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A fairy (also fay, fae, fey, fair folk, or faerie) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, generally described as anthropomorphic, found in the folklore of multiple European cultures (including Celtic, Slavic, Germanic, and French folklore), a form of spirit, often with metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural qualities.
It also includes a bestiary of faeries from around the world, rules on creating a faerie character, and four short adventures. [ 2 ] The first version was a 144-page softcover written by John Snead , Sarah Link, Jonathan Tweet , Lisa Stevens , and Mark Rein-Hagen , and published by White Wolf in 1991 for the second edition of Ars Magica .
Germanic lore featured light and dark elves (Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar).This may be roughly equivalent to later concepts such as the Seelie and Unseelie. [2]In the mid-thirteenth century, Thomas of Cantimpré classified fairies into neptuni of water, incubi who wandered the earth, dusii under the earth, and spiritualia nequitie in celestibus, who inhabit the air.
The term fairy is peculiar to the English language and to English folklore, reflecting the conflation of Germanic, Celtic and Romance folklore and legend since the Middle English period (it is a Romance word which has been given the associations of fair by folk etymology secondarily).
Fairyland may be referred to simply as Fairy or Faerie, though that usage is an archaism.It is often the land ruled by the "Queen of Fairy", and thus anything from fairyland is also sometimes described as being from the "Court of the Queen of Elfame" or from the Seelie court in Scottish folklore.
Dynion Mwyn or Welsh Faerie Witchcraft has always held beliefs in reincarnation similar to the Druids of Caesars time: There is a strong belief that nature operates in cycles; that life shows patterns of existence, or souls; that these souls do not cease to exist at the death of the physical body.
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A The Books of Faerie story suggests that Molly was destined to become Queen of Faerie, although due to the nature of the story it is possible that this was an alternate version of the character. An alternate version of Molly also appears in the Books of Magick. Daniel Arcana: The Books of Magic Annual #1: The Books of Magic #21: "Heavy Petting"