Fairy (disambiguation)

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A fairy is a spirit or supernatural being in late Medieval folklore and romance.

The word fairy (faery, faerie or faërie) may also mean:

Tradition and mythology

• The "land of Faerie", Álfheimr
• The Faerie faith, a neopagan tradition
• Feri Tradition, a neopagan tradition
• The Fairy Flag, a Scottish heirloom

Plants and animals

• Calypso (orchid) or fairy slipper, a species of orchid
• Fairy tern, a bird
• Fairy hummingbirds in the genus Heliothryx
• Fairyfly, a wasp
• Little penguin, formerly known as "fairy penguin."

Popular culture

• Faerie (DC Comics), a magical realm in the DC comics
• Fairies (band), a Japanese girl group
• Fairies (British band), a 1960s British R&B band
• Faeries (film), a 1999 film
• Fairy (Artemis Fowl), from the series Artemis Fowl
• Flower Fairies, a series of books

Other

• Cottingley Fairies, a photographic hoax
• Fairy chess piece, an unorthodox piece in a chess variant
• Fairy (gay slang), a slang term for gay men
• Radical Faeries, an organization mostly of gay men
• Codename of Special Operations Executive Agent Yvonne Cormeau
• Fairy (brand), a detergent brand owned by Procter and Gamble

See also

• Fairy tale (disambiguation)
• Fairey (disambiguation)
• List of beings referred to as fairies
• Fairyland (disambiguation)
• Fey (disambiguation)
• Fay (disambiguation)