Directory of Fairies Resources

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• Cottingley Fairies

Resources in This Category

• All About Fairies

  http://www.all-about-fairies.com/
  Histories and origins of the fae and related creatures; belief and fairy tales in literature.

• Encyclopedia.com: Fairy

  http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/fairy.aspx
  Overview and definition; related articles available.

• Fairies and their kin

  http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/fairies.htm
  Article by Bob Trubshaw discussing fairies and the relation with ghosts, earthlights and abductions; links to related articles.

• Field Guide to Irish Fairies

  http://www.irelandseye.com/animation/intro.html
  Multimedia website introducing seven different types of Irish fairies.

• Hollow Hills

  http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/hollow.htm
  Article by Jeremy Harte on the meaning of the word barrow, and the "Hollow Hills" where the fairy dwell.

• Irish Folklore

  http://pg4anna.tripod.com/Irish_folklore.htm
  Information on Irish fairies, including leprechauns and cluricauns, far darrig, silkies, banshees, and changelings.

• Legends of the Tooth Fairy

  http://www.recess.ufl.edu/transcripts/2005/0823.shtml
  Article by Tanya Underwood relating to darker beliefs, available with an audio reading. [RealPlayer Required for Audio]

• Little People

  http://littlepeople.net/
  An encyclopedia of all the different types of little people, from fairies to gnomes.

• Medieval fairies: Now you see them, now you don't

  http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/edge/fairies1.htm
  Article by Jeremy Harte proposing that the current image of fairies developed from 14th century literature.

• The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries

  http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/ffcc/
  An ethnographic study by W.Y. Evans Wentz (1911), e-text from the Internet Sacred Text Archive.

• The Realm of the Fae

  http://thefae.freeservers.com/
  Encyclopedia categorized by element with illustrations, definitions, and folktales.

• Timeless Myths: Celtic Mythology: Faeries

  http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/faeries.html
  Celtic types and their origins, from the Banshee to the Pooka.

• Urban Fairies and Their Appearance in Ann Arbor

  http://urban-fairies.com/index.html
  Jonathan Wright explores the appearance of miniature doors, windows and spaces in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

• Wikipedia: Fairy

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy
  Encyclopedia article including sections on literature, art, origins and belief sources; name variations.

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