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A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore.

fairy (faery, faerie or faërie) may also refer to:

Tradition and mythology

• Fairyland
• The Faerie faith, a neopagan tradition
• The Fairy Flag, a Scottish heirloom
• Feri Tradition, a neopagan tradition

Animals and plants

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

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Fairy (Artemis Fowl), from the series Artemis Fowl
• Faerie (DC Comics), comic book fictional place
• The Shobijin, the little sisters, or the name of the moth they ride in Mothra

Music

• The Fairies, translation of Die Feen, opera by Richard Wagner
• The Fairies (British band), a 1960s British R&B band
• Fairies (Japanese group), a Japanese girl group
  • Fairies (album), 2014

Other uses in entertainment

• Faeries (1999 film), a 1999 animated film
• Faeries (1981 film), a 1981 animated special
• Faeries (anthology), an anthology of fantasy and science fiction short stories
• Fairy chess piece, an unorthodox piece in a chess variant
• The Fairies (TV series), an Australian live-action children's television series
• Faeries (book)

Homosexual context

• Fairy (gay slang), a slang term for gay men
• Radical Faeries, an organization composed mostly of gay men

Other uses

• Fairy (brand), a detergent brand owned by Procter and Gamble
• Fairy (steamboat), a small wooden sidewheel-driven steamship
• Fairy, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Texas
• Fairy, codename of Special Operations Executive Agent Yvonne Cormeau (1909–1997)

See also

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

• Disambiguation pages