Fairy kissing butterfly sketch9/13/2023 ![]() This isn't always a case of Always Chaotic Evil, however, and it's just as possible for a summer fairy to kidnap a child as a winter fairy is to save you from a blizzard. Winter fairies on the other hand are typically seen as wicked, and include types like redcaps, boggarts, trolls, and dark elves. Summer fairies are usually depicted are being more benevolent (for a given value of benevolent), and tend to include types like Sprites, nymphs, satyrs and high elves. The most common are the Seelie or Summer Court, and the Unseelie or Winter Court. Although modern stories will heavily add Be Careful What You Wish For.īorrowing from British mythology, Fairies are often divided into Courts. They often hang around with animals (especially Unicorns), which might possibly be Fay (or the equivalent) themselves.Ī common form is a Fairy Godmother, who gives characters help with wishes. Just as Dragons can encompass many related creatures, fairies can include other mythological/fantasy creatures such as satyrs, nymphs, merfolk, and even trolls, ogres and giants. Whether or not they have wings, and what kind they have, are often another difference between fairy species'.īut these are hardly the full extent of what Fairies can be. Regardless of size, many fairies also have wings, usually iridescent or butterfly-like. They also may or may not be exclusively female.Common examples include pucas, water horses, and barghests/black dogs. They are often also shapeshifters, though this is not a hard-and-fast rule, while others may be Mix-and-Match Critters or have some anthropomorphic traits. More benign ones may be benevolent (or, at the very least, not actively malevolent), but, like most fae, should be approached with great caution and a good deal of knowledge of what you're getting yourself into. Animal-like beings that often verge on Animalistic Abominations, typically with a taste for human flesh or souls, or, barring that, are harbingers of doom or bringers of disease and hardship.They'll usually be called some variation of "fae" or "sidhe" note pronounced "Shee". These always seem to be near or at the top of the fairy totem pole. ![]() Others may have animal features, such as a stag's head, goat legs, or a fox's tail, or plant features like wooden skin or vines wrapping around their body (especially nymphs/dryads). Other common variations are water (often called nereids or undines) or tree/forest fey (usually called nymphs or dryads). Sometimes they are that work's version of elves. Usually an elf in all but name with more overt magical nature or ability than your "standard" fantasy elves. An inhumanly beautiful/graceful human-sized humanoid, often with pointed ears.Gnomes and even goblins may also fall into this category. Leprechauns are the most common type seen, but other types such as brownies, redcaps or spriggans are often common. A small, often old-looking or childlike, humanoid between one and three feet tall. ![]() These are usually called some variation of "fairy", "sprite", or "pixie". Variations other than size include skin or hair colors, the type of wings they have, what they wear (if anything), and often whether or not they generate their own light.
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