Fairie, The Word

Fairie The Word evolves from many cultures.

It seems to start with Homers name for centaurs, or the last syllable of the word "nympha-fee".

Fee was well known throughout Europe as an origin of Fairie The Word.

The Anglo-Saxon words "to fare" mean "to go".

Others have said that Fairy-Folk is just a quasi way of saying "Fair-Folk". It has also been asked if it were not Celtic in origin.

Fairie or Peri, which word?

No word has been established, even by Scholars, to prove that Fairie The Word originated with either the English Fairie or the Persian Peri.

The Persian Peri Tales could have come back to Britain as "Fairie Tales" and this adds another aspect to Fairy Tale History.

This Arabian connection is sometimes overlooked.

But who could forget the Tales of the Arabian Nights , and Aladdin.

Maybe there is a reason we all remember those tales.

They are pretty ingrained in our memories

However, there is a theory that since the Arab language has no sound "p"...

it is supposed that maybe the crusaders, who might have enjoyed the Arabian/Persian "Peri-Tales" could have easily translated it into Fairie-Tales.

The languages of English and French referred to this being, as "Faerie, Fairy, or Fairie"...

while the Italians and Spanish said "Fata or Fada or Hada".

In literature these words seem to stand for the same kind of being.

Fatum, possibly the root of the word

Many scholars think that the root of the word is from the Latin "fatum".

While most writers of the 13th century considered the Fada or the Fee to be creatures other than humankind...

another opinion of that time was that the word Fee refers to such a being as nothing more than a woman skilled in magic.

Fee meaning dame or femme.

That this could be the description of witches.

I am staying away from witches here, only because there is too much to cover on that subject.

Does it mean to enchant?

There is also a latin verb "fatare" meaning to enchant.

Whatever the words mean, the stories of Fairies certainly are enchanting.

The truth about Fairy Tale History is probably lost forever and what exists are only rumors and the wonderful tales themselves.

If you have had enough Fairy History and certainly enough of anything about Fairie The Word and would like to find some Fee, Peri, Fada to look atfollow the above link to my coloring pages.

Enchantment

I guarantee you will find that any fairy subject will "fatare" you.

To be enchanted further and see some fairy pictures go and see some of mine.

I love Unicorns , and I hope you will enjoy reading some of the history of theFar East Unicorn, and Medieval Unicorns.

The mythology of Pegasus, and Mermaids are also found in this section, so please read about all the Merfolk,Sea Gods, and another magical mermaid the Selkie.

One of my favorite fairy tale type characters are pirates , and women heros of all kinds including the mythological amazon.

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The Tales

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