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Various folklorists have proposed classification systems for fairies. Using terms popularized by W. B. Yeats, trooping fairies are those who appear in groups and might form settlements, as opposed to solitary fairies, who do not live or associate with others of their kind. In this context, the term fairy is usually held in a wider sense, including various similar beings, such as dwarves and elves of Germanic folklore. [53] Eva Pocs, Fairies and Witches at the boundary of south-eastern and central Europe FFC no 243 (Helsinki, 1989) a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Croker, Thomas Crofton (1828). Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland vol. 3. London: John Murray. Retrieved 6 November 2017.Most Christians have been negative or skeptical regarding creatures such as fairies or nature spirits, but a minority of Christians thinkers have advocated for the reality of fairies in positive terms. One early example is Origen of Alexandria in Contra Celsus (8.31) from about the year 248: Le Fanu, Sheridan (February 5, 1870) " The White Cat of Drumgunniol", All the Year Round. Republished in Le Fanu, Sheridan (1923), Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Tales of Mystery, James, Montague Rhodes (ed.) London: George Bell & Sons.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Lover, Samuel (1831). Legends and Stories of Ireland vol. 1. Dublin: W.F. Wakeman. Retrieved 6 November 2017. The Panchatantra – Story 36 The Brahmin, The Thief, and the Ogre". An eye for everything. 23 August 2017 . Retrieved 23 August 2023. International Market: 3DD Entertainment". Cynopsis: Multi-Cultural & International Edition. November 6, 2006. Archived from the original on June 1, 2008. The Victorian era was particularly noted for fairy paintings. The Victorian painter Richard Dadd created paintings of fairy-folk with a sinister and malign tone. Other Victorian artists who depicted fairies include John Anster Fitzgerald, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Daniel Maclise, and Joseph Noel Paton. [108] Interest in fairy-themed art enjoyed a brief renaissance following the publication of the Cottingley Fairies photographs in 1917, and a number of artists turned to painting fairy themes. [ citation needed] Christian belief in fairies

Tatar, Maria (2003) The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales. Princeton University Press. p. 31 ISBN 0-691-06722-8. The presence of faeries in this otherworld, and their ability to materialize in standard reality, suggests that they were an essential element in pagan ideas about consciousness and that they had a role to play when it came to death. In this theory the characters in the story play the part of messengers, telling us about the true nature of a timeless reality that is distinct and separate from consensus reality, and showing us that human consciousness disassociates from the physical body to exist in a parallel reality such as Tir na n’Og, where the faeries are in charge. This message is encoded in the stories. Raymond E Feist reads like an early Dan Brown, the characters are there primarily to move the action forward. The weaving of the tale is the star in this book, not individual characters. Basically, it's the equivalent of a big budget special effects film with a great plot, it's not a character study or deep drama.