Fairies Scramble Squares
Fairies are mythological supernatural beings and spirits that are either good or evil. Those who believe in fairies say that fairies reside in a place somewhere between earth and heaven and are beings who possess magical powers. Fairies have been described in various shapes and sizes. Typically a dwarf creature has green clothes and hair, lives underground or in stone mounds and exercises magical powers to benevolent ends. A fairy might also be thought to be a diminutive, delicate feminine creature, dressed in white, who resides in a fairyland and who becomes involved in human lives with good intentions. The Irish leprechaun is described by legend as a tiny fairy, usually wearing a cocked hat and apron, that can be either good or bad. A cobbler by trade, the tapping of the leprechauns cobbler hammer makes others aware of his presence. Leprechauns are thought to have a hidden crock of gold, the whereabouts of which the leprechaun will not divulge, unless he is captured and threatened with bodily harm. Only under such a threat might a leprechaun divulge the whereabouts of his treasure, but, still, only if his captor constantly watches him. Of course, inevitably, the leprechaun tricks his captor into briefly looking away, and the leprechaun vanishes.
The English word fairy comes from the Old French faerie and from the Latin fata, meaning fate, probably originating from the classical Greek Fates, three women who spin and control the threads of life and who were believed to control the fate and destiny of the human race. The Old English term for fairies is fays, which means "enchanted" or "bewitched." Fairies are known by various folk names in various cultures around the world, including brownie (English and Scottish folklore), elf (German folklore), dwarf (Teutonic and Germanic folklore), troll (Norse folklore), gnome (Europe, popularized by Paracelsus), pooka (Irish folklore), kobold (German folklore), leprechaun (Irish folklore) and banshee (Irish and Celtic folklore). Fairy lore is found in almost every culture, but is most prevalent in Europe and the British Isles. Tales of fairies spread to America in colonial times and are still prevalent in the Appalachians, Ozarks, and other remote mountain regions of America. The belief in fairies seems to reach back into ancient times from the Sanskrit gandharva (semi divine celestial musicians) to the nymphs of the Greeks described by Homer and the jinni of Arabic mythology.
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