Fairy (disambiguation)

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

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

Tradition and mythology

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

Places

• Fairy, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Texas

People

• Fairy, codename of Special Operations Executive Agent Yvonne Cormeau

Animals and plants

• Calypso (orchid) 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

• Faerie (DC Comics), a magical realm in the DC comics
• Fairy (Artemis Fowl), from the series Artemis Fowl
• Fairy dust
• Fairy godmother
• Tooth fairy

Music

• Fairies (British band), a 1960s British R&B band
• Fairies (Japanese band), a Japanese girl group
  • Fairies (album), 2014

Other arts, entertainment, and media

• 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, an Australian live-action children's television series

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
• Cottingley Fairies, a photographic hoax

See also

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