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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.
- Color This Chubby Little Goblin!
- This fairy is riding a magic carpet
- Color Two Tiny Friends
- "Snapdragon" fairy coloring page
- Color The Flitter-Flutter Fairy
- Color Sweet William Fairy
- "White Owlet" coloring page
- Color The Maidens of The Mist
- Color the Rose-Sprite Fairy
- "Quaker Fairy" coloring page
- Color The Little Mignonette
- Color the Night Moth Fairy
- Color Ariel's Songs
- Color this bees-wings fairy
- A Lucky Little Leprechaun For Coloring
- The fairy babies waiting to be born
- Color Jack-In-The-Pulpit Fairy
- The Elves and The Shoemaker
- Color These Gnomes and Toadstools
- Color this seahorse race
- The Child Fairy
- "F is for fancy fairy" alphabet coloring page
- Color these singing mountain fairies
- Egyptian Fairy Queen Coloring
- Color The Fairy Mirrors...
- Elves Painting the Flowers
- Color these sea fairies by L. Frank Baum (merpeople)
- Color these fairy folk flying...
- The Moon Maiden Coloring Page
- The Fairy Lullaby Coloring Page
- Color these swimming mermaids
- The fairy trumpeters coloring page
- A coloring page of moss carpet weavers
- Color the flower fairy dress maker
- A coloring page of fairies harvesting acorns...
- Fairies from Activity Village
- Unique Fairies from Educational Coloring Pages
- Fantasy Fairies from Phee's Coloring Pages
- Fairies for Coloring from GetColoringPages
- Coloring Pages of David the Gnome from kids-n-fun
- Coloring Collection of Plop the Gnome from Bulk Coloring
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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