Fairies exist yes or no?

Question

Seems to be a difference of opinion here; Tell me you stories on these,a also is a pixie a fairy with no wings - my mam once told me a fairy story since then i think there real she is not one to lie although she did lie about santa

Answer 1

yes they exist, we're just to busy to notice them,

Answer 2

My great grandma believed they did and she used to leave milk out for them. She ended up in a mental institution.

My mum tells me she was a very happy lady, though.

Answer 3

Stories about the race of Fairies (gnomes, pixies, etc) can be found in cultures all over the world.  I have done extensive research on this universal belief and have a large collection of "fairy tales" from around the world. I have interviewed people who claimed to have had personal encounters with this race of beings. After my own encounter with one particular type of fairy, I'm a believer.

I understand people’s skepticism regarding the existence of fairies.   I am a 47 year old teacher with degrees in Anthropology, American Indian Studies and Education, and have been teaching for almost 24 years.  My mother is a retired Registered Nurse and my father is a retired University Professor.  The fact is that, despite all the "book" learning I have been exposed to and have been surrounded by my entire life, there are just some things that are simply TRUE--even if it contradicts what science or academia teaches.  The fact is that there exists things that we simply cannot always explain nor prove.  To answer your question:  YES, the fairy race exists--and not just in myths and legends.  They exist in a world that cannot be explained; they exist in a world that can only be experienced.  They share the same space as those of us, but in a different dimension Yes, I did have a personal experience with fairies. . . and that experience changed my life.  I feel no need to prove my experience nor convince anyone of the truth, but here is what happened:  My personal encounter with Ojibwa fairies known as "They who fly to the flowers" occurred in the summer of 1997 in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at Kitchititipi. Here's part of what I wrote in a journal, shortly after the experience:

“understand that our world and the fairy world co-exist and share the same space. There are certain places where the veil that separates these dimensions can be pierced. It’s like knowing a hidden picture is on a page; the picture is hidden because the arrangement of color, shapes and images makes it very difficult to see. But then you put on a pair of red glasses—and all of a sudden you see the image clearly. As you can see, the image had always been there. And even after you take the glasses off—and you won’t be able to see the image—you know with certainty that the image is indeed really there. With the Little People it was a green lens, so to speak. There we were on hands and knees, kneeling before a flower . . . offering tobacco . . .singing the (Ojibwa) Little People Song. . . And then it happened. Like a beautiful green lens was placed over our eyes, enabling us to see what has always been  . . .”

Answer 4

No. They only exist in tales. Same thing for Santa Claus. They only exists in the imagination of people.

Answer 5

it's hard to tell, however, my great great gran lived in the country and a small woman called to her house looking for some milk, my great great gran gave her the milk and the next day there was a gold coin on her door step. She also found small clay pipes out in the country.

my gran told me this, she does not make up tales and is not senile and she said that her gran was a very serious woman not a person to go around making up stories.

perhaps this is nothing to do with fairies, who knows?

but in the great glens of antrim, there's fairie rings where sheep avoid (it's a farming place) the sheep will roam everywhere but they wont go near the rings.

i believed in fairies as a child... but now that im older im a bit sceptical.

Answer 6

oh yes

Answer 7

No they dont .

Answer 8

i like to think they are

Answer 9

Yes they exist.  They tend to live in large towns where all the boutiques and antique shops are located.

Answer 10

No they don't exist!.

Answer 11

yeah they totally exist like santa claus and the easter bunny and god and jesus.

Answer 12

after reading some of  the other answers, you may look no further for fairies

Answer 13

i think they do exist :]]

Answer 14

Well i belive that they exist some where in the world! u just have to look hard enough to find them.

Answer 15

If you are under 10 years old....."of course they do sweetie!"

If you are over 15 years old...."don't be ridiculous!"

Answer 16

If you want to see Fairies just go to any g*y Pride parades, you'll see dozens of them, maybe hundreds!!!

Answer 17

NO

Answer 18

Wouldn't it be lovely if it was true I am hopeful

Answer 19

yes they do

Variants: dullaghan, far dorocha, Crom Dubh

The dullahan is one of the most spectacular creatures in the Irish fairy realm and one which is particularly active in the more remote parts of counties Sligo and Down.

Around midnight on certain Irish festivals or feast days, this wild and black-robed horseman may be observed riding a dark and snorting steed across the countryside.

W. J. Fitzpatrick, a storyteller from the Mourne Mountains in County Down, recounts:

"I seen the dullahan myself, stopping on the brow of the hill between Bryansford and Moneyscalp late one evening, just as the sun was setting. It was completely headless but it held up its own head in its hand and I heard it call out a name. I put my hand across my ears in case the name was my own, so I couldn't hear what it said. When I looked again, it was gone. But shortly afterwards, there was a bad car accident on that very hill and a young man was killed. It had been his name that the dullahan was calling".

Dullahans are headless. Although the dullahan has no head upon its shoulders, he carries it with him, either on the saddle-brow of his horse or upraised in his right hand. The head is the colour and texture of stale dough or mouldy cheese, and quite smooth. A hideous, idiotic grin splits the face from ear to ear, and the eyes, which are small and black, dart about like malignant flies. The entire head glows with the phosphoresence of decaying matter and the creature may use it as a lantern to guide its way along the darkened laneways of the Irish countryside. Wherever the dullahan stops, a mortal dies.

The dullahan is possessed of supernatural sight. By holding his severed head aloft, he can see for vast distances across the countryside, even on the darkest night. Using this power, he can spy the house of a dying person, no matter where it lies. Those who watch from their windows to see him pass are rewarded for their pains by having a basin of blood thrown in their faces, or by being struck blind in one eye.

The dullahan is usually mounted on a black steed, which thunders through the night. He uses a human spine as a whip. The horse sends out sparks and flames from its nostrils as it charges forth. In some parts of the country, such as County Tyrone, the dullahan drives a black coach known as the coach-a-bower (from the Irish coiste bodhar, meaning 'deaf or silent coach'). This is drawn by six black horses, and travels so fast that the friction created by its movement often sets on fire the bushes along the sides of the road. All gates fly open to let rider and coach through, no matter how firmly they are locked, so no one is truly safe from the attentions of this fairy.

This fairy has a limited power of speech. Its disembodied head is permitted to speak just once on each journey it undertakes, and then has only the ability to call the name of the person whose death it heralds. A dullahan will stop its snorting horse before the door of a house and shout the name of the person about to die, drawing forth the soul at the call. He may also stop at the very spot where a person will die.

On nights of Irish feast days, it is advisable to stay at home with the curtains drawn; particularly around the end of August or early September when the festival of Crom Dubh reputedly took place. If you have to be abroad at this time, be sure to keep some gold object close to hand.

The origins of the dullahan are not known for certain, but he is thought to be the embodiment of an ancient Celtic god, Crom Dubh, or Black Crom. Crom Dubh was worshipped by the prehistoric king, Tighermas, who ruled in Ireland about fifteen hundred years ago and who legitimised human sacrifice to heathen idols. Being a fertility god, Crom Dubh demanded human lives each year, the most favoured method of sacrifice being decapitation. The worship of Crom continued in Ireland until the sixth century, when Christian missionaries arrived from Scotland. They denounced all such worship and under their influence, the old sacrificial religions of Ireland began to lose favour. Nonetheless, Crom Dubh was not to be denied his annual quota of souls, and took on a physical form which became known as the dullahan or far dorocha (meaning dark man), the tangible embodiment of death.

Unlike the banshee, the dullahan does not pursue specific families and its call is a summoning of the soul of a dying person rather than a death warning. There is no real defence against the dullahan because he is death's herald. However, an artefact made of gold may frighten him away, for dullahan's appear to have an irrational fear of this precious metal. Even a small amount of gold may suffice to drive them off, as the following account from County Galway relates:

"A man was on his way home one night between Roundstone and Ballyconneely. It was just getting dark and, all of a sudden, he heard the sound of horse's hooves pounding along the road behind him. Looking around, he saw the dullahan on his charger, hurtling towards him at a fair speed. With a loud shout, he made to run but the thing came on after him, gaining on him all the time. In truth, it would have overtaken him and carried him away had he not dropped a gold-headed pin from the folds of his shirt on the road behind him. There was a roar in the air above him and, when he looked again, the dullahan was gone".

Answer 20

THE  CITY IS FULL OF THEM ...

Answer 21

The do exist. We've got a colony in the back garden just before where the forest starts.