Monday, October 10, 2016

Fairy Folk & Gnomes Coloring Pages

Sample coloring pages about fairies found in this file.
       A fairy (also fay, fae, fair folk; from faery, faerie, "realm of the fays") is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural, or preternatural.
      Sometimes the term fairy is used to describe any magical creature, including goblins or gnomes: at other times, the term describes only a specific type of more ethereal creature or sprite. The concept of "fairy" in the narrow sense is unique to English folklore, conflating Germanic elves with influences from Celtic and Romance (French) folklores, and later made "diminutive" according to the tastes of Victorian era "fairy tales" for children.
      Fairies have their historical origin in the conflation of Celtic (Breton, Welsh) traditions in the Middle French medieval romances. Fairie was in origin used adjectivally, meaning "enchanted" (as in fairie knight, fairie queene), but was used as a name for "enchanted" creatures from as early as the Late Middle English period. In English literature of the Elizabethan era, elves became conflated with the fairies of Romance culture, so that the two terms began to be used interchangeably.
      The Victorian and Edwardian eras saw an increase in interest in fairies. The Celtic Revival viewed them as part of Ireland's cultural heritage. Carole Silvers and others suggest that the fascination of English antiquarians arose from a reaction to greater industrialization, and loss of folkways.

       I will file all kinds of fairy folk here in the future. Read the Terms of Use before using the coloring pages under this listing please.
  1.  Color This Chubby Little Goblin!
  2. This fairy is riding a magic carpet   
  3. Color Two Tiny Friends
  4. "Snapdragon" fairy coloring page
  5. Color The Flitter-Flutter Fairy 
  6. Color Sweet William Fairy
  7. "White Owlet" coloring page
  8. Color The Maidens of The Mist 
  9. Color the Rose-Sprite Fairy 
  10. "Quaker Fairy" coloring page
  11. Color The Little Mignonette 
  12. Color the Night Moth Fairy 
  13. Color Ariel's Songs
  14. Color this bees-wings fairy 
  15. A Lucky Little Leprechaun For Coloring 
  16. The fairy babies waiting to be born 
  17. Color Jack-In-The-Pulpit Fairy
  18. The Elves and The Shoemaker 
  19. Color These Gnomes and Toadstools  
  20. Color this seahorse race 
  21. The Child Fairy
  22. "F is for fancy fairy" alphabet coloring page
  23. Color these singing mountain fairies
  24. Egyptian Fairy Queen Coloring
  25. Color The Fairy Mirrors...
  26. Elves Painting the Flowers
  27. Color these sea fairies by L. Frank Baum (merpeople)  
  28. Color these fairy folk flying... 
  29. The Moon Maiden Coloring Page
  30. The Fairy Lullaby Coloring Page
  31. Color these swimming mermaids
  32. The fairy trumpeters coloring page
  33. A coloring page of moss carpet weavers
  34. Color the flower fairy dress maker 
  35. A coloring page of fairies harvesting acorns...
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1 comment:

  1. Thanks Steve for the visit and suggestion. Visitors can see Steve's fairy coloring pages for little ones at http://www.ultracoloringpages.com/s/fairy-coloring-pages Check them out.

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