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31Fairy godmother — In fairy tales, a fairy godmother is a fairy with magical powers who acts as a mentor or parent to someone, in the role that an actual godparent was expected to play in many societies. In Perrault s Cinderella , he concludes the tale with the… …
32FAIRY RINGS — circles of seemingly withered grass often seen in lawns and meadows, caused by some fungi below the surface, but popularly ascribed in superstitious times to fairies dancing in a ring …
33fairy rings — Circle dancing (carol) was the norm in medieval society, but later English dances were so different that dancing in a ring came to seem not merely old fashioned or childish but uncanny, associated with *fairies or witches. When circles of lush …
34The Rose and the Ring — is a satirical work of fiction written by William Makepeace Thackeray and originally published at Christmas 1854 (though dated 1855). [Roger Lancelyn Green, The Golden Age of Children s Books , in: Sheila Egoff, G. T. Stubbs, and L. F. Ashley,… …
35Drake (fairy) — A Drake is type of fairy figure found across European folklore that mixes the characteristics of fairy beings, and dragons. Even though the term drake has become synonymous to legendary dragons, fairy drakes stand alone as their own folkloric… …
36anchor ring — noun a toroidal shape a ring of ships in the harbor a halo of smoke • Syn: ↑ring, ↑halo, ↑annulus, ↑doughnut • Hypernyms: ↑toroid …
37Pixy ring — Pixy Pix y, Pixie Pix ie, n.; pl. {Pixies}. [For Pucksy, from Puck.] 1. An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also {picksy}.] [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A low creeping evergreen plant ({Pyxidanthera barbulata}), with mosslike leaves and …
38pixy-ring — pixˈy ring noun A fairy ring • • • Main Entry: ↑pixie …
39Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — Rumpelstiltskin from The Blue Fairy Book, by Henry J. Ford Andrew Lang s Fairy Books also known as Andrew Lang s Coloured Fairy Books or Andrew Lang s Fairy Books of Many Colors are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between …
40List of fairy tales — This is a list of fairy tales, the dates of their earliest known printed version, the author and, if known, the collection of tales in which it was published. It should be noted, however, that not all stories listed below would be categorized as… …
