Meet the Faeries – A Guide to the Fae Folk of Legend & Lore

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Faerie Lore – the Will of the Wisp

Picture of a Will of the Wisp from the 1800s

Engraving. An Ignis Fatuus, or Will-o’-The-Whisp. As seen in Lincolnshire. engraved by T. W. Cook after Pether. Published by R.N. Rose, London, 1820. 23cm x 14.5cm. Public Domain.

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Faerie Lore – Ghille Dhu

Vintage black-and-white illustration of a young girl in leaves and a tall woman in robes, standing in a forest with animals and trees in the background.

JESSIE MACRAE AND THE GILLIE DHU From a drawing by John Duncan, A.R.S.A. Public Domain.

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Fire Salamanders

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man sleeping under a tree while a blue dragon-like creature breathes fire onto his feet.

Salamander in Fire, 15th century. Public domain.

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Faerie Lore - WindKnot

Illustration of two small fairies interacting with butterflies, one riding a flower pod and the other holding reins attached to the butterflies’ wings.

Richard Doyle illustration for Princess Nobody (1884)

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Faerie Lore - Sylph

Vintage illustration of a winged faery carrying a child through the sky above a forested landscape.

Sylph fairy of the Air – illustration by Arthur Rackham to the 1908 edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, public
domain

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MORE Forthcoming

Gille dhu faery lore by Tammy Burke
Will o wisp faery lore by Tammy Burke
Red Cap faery lore by Tammy Burke

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