Foreign faeries


I'm watching Photographing Fairies right this instant. I remember watching this movie as well - and enjoying it.

Curious about one thing - almost every culture has some tradition of, say, ghost stories. Many cultures have traditions of similar cryto-critters -- like the ambominable snowman / yeti / susquatch / bigfoot.

Does any other culture outside of Great Britain have a tradition of faeries?

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SteveH2002, yes, cultures all over the world have a lost standing tradition of fairy lore.

Iceland, of course has the tradition of the Huldufolk (hidden folk) and 80% of people in Iceland believe in fairies (Huldufolk) They mainly talk about elves though. From Vietnam comes the famous story called "Tu Thuc Meets a fairy."

Also, a fairy, or fae (plural) is any magical being, or resident of Faerie (fairyland). Bigfoot, dragons, elves, gnomes, Loch Ness Monster, unicorns, goblins, boggarts, ect are all types of fae (or fairies). Even wizards can be considered fae. Fairies can shape shift so can appear as they wish to humans.

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