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The Seelie Court is described to comprise fairies that seek help from humans, warn those who have accidentally offended them, and return human kindness with favors of their own. Still, a fairy belonging to this court would avenge insults and could be prone to mischief. [4] The Unseelie Court describes the darkly-inclined fairies.
Seelie is a term for fairies in Scottish folklore, appearing in the form of seely wights or The Seelie Court. The Northern and Middle English word seely (also seily , seelie , sealy ), and the Scots form seilie , mean "happy", "lucky" or "blessed."
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.
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.
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.
Puck, the jester of Fairy-court, is the same. Puck might do minor housework, quick fine needlework or butter-churning, which could be undone in a moment by his knavish tricks if displeased. [6] A domestic spirit, he would assist housewives with their chores, in expectation of an offering of white bread and milk.
Rumplestiltskin - A character from the Mother Goose Grimm fairy tales, in which he fits many of the attributes of the trickster and often tricks other characters for his own nefarious purposes. Sera - A brash and capricious Robin Hood-like rogue who is a party member in Dragon Age: Inquisition.
Also, that it has some connection to the Fairy courts is likely, since it didn't take any direct, violent action to drive the Queens off on its own initiative, but it likely wouldn't hesitate if ordered to by the island's warden (currently Dresden). In Skin Game, Dresden has nicknamed the spirit "Alfred", which is not appreciated. Among other ...