Fairy Facts

 

✨ Fairies aren't always tiny. In traditional Celtic folklore, many fairies were human-sized or even taller than humans.

🌙 The Fair Folk dislike iron. Cold iron was believed to repel or harm fairies, which is why iron horseshoes were often hung over doors.

 

🍯 Never eat fairy food. Many legends warn that eating food in the fairy realm can trap a human there forever.

🌿 Fairy rings are magical. Rings of mushrooms were believed to be places where fairies danced at night. Stepping inside one could lead to enchantment or transport you to the fairy world.

⭐ Names have power. In many fairy traditions, knowing a fairy's true name grants power over them, while revealing your full name to a fairy can make you vulnerable.

🌹 Seelie and Unseelie Courts. Scottish folklore divides fairies into the Seelie Court (more benevolent) and the Unseelie Court (more dangerous and malicious).

🕯️ Fairies are strongest at twilight. Dawn and dusk, often called "between times," were believed to be when the barrier between worlds was thinnest.

🌊 Water Fairies Could Be Deadly Creatures like kelpies and nixies appeared beautiful and harmless but lured people into rivers and lakes, where the victims vanished beneath the water.

🌙 Fairies Were Not Always Good or Evil One of the creepiest aspects of old fairy lore is that fairies often operated by completely different morals than humans. They might reward kindness one day and punish the exact same action the next.