A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore. fairy (faery, faerie or faërie) may also refer to:

Tradition and mythology

Fairyland Fairyland (''Faerie'', Scottish ''Elfame'', c.f. Old Norse '' Álfheimr'') in English and Scottish folklore is the fabulous land or abode of fairies or ''fays''. Old French (Early Modern English ) referred to an illusion or enchantment, the land ...

*The Faerie faith, a neopagan tradition *The

Fairy Flag The Fairy Flag (Scottish Gaelic: ''Am Bratach Sìth'') is an heirloom of the chiefs of Clan MacLeod. It is held in Dunvegan Castle along with other notable heirlooms, such as the Dunvegan Cup and Sir Rory Mor's Horn. The Fairy Flag is known ...

, a Scottish heirloom *

Feri Tradition The Feri Tradition is an initiatory tradition of modern Pagan witchcraft. It was founded in California in the 1960s by the Americans Victor Henry Anderson and his wife Cora Anderson. Practitioners have described it as an ecstatic tradition rath ...

, a neopagan tradition

Animals and plants

* ''Calypso'' (plant) or fairy slipper, a species of orchid *Fairy hummingbirds, in the genus ''

Heliothryx ''Heliothryx'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes". Taxonomy The genus ''Heliothryx'' was introduced in 1831 by t ...

'' *

Fairy tern The fairy tern (''Sternula nereis'') is a small tern which is native to the southwestern Pacific. It is listed as " Vulnerable" by the IUCN and the New Zealand subspecies is " Critically Endangered". There are three subspecies: * Australian fai ...

, a bird *

Fairyfly The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1400 species. Fairyflies are very tiny insects ...

, a wasp * Little penguin, formerly known as "fairy penguin"

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

*Fairy (''Artemis Fowl''), from the series ''Artemis Fowl'' * Faerie (DC Comics), comic book fictional place * The ''Shobijin'', the little sisters, or the name of the moth they ride in ''

Mothra is a fictional monster, or ''kaiju'', that first appeared in the 1961 film '' Mothra'', produced and distributed by Toho Studios. Mothra has appeared in several Toho ''tokusatsu'' films, most often as a recurring character in the ''Godzilla'' ...

Music

*The Fairies, translation of ''

Die Feen ''Die Feen'' (, ''The Fairies'') is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. The German libretto was written by the composer after Carlo Gozzi's '' La donna serpente''. ''Die Feen'' was Wagner's first completed opera, but remained unperformed in ...

'', opera by Richard Wagner * The Fairies (British band), a 1960s British R&B band * Fairies (Japanese group), a Japanese girl group ** ''Fairies'' (album), 2014

Other uses in entertainment

* ''Faeries'' (1999 film), a 1999 animated film * ''Faeries'' (1981 film), a 1981 animated special * ''Faeries'' (anthology), an anthology of fantasy and science fiction short stories *

Fairy chess piece A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some chess problems. Compared to conventional pieces, fair ...

, an unorthodox piece in a chess variant * ''The Fairies'' (TV series), an Australian live-action children's television series * ''Faeries'' (book)

Homosexual context

Fairy (gay slang) LGBT slang, LGBT speak, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBT people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBT community identify themselves ...

, a slang term for gay men * Radical Faeries, an organization composed mostly of gay men

Other uses

* Fairy (brand), a detergent brand owned by Procter and Gamble * ''Fairy'' (steamboat), a small wooden sidewheel-driven steamship * Fairy, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Texas *Fairy, codename of Special Operations Executive Agent

Yvonne Cormeau Yvonne Cormeau, born Beatrice Yvonne Biesterfeld (18 December 1909 – 25 December 1997), code name ''Annette,'' was an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine organization, the Special Operations Executive (SOE), in World War II. She was the ...

(1909-1997)