Fairies Sentence Examples

They are the Cloud Fairies.

Where the fairies are!

Fairies naturally won their way into the poetry of the middle ages.

The hero Cuchulinn has returned from the land of the fairies after having been enticed thither by a fairywoman named Fand, whom he is now unable to forget.

In modern film and story, fairies are well represented.

This Fairies bike comes with training wheels.

Or perhaps you love Cicely Mary Barker's Flower Fairies or Disney's Mickey Mouse.

Britney Spears has several small tattoos in feminine themes, such as fairies and butterflies.

Most people tend to think of fairies in a light-hearted, magical sense, but this isn't so in every culture.

There are fairies in many different Western cultures, ranging from Persian myths to the most popular and common Celtic fairies, and they take many shapes and forms.

Little girls will love the Disney Fairies bike by Huffy.

The Allergy Alert Symbol™ is also incorporated into punchy t-shirt graphics that keep up with the trends-race cars, pirates and fairies, to name a few.

Fairies are extremely popular across many artistic mediums, and tattooing is no exception.

Fairies work well alone, but they can sometimes work even better when enmeshed with another tattoo.

In other designs, butterfly wings are substituted for fairy wings, resulting in beautiful butterfly fairies.

Most people picture fairies to be human-like in their appearance, with wings being a popular addition to the fairies' bodies.

Some folklorists feel that fairies are supposed to be the spirits of those who have passed on from this life.

In ancient folklore and mythology, certain fairies were believed to appear as tall and shining.

Soon after its appearance in print I was pained to learn, through the Goodson Gazette, that a portion of the story (eight or nine passages) is either a reproduction or adaptation of Miss Margaret Canby's "Frost Fairies."

The Fairies and Queen positively radiating a magical light Sports Day Presentation 1950 Holgate won the cup, and Shirley was in Form II.

As everyone retires, the fairies perform their blessings and Puck delivers a tender epilog soliloquy.

For example, most teens eschew characters for their beds or themes that are too "cute", such as animals, fairies, or fire trucks.

Drugstore lines like Wet n Wild, Rimmel, Jane, and NYX have good quality colors (for eye makeup, bruises, dark circles, etc), shimmer products (great for little princesses and fairies), and more.

In addition to witches, fairies are another popular and mythical choice for Halloween.

You can now own fairies and other magical creatures as NeoPets expanded beyond the normal assortment of animals.

Fairies take on a significance entrenched in historical myths and folklore.

A theme presented in old Celtic tradition was that of fairies as ethereal beings who were driven into hiding due to the corruption of humanity.

The belief was that fairies, creatures possessing magical powers, would secretly provide gifts of beauty, wealth, protection, and happiness to kind, gentle people of their liking.

You'll find traditional floral prints as well as cute polka dots and dancing fairies.

Mermaids and Fairies can both be hot Halloween costumes.

This includes a wand, beautiful fairy wings and a tiara for those extra special fairies.

Fairies are usually designated via pastel colors, flowers, tinsel or glitter and floaty fabric.

Other common ideas for fairy costumes are based on fairies in film and literature.

There are a number of other famous fairies in the Disney canon.

Other famous fairies have a less identifiable look.

Shakespeare's fairies, such as Ariel from The Tempest and all the Midsummer Night's Dream fairies are usually dressed in a simple, classic style, such as with ballet lyrical or woodland-themed costumes.

You should start by searching books of pictures representing a wide variety of fairies and choose the wings that best suit what you're trying to create.

Fairies come in all shapes, sizes and attitudes, so customizing a fairy dress for any occasion is possible.

Good fairies might choose a light color palette for their dresses, incorporating pastel pinks, blues, greens, yellows and purples.

Fairies are a popular fancy dress costume, so finding a fairy dress to fit your needs shouldn't be too difficult.

This site also features costumes for plus-sized women and tiny fairy costumes for the smallest infant fairies.

They have dresses for both good and bad fairies, innocent and sexy fairies, fairy princesses and more.

Fairies need basic apparel and some easy to make accessories.

Fairies, monkeys and sharks dot the landscape fabric, and even better is the fact that these duffels can be made even more special by personalizing them.

Many RPGs involve fantasy worlds with dragons, castles, knights, elves, fairies and other magical characters.

It is through Sookie's eyes that readers are introduced first to vampires, then to werewolves and shape shifters and more recently to the fairies.

The fourth season began when Sookie returned from the land of fairies over over a year after she disappeared from Ben Temp.

Supermodel James King, for example, has fairies etched on her back.

A final idea as to what fairies are supposed to represent is that they are an entirely different race from humans, but related to them, and gifted with magical powers as well as long life.

Some of these included pictures and sculptures of the tales and other stories that were popular in Europe - including fairies.

Free Tattoo Designs has a section devoted to Gothic tattoos - including fairies.

Jasmine Becket-Griffith is an artist who specializes in creating Gothic fairies - and some of her artwork has been converted into tattoo form.

At first thought, it seems as though there is no way to meld biker tattoos with fairies.

But depending on the lore being discussed, fairies often can be sinister and mischievous, meddling in human affairs with detrimental outcomes.

Depictions of fairies as fallen angels or being connected to witchcraft are not always common, but are not unheard of, either.

Instead of the usual flames or skulls with dripping red roses, a female biker may get a motorcycle with small fairies guiding the rider.

Colored tattoos of fairies with intricately designed wings and clothes atop a simple bike also feminize a biker tattoo.

By adding fairies into an existing motorcycle tattoo, the biker can keep his original design.

You can also find tattoo designs for fairies and motorcycles by looking at various websites for free ideas.

Whether you have a sexy fairy atop your bike or a flight of fairies following the motorcycle and keeping the rider safe, the fantasy art can be designed in conjunction with your love of bikes.

Fairies, pixies or whatever you choose to call them are all symbolic of the youthfulness that still lives deep within us all.

Fairies can have distinct personalities.

Pairing fairies with moon and star motifs is actually a very natural progression in design.

In folklore, fairies often only come out at night in order to evade prying human eyes.

Since the moon is viewed as maiden, mother and crone, the fairies are drawn to her light like lost children.

This leaves enough room to stretch out your heaven and add more fairies to your body art.

With a world of winged fairies to choose from, a pre-designed flash art tattoo or a custom designed piece guarantees you can find a fairy that makes your heart aflutter.

Fairies have roots in almost all cultures as creatures who decide each person's destiny early in life, or they are simply as mythical creatures alongside sprites, nymphs, gnomes and pixies.

Master of Ink lists a few fairies for inspiration.

Some of them are "good" fairies, but with a few tweaks of your own (or your tattoo artist's), you could take the inspiration and turn it "bad".

Bad fairies are some of the most versatile tattoos around, and they symbolize some of the things a lot of individuals appreciate - power, femininity, youth, beauty and a touch of naughtiness.

If you love all things enchanting like fairies, gnomes and woodland scenes, then you're bound to appreciate a lower back piece depicting your favorite fairy tale scene.

Perhaps the lower back could be designed as a sleepy hollow at the trunk of a tree where little elves and fairies play.

Fairies are mythical creatures known for having magical powers, butterfly wings and a generally human appearance.

Flower fairies are a whimsical spin on a traditional flower tattoo and can be worn in a variety of placements, including on the inner wrists, the back, lower back and shoulder.

If you truly want to embrace the mythical world of pixies and fairies, do some research and discover more about their enchanting world.

Themes - Pirates, fairies, princesses or sports are just some themes that children enjoy and a child would find it fun to own an alarm clock that reflects one of these themes.

The three fairies are tiny little icons down the right hand side of the clock.

Categories are varied, with designs like Christmas trees, hummingbirds, butterflies, fairies, and designs of the southwest.

Look for solid colors - It's tough to find men's long johns in traditional little boys' prints of cars and trucks or women's long johns in little girls' prints of butterflies and fairies.

In ancient myth, fairies and elves are human-sized or slightly taller, and possess either long-life or immortality.

Fairies (variously fairy, faery, fairie or faerie) lived often 'under hill', or in enchanted woods.

Humans who beheld fairies were immediately enchanted by them, against their will and often without the intention or knowledge of the enchanting fairy.

Often fairies would take their human victim back to their lands with them, for a week or a day - when the poor mortal was dropped back into human space, he would discover that years had flown and everyone he once knew was old or dead.

While not actively malicious, fairies were dangerous to mortals simply because of their overwhelming glamour.

At some point the human-sized fairies turned into 'wee folk' - Shakespeare's fairies were the size of insects.

It soon became the norm for fairies to be pictured as the size of buttercups and daisies, flitting about on gossamer wings and hidding under toadstools.

This was the favorite Victorian depiction of fairies, tiny beings that delighted the eye but were impossible to catch.This downsizing of the Fae Folk was perhaps a result of Victorian Empiricism.

Wee fairies are considerably less dangerous to mortal folk, and there are no legends of wanderers roaming forever in search of a once-glimpsed fair one the size of a dragonfly.

These fairies and elves of Victorian Kitsch are often winged; the ancient model was often simply human formed, although in some accounts, even the standard fairies and elves were winged.

Modern fantasy has returned the fairies, elves and other immortal beings to their ancient beginnings - human-sized, long-lived and impossibly beautiful.

Elves are more common than fairies in modern fantasy, although the terms are almost interchangable.

In some lexicons, elves are human-sized and wingless, while fairies are wee and winged.

More modern 'elf punk' fiction might feature fairies and elves in urban settings and cultures, such as biker elves.

Working mainly in acrylic, her fantasy art subjects are fairies, butterflies, mermaids, and other creatures of myth and nature.

She specialized in angels, fairies and animal figures.

Whenever you walk into any sort of alternative store likeHot Topic or Spencer's Gifts it's hard to not stop by the section dedicatred to gothic fairies and other fantasy art.

Gothic fairies are like the normal fairies that you are familiar with but with more of an edge - almost more science fiction than fantasy in some cases.

These fairies aren't flute playing or peace loving little beings but carry weapons and are more vicious and mischievous.

Gothic fairies have grown in popularity for those that tire of the happy and cheerful normal depiction of fairies in various movies, artwork and Tinkerbell spin-off films.

Beliving in the existence of fairies is no different than beliving in Bigfoot or flying saucers.

And like these two instances fairies also have photographic evidence that could be, or could not be, real.

These fairies were known as the Cottingley Fairies.

The children would speak often about seeing fairies down by the creek.

The girls were able to take several photographs which Frances' father developed only to discover odd images on the photos later determining them to be fairies.

Cottingley Connect - This web site tells the story of the Cottingley Fairies from a believer's point of view.

Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism, and Fairies - This site is dedicated to the author and some of his more memorable ideas and thoughts.

Her site offers many items for sale that depict her gothic fairies including prints, sculptures and throws.

She even provides tattoo flash for some of her gothic fairies.

Her art is more realistic in nature giving the fairies (among other subject matter) very human features.

Gothic Gallery - A collection of various artists that depict fairies in many styles from the surreal to the computer aided.

The graphics range from gothic fairy fantasy art to more whimsical fairies.

Disney Fairies from the I Love Disney website offers up several desktop wallpapers that feature Tinkerbell and her friends.

He specializes in fairies and dragons creating whimsical scenes.

The fairy section is full of beautiful fairy art that features fairies in the forest, talking with birds and frolicking with unicorns.

Fairies are mystical, fantasy beings that are most frequently portrayed as beautiful girls or women with wings.

In the mythology and legends of many cultures, fairies have magical powers, often connected to nature such as trees, flowers, or waterfalls.

Fairies come in many different varieties, all of which can be found in fairy artwork, wallpapers, screensavers, and other images.

Depending on the artist's inclination, these fairies may be more angelic or more demonic.

Many times these fairies are shown in sprightly groups.

The use of butterflies and butterfly fairies add to the enchanting magic of the story lines.

Children often want to dress up as angels, fairies and of course, butterflies.

Fairies with butterfly wings are an increasingly popular mixture of modern art and fairy tale sensibilities.

While there is no specific name generator for fairies, but within the current generators you can find detailed programs that will create names for you.

Celtic fairies in Great Britain, for example, would be considered demons under this method of categorizing creatures.

The thing that's interesting is that these tales exist in countries that had no dealings with one another, which leads some to believe that fairies are not myth.

The different kinds of fairies found in folklore are numerous and classified in various ways depending on culture.

According to tradition the Seelie Court fairies are a community of helpful fairies.

The Seelie Court fairies are anything but evil and enjoy hunting, eating good food and dancing.

As you may deduce by the prefix "un" the Unseelie Court includes fairies who, unlike the Seelie Court fairies, are nasty toward humans.

The Unseelie Court fairies favor living in rural areas associated with bloodshed and will most likely be found in areas like cemeteries and historic battlefields.

On one end of the Celtic folklore spectrum we find Solitary Fairies.

These somber creatures look down on the behavior of the Trooping Fairies who love to dance, feast and enjoy a party.

At times these solitary fairies offer gifts to humans, however such gifts often come with unpredictable consequences.

Celtic folklore also includes fairies who live in communities and are known as Trooping Fairies.

Among the Trooping Fairies you'll find some who are friendly toward humans and others who are evil.

More than mischievous, evil fairies are cited for stealing people's souls.

A changeling that lives is rejected by fairies, and they don't really belong with their human families either.

Banshees are another form of evil fairies.

In many Celtic cultures, fairies have become a thing of the past.

Some say they once existed but are no long visible, while other people still put out precautions to ward off evil fairies.

In Western culture, fairies portrayed in children stories as little winged creatures are good natured, helpful.

The church declared all fairies as evil.

While both are tiny creatures that look like people with wings, Celtic folklore depicts pixies as a little smaller than fairies.

As a child did you find fairies in your garden?

If you take a look at these interesting facts about fairies and pixies you'll be able to tell the difference.

While smaller than fairies, won't hesitate to defend themselves or even to kill a fairy if need be.

Another interesting fact, according to European folklore, is that both pixies and fairies consider clothing a form of bondage.

Fairies have a repuration for being mischievous.

While some pranks could be considered amusing, such as tangling of the hair while a person sleeps or taking some small item from a home, fairies have also been attributed with being responsible for death and sickness.

For example, when people suffered from tuberculosis, which was also known as consumption, it was often blamed on fairies.

The death of livestock and domestic animals was also blamed on fairies.

While most popular fairy lore in the West deals with good fairies, there are also stories that depict a darker element among the fae.

Evil fairies are said to steal souls and leave behind a creature known as a changeling.

Finding free artwork online is very easy, especially when it comes to artwork of fairies.

Once you find free art of fairies, click on the TOS link so you fully understand what rights the artist is giving you.

There are several types of online free art and you can find quite a few fairies available.

Emma Marlow has several great fairies you can use for free for your blog or website.

If you like the computer-generated looking art format, then you'll be pleased with these; they're excellent examples of this type of art that depict fairies in various settings and poses.

Fairies Tales Art offers you several free fairy pages to color.

The Doll Place has coloring pages of whimsical fairies.

If you're looking for a rainy day activity for the little fairies in your house, then these sites can provide hours of fantasy flight.

Before we can take a look at fairy names, it is important to peek within the fae realm to gain an understanding of the different roles fairies play.

Not only that, but it's equally relevant to understand that fairies are not the only mythical creatures who live within the fae realm also known as Fairyland.

Water fairies are usually said to communicate with humans in dreams.

For more details regarding what fairies are called based on the country of origin, A History of Irish Fairies (see right) is a great resource.

In fact, Shakespeare is one such author because he named king and queen of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Oberon and Titania.

Fairies were popular in medieval romances, and over time were replaced by characters such as wizards.

Dark fairies are deliciously spooky fairies.

In a culture where the popular image of a fairy is one of brightness and laughter, dark fairies may seem like a contradiction in terms.

Dark fairies are most often associated with the Unseelie Court.

The dark fairies or fae are consigned to the Unseelie Court if they are not as lovely and bright as the Seelie (the light or blessed fae) Court may deem.

The fairies of the Unseelie Court are most often associated with evil fairies, but a dark fairy is not necessarily evil.

Unlike her sister fairies Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Faun and more, Vidia is selfish and mean.

Another series that incorporates dark fairies are Patricia Briggs Mercedes Thompson novels.

Among the fairies, even monsters are accepted, but humans would shun the monstrous appearances.

Dark fairies are particularly popular in fantasy art.

In fact, a portion of the Goth movement in modern art is devoted to pixies, fairies and other sylph like creatures, adding a depth of shadow to the traditional light and gregarious creatures.

While Celtic, German and other European mythologies offer up fairies as cautionary tales, modern literature embraces the array of dark to light by painting the dark, gothic fairies as misunderstood, troubled and layered creations.

Jessica Galbreth - This artist produces a wide range of art from gothic to vampire to dark fantasy, goddess, mermaid and fairies.

Amy Brown - Brown creates a wide range of art and products including calendars, wall prints, cups and more that includes fairies.

Wendy Kathleen McElfish - McElfish's art uses watercolors to depict childlike fairies, darker fairies and more.

Fairies World - This site offers you a wide range of artists, fairy art and types from around the world.

Even before the legends of fairies were put into writing, the stories were passed down through the generations via oral tradition.

The earliest mention of fairies comes from Greek mythology, in the form of supernatural entities called nymphs.

Other places where the legends about fairies were passed down included Roman mythology with the modern-day "angels," or lares, genii and penates.

Of course, the transfer of the legend throughout literature continues, as both old and new stories incorporating fairies are passed from generation to generation.

In particular, the Leo fairy is a contemporary fictional concept popularly distributed in the form of artwork by Jessica Galbreth, who created a series of stunning paintings of Zodiac fairies which she calls the Zodiac Collection.

Beautiful fairies can be traced back to ancient folk beliefs.

Fairies have continued to be depicted through literature and art in the modern day.

Over the centuries, fairies have changed in size, appearance and demeanor to become the attractive, friendly creatures depicted today.

Fairies of ancient folklore had a vastly different appearance to Victorian fairies.

Ancient Celtic literature shows fairies as tall, shining, otherworldly beings who are said to be remarkably beautiful and have an occasional disposition for trifling with humans.

These human sized fairies bear little similarity to their short, winged modern representations.

Small fairies have been a feature in folklore for ages, but it isn't until later periods where these diminutive folk become beautiful.

Towards the end of the 16th century, mentions of beautiful but small fairies are found in literature, including the works of Shakespeare.

In later literature and art, small fairies hold a prominent position - garden and flower fairies, several inches high, are a popular subject for Victorian art.

Beautiful, mysterious and otherworldly creatures, these fairies are awed, revered and feared.

Celtic legend places fairies in both Ireland and Scotland - an ancient legend from the Isle of Skye holds that the MacLeod family possesses a scrap of fabric gifted to a chieftain by a fairy lover.

In Victorian times, Lady Gregory collected a compilation of older Irish stories and folklore, passed on from medieval legends, in which attractive fairies figure prominently.

The Victorian preoccupation with Renaissance art revival also extended to the resurgence of folklore beliefs, and these included fairies.

The Cottingley Fairies photographs were taken in 1917 and seemed to depict beautiful fairies surrounding and playing with two young girls.

Both tall and small fairies of varying degrees of beauty make their appearances in Andrew Lang's collected folklore series known as The Coloured Fairy Books.

Modern artists such as Brian Froud and Amy Brown include beautiful images of fairies in their work, appearing on countless items such as T-shirts, stationery and as illustrations.

The moment children discovered that simply "believing" in fairies could bring a dying Tinkerbell back to life, in that moment she represented the magic of simply believing in something and making it come true.

Because small children often associate angels with fairies, because of how similarly they appear, fairies are now incorporated into holiday traditions.

Most Christmas decorations now use fairies and angels interchangeably, and many of the children's movies and shows on television feature many magical creatures, and fairies are certainly some of the most magical.

Throughout the Internet, you can find lots of free and paid images of fairies, but images focused on Tinker Bell are unique, and many Tink enthusiasts focus on Tinker Bell holiday graphics exclusively.

The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies (1827) and a dramatic romance, Lamia, published later, belong to this time.

Among his published adaptations are an opera, The Fairies (from Midsummer Night's Dream) (1755); an opera The Tempest (1756); Catherine and Petruchio (1758); Florizel and Perdita (1762).

Of all the minor creatures of mythology the fairies are the most beautiful, the most numerous, the most memorable in literature.

The Gandharvas of Sanskrit poetry are also fairies.

The neighbours said that the fairies caused the phenomenon, as the man had swept his chimney with a bough of holly, and the holly is "a gentle tree," dear to the fairies.

In the Highlands, however, there is much more interest in second sight than in fairies, while in Ireland the reverse is the case.

Mr Kirk is said (though his tomb exists) to have been carried away by fairies.

I-Ie was to be given as the kane to Hell, which shows a distinction between the beliefs in hell and in the place of fairies.

The Greek sirens of Homer are clearly a form of these deadly fairies, as the Nereids and Oreads and Naiads are fairies of wells, mountains and the sea.

As our fairies give gold which changes into withered leaves, the Jan give onion peels which turn into gold.

It is plain that fairies and Jan are practically identical, a curious proof of the uniformity of the working of imagination in peoples widely separated in race and religion.

At the birth of Ogier le Danois six fairies attend, five of whom give good gifts, which the sixth overrides with a restriction.

There seems little in the characteristics of these fairies of romance to distinguish them from human beings, except their supernatural knowledge and power.

Keightley's Fairy Mythology is full of interesting matter; Rhys's Celtic Mythology is especially copious about Welsh fairies, which are practically identical with those of Ireland and Scotland.

The particular link with the remote past, however, is the ivy-clad ruin of the ancient tower, "The Rhymer's Castle," the traditional residence of Thomas Learmont, commonly called Thomas of Ercildoune, or Thomas the Rhymer, poet and prophet, and friend of the Fairies, who was born here about 1225.

The seven Hathors is a name given to certain fairies, who appeared shortly after the birth of an infant, and predicted his future.

The Irish, however, possessed some more or less definite notions about an abode of everlasting youth and peace inhabited by fairies.

The old Irish gods in the poetic romances appear to have the same origin and shade away into the fairies.

The glitter and construction paper picture was back on the fridge with no sign that any fairies had emerged from its depths.

Airy fairies who spend their entire lives at the bottom of the garden may fear to visit the house; legal academics should not.

From an informal bunch of Summer flowers to wiring fruit allsorts in to your bouquet, we're the fairies for you!

Most of friends think that my interest is quite apt, most of them think I'm away with the fairies anyway!

But on second thoughts it seems a cop-out, because the same could be said of Father Christmas and tooth fairies.

We also had a visit from top children's book illustrator Georgie Ripper - she illustrates the Rainbow Fairies books.

The point about fairies etc is so infantile in logic I can barely contain my disbelief.

Every aspect of their every day living was touched by magic, witches, fairies, water kelpies, and water horses.

The pieces were inspired by the mythology of fairies and research into the trends of fashion at the time.

Designed by the little pixies and fairies at Juicy Lucy.

The fairies appeared in disturbing form as hooded figures manipulating hand puppets and porcelain dolls with grotesque and menacingly blank faces.

In Ireland, if you put sixpence under yer pillow, the fairies come an take awe yer teeth oot!

Designed to fit on little fingers, each of our Beneath the Leaf Fairies are crafted in soft velour.

Len thinks the answer to Australia's problems is to send back the wogs and lock up all the fairies.

The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies was a volume of serious verse, in which Hood showed himself a by no means despicable follower of Keats.

The fairies (see Fairy), located in the fairy knolls by the inhabitants of the Shetlands, may also be put under this head.

There is a full description of French fairies of the 15th century in the evidence of Jeanne d'Arc at her trial (1431) in Quicherat's Proces de Jeanne d'Arc, vol.

Mortals who stand upon the earth and look up at the sky cannot often distinguish these forms, but our friends were now so near to the clouds that they observed the dainty fairies very clearly.

Something I said made her think she detected in my words a confession that I did remember Miss Canby's story of "The Frost Fairies," and she laid her conclusions before Mr. Anagnos, although I had told her most emphatically that she was mistaken.

Miss Sullivan had never heard of "The Frost Fairies" or of the book in which it was published.

I have read "The Frost Fairies" since, also the letters I wrote in which I used other ideas of Miss Canby's.

I have now (March, 1892) read to Helen "The Frost Fairies," "The Rose Fairies," and a portion of "The Dew Fairies," but she is unable to throw any light on the matter.

Some were red, some white, and others were delicate pink, and they were peeping out from between the green leaves like beautiful little fairies.

So he called together his merry little fairies, and showing them a number of jars and vases filled with gold and precious stones, told them to carry those carefully to the palace of Santa Claus, and give them to him with the compliments of King Frost.

Their fears were well founded, for their long absence had alarmed the king, and he had started out to look for his tardy servants, and just as they were all hidden, he came along slowly, looking on all sides for the fairies.

Then the fairies thanked him for his forgiveness, and promised to work very hard to please him; and the good-natured king took them all up in his arms, and carried them safely home to his palace.

So he called together the merry little fairies of his household and, showing them the jars and vases containing his treasures, he bade them carry them to the palace of Santa Claus as quickly as they could.

The fairies promised obedience, and were off in a twinkling, dragging the heavy jars and vases along after them as well as they could, now and then grumbling a little at having such a hard task, for they were idle fairies and loved to play better than to work.

It was very beautiful, but the disobedient fairies were too frightened to notice the beauty of the trees.

At first King Frost was very angry, and the fairies trembled and crouched lower in their hiding-places, and I do not know what might have happened to them if just then a party of boys and girls had not entered the wood.

My idle fairies and my fiery enemy have taught me a new way of doing good.

When the fairies heard this, they were greatly relieved and came forth from their hiding-places, confessed their fault, and asked their master's forgiveness.

The person said her story was called "Frost Fairies."

In Ireland, if you put sixpence under yer pillow, the fairies come an take awe yer teeth oot !

Create dancing snowmen, flying reindeer, elves, fairies or robins - you decide !

Old people telling stories about the Fairies, you see, around the fire.

Several of the fairies were launched into the bright pink sky, then fell fluttering to the ground like swotted flies.

Len thinks the answer to Australia 's problems is to send back the wogs and lock up all the fairies.

This can be tricky, because attractive costumes, such as ballerinas, fairies and princesses, don't require the kind of heavy makeup that clowns, witches and demons do.

If you love the look of fairies, angels, and all things sparkly, a good witch may be the perfect costume idea.

NeoPets has expanded over the last few years by adding Fairies, Pet-Pets and more.

Other fairies, wands, flowers, and titles are included.

Two girls and two boys, by accident and because of some very mischievous fairies, find themselves in love.

Nothing can capture the imagination of a child like fairies and magical forests.

Perhaps a lush green forest sprinkled with fairies and fairy dust is more your little girl's style.

At the Hall of Fame, you can line up to meet the fairies of Pixie Hollow including Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Silvermist, Iridessa, Fawn and as of August 27, 2010, Vidia, the fastest of the flying fairies.

Many free-standing trees contain fairies!

The following unlockables will give you access to fairies in the different locations listed.

Simply complete the number of rooms required in the Cave of Ordeals to get to the fairies.

If you know a little girl, chances are you know about the Disney Fairies.

Images of the beloved fairies are on the seat and on the side of the bike visible for passersby as well as that first look at the bike when she discovers you bought her one.

So jackets such as Dracula capes, witches, fairies or dinosaurs are very common.

Bad fairies, on the other hand, might choose a more striking palette incorporating black and dark jewel tones such as purple, red, blue and green.

For sexy or bad fairies, you'll want a darker palette, so try using jewel tones such as red, black and purple.

For all fairies, glitter is an absolute necessity.

With the current craze in both vampire and fairies at an all-time high, it's also a great look that you really can't beat.

While you can find any number of variations on gothic fairies or glamorous vampires to mix and match, the ideal way to achieve this costume is to make it yourself.

If you have questions or concerns or just want to talk about your costume plans, go to Fairies and Vampires, a site for all those who love Twilight, goth, and all things vampire and fairy.

Dryads, fairies, nymphs and magicians are common sights.

For example, in the mythology of Yeats, fairies who range alone wear red.

Fairies have a rich symbolic history and their size, detail, symbolism and colorful nature make them ideal for tattoos.

Moving away from the Tinkerbell concept, flower fairies are quite romantic and picturesque.

Some flower fairies are actually created from a variety of flower parts.

Full moons and crescent moons mixed with fairies work the best with celestial design ideas.

Fairies can also be mischief makers on the look out to wreck a little havoc for their own personal amusement.

Although the mortal King waged war against the fairies and searched for Etain, he never saw her again.

Fairies, Gothic or otherwise, are a group of spiritual beings that belong to the metaphysical world.

Fairies can be associated with angels, or they can be seen as more impish creatures similar to goblins and pixies.

There is much debate over what fairies are supposed to represent.

Fairies can signify many things, including change, zest for life, and the importance of a belief in greater things.

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Fairies also play prominent roles in children's tales such as Peter Pan, which has lasted through the 20th century and been revisited in modern adaptations.

It was long supposed to be Venetian, but has been identified as of rare Oriental workmanship. The legend tells how a seneschal of Eden Hall one day came upon a company of fairies dancing at St Cuthbert's Well in the park.

One of the most interesting facts about fairies is the wide distribution and long persistence of the belief in them.

Witchcraft and the influence of fairies are still often believed in.

The late Charlemagne romances originated the legends, in English form, of Sowdone of Babylone, Sir Otnel, Sir Fieumbras and Huon of Bordeaux (in which Oberon, the king of the fairies, the son of Julius Caesar and Morgan the Fay, was first made known to England).

His work on The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies, left in MS. and incomplete (the remainder is in the Laing MSS., Edinburgh University library), was published (a hundred copies) in 1815 by Sir Walter Scott, and in the Bibliotheque de Carabas (Lang) there is a French translation.

It is a not uncommon theory that the fairies survive in legend from prehistoric memories of a pigmy people dwelling in the subterranean earth-houses, but the contents of these do not indicate an age prior to the close of the Roman occupation of Britain; nor are pigmy bones common in neolithic sepulchres.

They chiefly differ from our fairies in their greater tendency to wear animal forms; though, like the fairies, when they choose to appear in human shape they are not to be distinguished from men and women of mortal mould.

Many curious superstitions survive in the country districts, including the beliefs in witches (feitigeiras, bruxas) and werewolves (lobishomens); in sirens (sereias) which haunt the dangerous coast and lure fishermen to destruction; in fairies (fadas) and in many kinds of enchantment.

Numerous cases of marriage between fairies and mortals are recorded.

I think this is the loveliest country in the world; but not being fairies Jim and I feel we ought to be where we belong--and that's at the ranch.

This story, "Frost Fairies," appeared in a book written by Miss Margaret T. Canby, entitled "Birdie and his Fairy Friends."

Like the fairies they go about in whirls of dust, or the dust-whirls themselves are Jan.

Like the fairies everywhere they have amours with mortals, such as that of the Queen of Faery with Thomas of Ercildoune.

Scott's dissertation on fairies in The Border Minstrelsy is rich in lore, though necessarily Scott had not the wide field of comparative study opened by more recent researches.

The fairies promised obedience and soon started on their journey, dragging the great glass jars and vases along, as well as they could, and now and then grumbling a little at having such hard work to do, for they were idle fairies, and liked play better than work.

It was very beautiful; but the idle fairies were too much frightened at the mischief their disobedience had caused, to admire the beauty of the forest, and at once tried to hide themselves among the bushes, lest King Frost should come and punish them.

Yes, she would come by the station with the names of all Arthur's known friends, all the little fairies, as she called them, and the addresses of his favorite haunts.

In stories which have passed through a literary medium, like The Arabian Nights, the geni or Jan do not so much resemble our fairies as they do in the popular superstitions of the East, orally collected.

The Jan are now a subterranean commonwealth, now they reside in ruinous places, like the fairies in the Irish raths.

Still, for awhile, the frost fairies did not notice this strange occurrence, for they were down on the grass, so far below the tree-tops that the wonderful shower of treasure was a long time in reaching them; but at last one of them said, Hark!