Now, I know we all enjoy a little Amy Brown, and Eoin Colfer is excellent at writing those Artemis Fowl books, but does anyone else actually believe in fairies? I do. Maybe it's becasue of what Eoin Colfer writes, "Artemis was young enough to believe in this sort of thing, and adult enough to understand..." I don't remember the exact wording, but from the Tooth Fairy to Santa Clause, we are taught from a very young age that there are mystical creatures to help us in life.

I myself believe in fairies very stongly, I was wondering if anyone else believed?



(and if there is another thred about this, please point me in the direction.. I did only check three pages back!)

I might as well reply because this topic has intrigued me so same again if a topic exists already point me there because I can ramble on for hours

But I do believe they exist in some form, I adore the thought of these little mystical creatures roaming around the earth or some form like you read about. Thats why Im a big lover of collecting fairy ornaments like my mum does, I just love seeing them sat there on the mantelpiece, it brings so much magic to the house and brightens it up. Id love to think we all have our own little fairy following us round or at least think theres a little fairy in all of us, just makes me smile when I think of all the magic you could feel and happiness. And that your never alone, like having a guardian angel in a sense.

Hmm, I think fairies are a myth because we like the idea - like Nyx above me mentioned, you like the thought...

I think angels & fairies exist, in people...

I am a fairy from time to time, I have two pairs of wings, and I believe I do brighten up people when wearing them

No, I don't think they exist...and yes, I'm a straight forward person.

There's a good documentary film on this topic called The Fairy Faith.

See:
http://www.thefairyfaith.com/

A friend of my nan's used to put out a saucer of milk for them. Didn't stop her house getting burgled. It was probably the mischievious little buggers wot did it.

I find the idea of fairies very nice but highly unlikely. I'll believe when I see the police taking one of the little house-breakers away in tiny leafy handcuffs.

You had mischevious little ones hanging around... love the idea of little fairies being carted off though...

It depends. Fairies as in spiritual beings, yes. After all that is what they are. But the fictional fairies with wings and the have magical powers no.

Ey, I love the fairy powder..they makes you fly...uh, I mean SOAR!

Faeries are just as real as Angels, ghosts, and spirits.

I thought you might like this one http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum...10&hl=fairy to find more just search fairies in this category

Fairies? Yes! Cute and cuddly? No!

Regards,
Mabon.

As for myself I dont beleive they exist..

I suggest that you look up the Cottingley Fairies
I say it is the most convincing accounts of actual fairy sighting.
Basically, these girls have been seeing fairies at a meadow I think.
When they finally attempt too tell others, they are met with ridicule, so they show some remarkable photos.
It would've been awsome if they were true. Alas it was not so!
The little girls confessed that they were fakes.
They done it because of the frustrations of being mocked for something which they truely believe is true.
However, there was one photo they they've always claimed to be the only genuine one.
One of their devoted believers is the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!!

Nor do I believe in fairies.

Certainly not these Tinkerbell types, you know, cute little butterfly-like things. The Celts used to believe that faeries (fairies, ferlies) may have been the spirits of the dead, and resided in hollow hills. Generally, there weren't really such things as those little ones with the wee wings and the "clap your hands", living at the bottom of the garden. The original blueprint for a faerie was quite different from the J M Barrie perception.


A Faerie was generally any being (entity) that could be percieved as paranormal ('course this word didn't exist, they were just "Faeries"), and included everything from goblins, trolls, to even Black Dogs (although in Scotland the "Cu Sith" were actually green). You had trolls, trows, dwarves, goblins, hobgoblins, cobolds, knockers, kelpies, each uisge, shellycoats, elves, pixies (piskies), glaistigs, cait sith, cu sith, bean nighe, baoban sith, bahn sidhe, Fear Liath Mhor, will o' the wisps ("spunkies"), gnomes etc etc.

Oh... and Urisks (please do look up these critters!)


in fact, according to some sources the word Faerie is actually quite "modern" compared to the original term of Elf. It was "imported" by the French. Apparently.



Fairies certainly are NOT these little kinds (although it is possible that some part of the country had these as part of their folklore). Or at least should not be limited to be percieved as these kind.






So as far as the topic is concerned; I don't believe in the "romantic" vision of fairies, or at least that they are confined to this perception, but as far as the faerie being used to describe any supernatural entity (this is exactly the same as "demon"), my mind is certainly more open to that concept.



And this coming from who always appears to be a hardened skeptic? just take a read of my signature.

I don't really believe in fairies and such. But I do agree with fairies as spirits and the paranormal beings.

Fairies are about as real as the kiebler elves

I totally believe in faires!!
Ive believed since I was a little girl and they always intrigued me.
I kinda started to just think they were bit of a myth as I got older but
one day when I was 22 on my way inside my house I stopped cause something
flew in front of my face.
There was just this feeling that someone else was there watching me, (you all know that feeling)
like this thing was more than just a bug or something.
This white small 'fairy', the size of my pinkie fingernail, fluttered in front of my face.
I swear it looked like a small body; not the sensual figure portrayed in books but more of
a baby's body. and it was draped in a sheer something.
I put my hand up for it to land on me but it just fluttered about an inch from landing in
my palm!! It was sooooo amazing to see.
Everyone I have told thinks that Im on drugs or something hahaha
but I wasnt and I know what I saw!!

Yes, fairies exist.

Lawn Gnomes, and the "Roaming Gnome from Travelocity."

They're your evidence.

I personaly believe that faries are just as real as you and me.

I was once spend a year in Europe on a homestay. At dinner my homestay family were talking about a kabouter (sort of a friendly gnome) has cleaned up their kitchen and wash all the dishes while they're away and no one was at home. I told them that I went back from school for a while, seeing a mess in the kitchen and was unable to stand it, so I cleaned everything up and quickly left the home before they arrive, then I went back home later on for dinner. They both looked at me and my host dad said "Told ya hunny, there's no such thing as fairies or gnomes!"...

Amazing how they kept up with fashions of the day huh. LOL I though it was quite intruguing when I first read it too, that was a real long time ago.

Does anybody else wonder why peole believe such stories with such obvious flaws?

i beleave in faries but i dont beleave they live among us i think they live in wold that is very near to our own

i do belive in them since theres always a chanch

The Cottingly fairies arn't real the girls confessed to faking the photos.

The girls confessed to faking all but 1 of the Photo's but only faked the photo's becuase no one would believe their stories of playing with the Fairies... it was supposedly their way of trying to get someone to believe what they had seen?

based on...........?

His opinion.. he is allowed one isn't he?

They didn't confess to faking the fifth photograph, which showed fairies in a sunbath.
Read the confessions by the girls.

uhh everyone is, derrrr.
but am i not allowed to ask why he believes in something? maybe hes seen something before, or someone told him stories. i just wonder when people say they believe in fairies.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, so they faked only four of the five, the last one is real huh.........



Now it's far more believable .....................

right back at ya, there psyche101

I only posted the link so folks can read what supposedly happened.
To me, It's not really a matter of belief at this point, it is mostly a matter of accepting that even in 1917 children wanted to impress an adult and feel special.
I do think the 5th photo is genuine.

I also would like to ask why it is that Cotteningly Fairies are used 'alot of the time' as the standard to analyze all the other sightings and encounter reports? My gosh, it's been almost 100 years...
~There's been tons of books, articles, web sites and sighting reports since 1917.
~I, for one, am not arrogant enough to dismiss all the generations of stories as fantasy or fear...
~Come on... Do the math... Out of the many reports, there has to be a wee percentage that falls into the realm of unexplainable and possibly real...

And back again

You honestly belive that 2 ittle girls took 4 fake photo's and one genuine? Come on........
The fact that they were clothed in current fashion alone is a dead giveaway.
Everybody like to feel special. Grown ups make up rubbish these days to the same extent. Prohpet Yaweh?

The Cottingly faries are the most publicised claim. That would be due to the involvement of the distinguished Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Do the math - consider the world's population over the time period you are drawing your reports from. What percentage of people claim to have seen this fantastical being?

Is it arrogant to realise a stories origins? No, I think it is a tribute to the clever people who wrote the literature in the first place.
Pondering their existance and letting the true genuis get lost to satisfy ones own imagination is arrogant in my opinion.

back again too

As I said, with the Cotteningly photos, it is not a matter of belief 'For Me'. I no longer use the word belief when speaking of such matters as fae.

Yes, I really do think that it's real possible that the girls took 4 fakes and 1 genuine picture. When dealing with a 16 year old and a 10 year old, I think it's quite possible.
If they hadn't held out even unto death with their affirmations that the 5th photo was real, I would be more inclined to denounce it as others have...

I'm not sure what is so intriguing about the fashions. I wouldn't be surprised at any picture of a fae wearing any manner of clothing. According to what I've researched, they seem to have an astute eye for glamour and fashion.

I haven't heard of a Prophet Yaweh, so I can't comment on him.


There are over 3000 names for 'mystical beings' world wide. They are on virtually every continent of the world and in almost every culture. There seems to be a 'being' for most every good and bad deed that you can think of. The beings range from flesh to spirit, from wee to massive size, from saint to demonic.

As for the percentages of sighters, that is beyond my knowledge, I haven't read any stats on it.
I was referring to the people from what I have read in many books about many different cultures...


No, there's no arrogance in acknowledging the authors of legends and lores had/have clever minds and usually an underlying agenda.


If you are referring to me personally, I assure you that 'Imagination' is not a factor in the making of my opinions.
I am a realist. Things are what they are and sometimes they are not...
Just because I haven't seen nor encountered something, doesn't mean that it can't exist.

I'll be honest, I mostly research the American lores and legends. I'm mostly interested in the 'nature folks' the 'wee folks' that are considered gnome types. There's limited info on them and it's tough to find because it seems to be common practice amongst the 'authors' to use the word fairy interchangably with gnomes and the other nature folks, so I have learned quite a bit about fairies even though I didn't mean too.

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Here's a copy of one of my comments on another thread.
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These book titles are about personal encounters that reportidly took place as recent as the past few decades and also in days of yore.

Little People by Ron Quinn
Cherokee Little People By Lynn Lossiah
The Real World Of Faeries by Dora Van Gelder
(These books are not the normal 'fluff'....)
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Nicely said. Apparently it was only one cousin who claimed the photo was genuine, the other actually claimed that all five were fake

"The two cousins are divided about the authenticity of the fifth picture... Frances insists that it was a genuine photograph of fairies... Elsie, on the other hand, insists that all five photographs are of cut-outs" (Wiki).

The supposed genuine photo is below (for people who can't be bothered opening the link), and I'm sorry to anyone who think it is genuine because those fairies are clearly cut outs - they're not even 3D. I think the one cousin who claimed the photo was real, just didn't want people to give up hope that fairies possibly exist. On the general subject of fairies, I haven't personally seen anything to suggest they are real, but I'm always hoping someone can one day prove otherwise. I just know that the Cottingley Fairies were faked, and badly at that.

Supposed genuine fairies

i believe

Belief in fairies much like belief in angels or ghosts does not require proof for many believers.

A couple of things to consider
If you were a fairy would you let some human take your picture?

I would imagine not considering you would probably be aware of humanitys track record for destroying, capturing and basically making a mess of most of the things that the fey are supposed to (according to the folklore) hold dear. You might play with a child here and there if they amuse you or seem safe enough, but chances are you would not be as trusting of the adults of the species.

If you were a fairy would you involve yourself in the activities of humans?

Doubtful unless they had something extremely important to offer that you could not get for yourself and needed. Once again why open yourself and your kind up to possible decimation.

That being said I believe that they most likely do exist. It does not matter if there is pictoral proof or not for me, it is enough knowing that there is so much folklore from all over the world about them for me to believe that there must be something to it.

The Cottingley fairies, a famous hoax. Nice

I see fairies on a regular bases. They are a shadowy part of the air flow around us. As a christian, Christ helps me commune with elementals.

BAM
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Hrmmzz.... what word do you use, you seem pretty convinced the imagantive creatures exist?
Originally, your claim appeared to have psychological interests. As you have not pursued other examples, I'd say you have not begun to explore that option.
So, what is your interest?



Obviously you have no children.
Think about this - 4 fakes and one original.

As for the fith photo, as n_a_t_a_l_i_e (who's avatar I absolutely love btw) has already offered this


Perhaps you might look a little closer at this case before making a call huh?

Honestly, if you really really believe this, could I interest you in a nice bridge going over Sydney Harbour, only one owner..........PM me with credit card details for the purchase of a lifetime!!!

4 fake, 1 genuine sheeesh



You don't find it the least bit strange that when these creatures are caught on film that they just happen to share the same tastes in clothing and grooming as the discoverer?
Astute eye for glamour and fashion?? You have to be kidding me. I can't say I have ever spotted a fairy at a fashion or hair show. How is it they can keep up with the modern times so well, Fairy tabloids? Must be pretty tough considering how they avoid human contact. If they need to avoid us, why copy us?



He claimed he could summon UFO's at will. He had someone organising them for him a kilometer away. Peole do strange things for attention.
Kids too.



And............................................................
That proves that fairies must exist?
No.
It proves it was a popular tale. Humans have spread across the globe, spreading culture globally. It's what we do. Classic tale - good and bad.



When stating statistics on the amount of sightings, don't you think that would be prudent???
Going of your last statement, I would say you have little understanding of the human race, it's rise and development. Might I suggest you have a look at anthropology I am sure it can help you find many of the answers you seek, and give you a more realistic idea of tales and human nature.
It is a most intriguing field.



That's what I am doing, for the first part of your statement
What does the second part mean, where are you going with that "underlying agenda" comment? And why do you believe there was any more than one wanting to share, just like J. K. Rowling or J. R. R. Tolkien? Surely they don't have an underlying agenda? Surely you do not claim Harry Potter or Hogwarts exist. Or Hobbits. Other than Homo Florensis of course, now that I would recomend you pursue. A genuine little person". No wings or magical powers, fashion wasn't going to win any award either, just boring old island dwarfism, but at least these homnids did exist



Please, enligten me. Just what is your "factor"



No your not, and that statement is admission that you are not.
Things are what they are.
Things are never what they are not.
If you believe that statement, please offer an example to support it.

That statement is one of a dreamer.



Wow, come up with that all by yourself? how philisophical !!!
I agree by way of derrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Physics, chemistry, environment, feasability, all that sort of rot comes into play here.
It pays to know the difference between being thorough and just wasting time.



That is commendable - learnng about lore and legend.
I am currently delving into the indigenous Australian culture. Fascinating isn't it.
You have to remember how far we have advanced in the last 100 years, and the better levels of education. More people understand the physics of local phenomena. These days, we don't need a supernatural being to explain things we do not understand. Nowadays, we actually understand these phenomena.
The words are interchangeable because they are fictional characters.




I saw that. I have even found an online excerpt of Little People. The works are impressive. They should be taken for what they are is all.
As education levels become more widespread, you will see less and less claims.

No i don't believe in fairies.

Hrrmzz...... not quite the same. I believe the statics on the number of sigtings between the three would be vastly different, as such, not really comparable in that context.
Many people will believe in something if they fancy it. This is no basis for existance, it is just a stupid train of thought.
Good gosh, imagine if they did. I wonder how many Britteney Spears fairies are wandering my garden.



If you believe this stuff, and it seems you do - it would seem the Cottingly faries did. 5 of if you are ready to let your mind wander down that path.



No, if you ignore your threat, you will end up extinct. I am sure, if such a thing were to exist, hell they are so cute I am 100% positive they would find a multitude of allies. At least Greenpeace would help them.
You would go to a child rather than a trained individual if contacting another race?? You have to be kidding me. What could a child offer other than destroying your secret identity?
Children grow up, you are exposing oneself to the child, you expose youself to an eventual adult. One that may stop at nothing to find what they know they saw as a child.
Not all of humaity is evil you know. An enlightened supernatural being would be aware of that. Some of us actually rock. Big time.



Like your habitat, being destroyed by the second? Like technology?
Hell, If I was a minature being, I'd want in on telly. We could offer a great deal, suc a creature could convince masses to ray in their defence.
Nope. Don't think it would be a good idea to ignore a massive advanced neighbour you could communicate with. Aren't they curious by the nature of the tale? How did they curb that emotion. Maybe they have met Vulcans. Or maybe Vulcan fairies!



Pictorial proof is the last thing you need with the amount of the general public that is now proficient in photoshop.
I would suggest you too delve into anthropology. The spread of the human raceis a fascinating tale.
Here, Sumer is considered the oldest human civilisation. Good place to start.
The proliferation of the human race means the proliferation of it's culture. It des not mean made up stories are suddenly true.

O K Then............................................................................
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So why don't I see Fairies whilst in Church?

Wow 'psyche101'! "Me thinks you doth protest too much!"
I thought we were having a friendly discussion.
I apologize for whatever I said that upset you so much.

This thread is about fairies in general.
My personal life, beliefs, factors, motives or how I reach my conclusions bears no relevance as to if fairies really exist or not.

I own the movie about the Cotteningly photos. The magic and wonder it evokes in the children when they watch it is amazing. And maybe if they are elemental entities, then the more people who believe in them, the more real they become.

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Upset??????????????????????????

No, sorry if I gave you that impression, I was interested to see if your belief swayed in the face of the hard facts. Why do you think I was protesting or angry?? Your reply box seems to have missed what you were pointing out.

I only offered the link to anthropology as being into orgins and the origins of stories you would enjoy it? As it delves right into the heart of storytelling and the begining of legends, I really thought you would get a kick out of it. Same with Homo Florensis. Possibly how one of the little people myths started (Ebu Gobo).

I like to see as much identifiable fact as can be dug up, I hold a very similar view to Harte - I would like to hard fact replace uneduacted myth with every net search. Myth is great as long as we realise the origins and offer due repect to the geat minds that created it. It seems such an insult to me that the masters of this litterary work should be lost in favour of brining the myth to life for personal means.

No offense intended. *Holds hand out* I realise my manner is somewhat abrupt at times, that is me, I apologise but can't promise I wont do it again. If any consolation, I do enjoy your rebuttle.

I have that movie as well.

And people say I have no imagination. In here anyway.

I have been wishing really really hard for my very own supermodel for a very long time.

No matter how much you wish, it does not come true. And I can tell you that from first hand experience!!

yeah ditto. geeze


.....i think i just agreed with psyche