Fairy (disambiguation)

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"

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)