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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9213647" data-attributes="member: 58172">For those interested in the English nature beings. The linked essay pulls together many references from the works of <a href="https://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/fairiesshakespeare.html" target="_blank">Shakespeare about the fairies</a>, as understood in England during the late 1500s. This essay was written during the late 1800s, and much academic research has transpired since then, but because it is attentive to the texts of Shakespeare it is still somewhat useful. Over all, the essay gives a decent sense of what a &quot;fairy&quot; is. The English understood this nature being to be a kind of &quot;spirit&quot;, akin to an angel, that is utterly immaterial, but can manifest as if solid. The spirit generally appears as an immortal youth, whose apparent age could range from an infant (compare changelings) to a young adult of a marriageable age.In an earlier century, the term &quot;fairie&quot; (spelled variously), simply means &quot;magic&quot;, namely the &quot;realm of faie&quot;. It could refer to any kind of magical creature. But by the 1500s, the term &quot;fairy&quot; came to specify a particular kind of creature, which Shakespeare describes in some surprising amount of detail.Different locales in Britain preserve different concepts about the fairy. But these descriptions from the locales of Shakespeare deeply influence much of Europe.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9213647, member: 58172"] For those interested in the English nature beings. The linked essay pulls together many references from the works of [URL='https://www.shakespeare-online.com/essays/fairiesshakespeare.html']Shakespeare about the fairies[/URL], as understood in England during the late 1500s. This essay was written during the late 1800s, and much academic research has transpired since then, but because it is attentive to the texts of Shakespeare it is still somewhat useful. Over all, the essay gives a decent sense of what a "fairy" is. The English understood this nature being to be a kind of "spirit", akin to an angel, that is utterly immaterial, but can manifest as if solid. The spirit generally appears as an immortal youth, whose apparent age could range from an infant (compare changelings) to a young adult of a marriageable age. In an earlier century, the term "fairie" (spelled variously), simply means "magic", namely the "realm of faie". It could refer to any kind of magical creature. But by the 1500s, the term "fairy" came to specify a particular kind of creature, which Shakespeare describes in some surprising amount of detail. Different locales in Britain preserve different concepts about the fairy. But these descriptions from the locales of Shakespeare deeply influence much of Europe. [/QUOTE]

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