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The term occultism emerged in 19th-century France, where it came to be associated with various French esoteric groups connected to Éliphas Lévi and Papus, and in 1875 was introduced into the English language by the esotericist Helena Blavatsky.
In Old French romance, a faie or fee was a woman skilled in magic, and who knew the power and virtue of words, of stones, and of herbs. [1] Fairy was used to represent: an illusion or enchantment; the land of the Faes; collectively the inhabitants thereof; an individual such as a fairy knight. [1]
Nevertheless, "fairy" has come to be used as a kind of umbrella term in folklore studies, grouping comparable types of supernatural creatures since at least the 1970s. [1] The following list is a collection of individual traditions which have been grouped under the "fairy" moniker in the citation given.
The mythologies in present-day France encompass the mythology of the Gauls, Franks, Normans, Bretons, and other peoples living in France, those ancient stories about divine or heroic beings that these particular cultures believed to be true and that often use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
Many words in the English vocabulary are of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman Conquest, before the language settled into what became Modern English. English words of French origin, such as art, competition, force, money, and table are pronounced ...
Fae - aka Fae, Fée, the origin of the word Fairy; Horses of Pas-de-Calais; Gap of Goeblin - is a "goblin hole", the legend that surrounds a hole and tunnel in Mortain, France. Gargouille - A legendary dragon; Gargoyle - A beast; Goblins; Lutins - A type of hobgoblin; Matagot - A spirit in the form of an animal, usually a cat
Mythological hybrid, a creature composed of parts from different animals Human–animal hybrid, an organism that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals; Talking animal, a non-human animal that can produce sounds or gestures resembling those of a human language; Therianthrope, a human who shapeshifts into a non-human animal