The reality of magical creatures like fairies, elves, witches and more is often debated. Most of our cultural understanding and beliefs about fairies come from mainstream movies, TV shows and comics.

As the world changes and as people re-learn the importance and value of the Earth, of growing gardens, of local farming and other related subjects, they will naturally begin to celebrate the cycles of ...

For ages, some people have believed in fairies — strange and otherworldly creatures often connected to nature. But that belief hasn’t always been mainstream in the United States. Andrew Warburton is ...

Author Rudyard Kipling was one of the many inspired by East Sussex's fairy tale heritage when he lived at Bateman's, Burwash in the early twentieth century. The magic he felt endures still today ...

Rip Van Winkle slept, the Goblin King of Dunderberg plotted, and the Hudson Valley hummed with mischief in the tales written by Washington Irving. But long before Irving put pen to paper, New York’s ...

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We started Fairy Camp without knowing much about it and quickly learned that Melissa and Sue have created quite a fairy universe. Our daughter was able to jump right in, but it was helpful for me to ...

Old wives' tales get a modern twist in a new dramatic exhibit that explores Newfoundland and Labrador's folklore. NewfoundlandLand brought its travelling fairy exhibit to Torbay this past weekend, in ...

Disney and other Hollywood sanitizers have convinced everybody that fairies are benevolent wish-granters, or maybe environmental champions. But in actual folklore? Fairies are terrifying. They’re more ...