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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
fairy in folklore, one of a variety of supernatural beings endowed with the powers of magic and enchantment. Belief in fairies has existed from earliest times, and literatures all over the world have tales of fairies and their relations with humans. Some Christians have said that fairies were the ancestors of the ancient pagan gods, who, having been replaced by newer deities, were therefore hostile. Others thought that fairies were nature deities, similar to the Greek nymphs . Still others identified fairies with the souls of the dead, particularly the unbaptized, or with fallen angels ... Read more
fairy tale
The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English fairy tale • noun   1. read the child a fairy tale synonyms : fairy story, folk tale, fable, legend, romance.   2. the child's telling fairy tales synonyms : lie, white lie ... Read more
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology fairyfairy-land; †fairy-folk; †magic; diminutive supernatural being. XIV. — OF. fa(i)erie (mod. fēerie ), f. fay FAY ; see -ERY . Cf. FAERIE . The application to a single being is peculiar to Eng. Hence fairyland XVI, fairy-tale XVIII. Read more

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