Who are the fairies
Who are the fairies
Like many other fantastic creatures, fairies came into the world from Celtic folklore. The ancient Celts described them as kind and beautiful girls endowed with magical abilities.
Few people were lucky enough to see the fairy. Little wizards behave very carefully and when a person approaches, they become invisible. In exceptional cases, they can appear to children, because they themselves like to play and play along with them. Having become friends with the child (most often - a little girl), the fairy can even fulfill his desire.
In the event that the fairy is nevertheless forced to deal withan adult, she usually enchants him. As a result, he thinks he has only seen a beautiful dream. That is why people did not have an accurate idea of the external appearance of fairies. Someone considers them to be just beautiful women, like the fairy godmother from the fairy tale of Cinderella, and someone - tiny creatures with silvery transparent wings.
The favorite entertainment of fairies are dances. Wide forest glades have long been considered places of fun fairies, specially prepared by them for joint holidays.
However, it would be a mistake to think that fairies are wholedays playing and having fun. These magical beings are very hardworking. They take care of plants and animals, weave magnificent fine fabrics, sew hats and invisibility cloaks. Favorite flowers of fairies - lilies and bells, because they are so convenient to hide from the wind and rain. They feed the fairies with berries and flower pollen, washing their favorite delicacies with transparent morning dew.
There is a belief that if in the garden or on theThe lawn appears ring circles of mushrooms or flowers, they decided to settle in fairies. If you listen carefully, in the evenings you can hear ringing laughter and wonderful music from the circles.
People are often afraid of fairies, because among themthere are also very ill-wishers. Some fairies can spoil crops, destroy crops and even kidnap babies. If a person offends a fairy by something or just wandered to where the magical beauties are having fun and leading round dances, he will be the victim of cruel revenge.
A lot of fairies can be found on the pagesliterary works. Among them - the queen of fairies Titania from the romantic comedy of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", the young beauty Rautendelein from the poetic drama of Gerhard Hauptmann "The Drowned Bell" and finally the mischief-maker Dinh-Din from the tale of James Barry "Peter Pen" life and own history.
