Fairy

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See also: fay (disambiguation)

Contents 1 Plants and animals 2 Popular culture 3 Faeries 4 Fairey 5 See also 5.1 References

The word fairy (faery, faerie, Faërie) may mean:

• Faerie, a spirit or supernatural being in late Medieval folklore and romance. Also known as 'elves with wings'.
  • more generally, such beings in the folklore of various cultures, see list of beings referred to as fairies
• the "land of Faerie", see Alfheim.
• Fantasy fiction as a literary genre.
• The Faerie faith, a Neopagan tradition emphasizing the ancient meaning of fae, rather than the modern diminutive fairy
  • Feri Tradition, a neopagan tradition with similar but distinct tenets
• Radical Faeries, an organization mostly of gay men.
• Flower fairies, tiny creatures that live in the bottom of gardens, the middle of grassy meadows, and on the edge of distant marshes.

Plants and animals

• fairy slipper
• Fairy Tern

Popular culture

• Fairy chess piece, any unorthodox piece used in a chess variant
• Fairy (detergent), a brand name for several detergent products made by Procter & Gamble
• Fairy Margarine, an Australian brand of margarine, marketed in some countries as "Krona" to avoid conflict with the detergents
• Fairy (gay slang), a slang term, often used disparaging referring to gay or effeminate men and LGBT people. The term has also been re-appropriated by LGBT communities; for example, Radical faeries.
• Faerie, a magical realm in the DC comics The Sandman, The Books of Faerie and The Books of Magic.

Faeries

• Faeries (television), starring Hans Conried
• Faeries (film), starring Kate Winslet.
• Fairy (Artemis Fowl) From the series of Artemis Fowl.

Fairey

• Fairey Aviation Company, a British aircraft manufacturer which produced numerous types of military (mostly naval) aircraft:
  • The Fairey Battle
  • The Fairey Swordfish
  • The Fairey Albacore
  • The Fairey Barracuda
  • The Fairey Firefly
  • The Fairey Fulmar
  • The Fairey Gannet
  • The Fairey Delta
  • The Fairey Rotodyne

See also

• Fairyland
• Fey (disambiguation)
• Ferry

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Faerie" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faerie, used under the GNU Free Documentation License