of the real fairies was transferred to "the little beings who made the green, sour ringlets whereof the ewe not bites." The change adopted by the poets gained currency among the people. Fairies were identified with nymphs and elves. Shakespeare was the principal means of effecting this revolution, and in his Midsummer Night's Dream he has incorporated, most of the fairy lore known in England at his time. But the tales are older than their name.
2007-08-08 16:33:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What I feel is that everything exists.
What we imagine, we create.
I have created a few winged angel types in my time, they must be still floating around somewhere.
Fairies are quite popular as a fantasy also.
I believe I have seen fairies in my garden, which I created and put a lot of love in to.
Fairies exist because we create them, and what we create exists.
2007-08-08 18:13:48 · answer #3 · answered by Astro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that they play a huge role in many cultures...
Recently on Sci-Fi, Ghost Hunters caught something to their effect on heat sensors. Of course, I'm not sure how much of their show is legit. and how much is B.S. -- I believe that they have ties to the Warren's and that's not a good thing...
However, to be honest, when you speak of fairies you speak of Earth spirits. I don't see why they would not exist. Just because I've never seen one does not mean it is not possible.
2007-08-08 15:56:09 · answer #4 · answered by lilly 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, definitely.
The most common type is "devas", which are nature spirits that look after trees, plants, animals, insects, birds and so on.
On each piece of land, there is a deva that takes care of each type of thing... one for the flowers, one for each type of insect, one for each type of mammal and so forth.
I get visits from a "cat deva"... when I am "sleeping in" and the cats want my attention , the will send this deva in to pull on the edge of my mattress to wake me up. I tell the deva that the cats have no fewer than 4 different bowls of food out there and plenty of water, so please let me sleep.
There are a lot more things out there than "science" will admit to. Shoot, they only just figured out there is something past the smallest subatomic particle, which they call "ether"... other cultures have different names for it... the nagual, the unified field, the etheric, the field of pure potential.
2007-08-08 17:28:53 · answer #5 · answered by revsuzanne 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fairies wear boots and you gotta believe me.
2007-08-08 16:12:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe long time ago it exist but now i seldom heard of it anymore may be they are beautiful Angels
2007-08-08 15:57:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I have known a few, how about you?
2007-08-09 11:23:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They do, but I lack their confidence to reveal themselves to me
2007-08-08 15:50:25 · answer #9 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really do, and i dont think it is up to us to ask why they wont reveal themselves to us.
2007-08-08 15:55:28 · answer #10 · answered by erika_sullivan1114 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋