Celtic Myth: Fairies

Fairy Land by Howard David Johnson

I chose to do my project over Fairies in Celtic Folklore. The reason being is that fairies were apart of my childhood. Fairies also tend to be popular with younger children even to this day and it makes me wonder why. I always thought that fairies were good creatures when I was younger. Now that I am older and learned about different types of them, I've come to learn that not all fairies are good creatures.. The fact that children watch movies where fairies are included are only given one side of the story in a way. People only show the good part, but in actuality there are some really bad fairies. We know about the Sandman, Tooth Fairy, and Tinker Bell. What they leave out is the Banshee, Duallhan, Pooka, and many more.

The only background knowledge that I have before I entered my British Literature class was about Tinker Bell. I vaguely remember Tinker Bell. I know that she was in Peter Pan and that she had blonde hair with blue eyes and was able to sprinkle pixie dust on a human and it gave them the ability to fly. Other than that I really cannot remember any other fairies. That is why I was really intriguied to know a little more about them. It is nice to know that there are good fairies, but it is more interesting to me to know about the bad ones. Also the one question that we all want to know. Are fairies actually real or are they just a myth?