The Good People

Fairies have played a part in the folklore of many countries, and belief in fairy folk was once widespread. That these entities exist, on some supernatural level, is not in question.

The Fairy Faith in Celtic countries, for example, has withstood the passage of time. Fairy Faith believers would never be dissuaded of their existence. The state or fact of their being is firm in the minds of those who profess to have come in contact with them. I respect their right to freedom of belief.

Many Christians also believe in these entities, but belief is rooted on a Biblical foundation. Their shape, form and message is not based on good but rather on the nature of evil.

Some folks believe that fairies are spirits, fallen angels, or even the descendants of the children that Eve thought she had hidden from God. Others believe that they are left-overs which survived a creation prior to the Biblical creation - a pre-Adamic creation which some believe to have existed between Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 1:2 - known as the Gap Theory. As such, these creatures are thought to be capricious and even evil, thereby receiving respect and kindness from some in order to escape any harshness that they may choose to hand out. To this end they were known as "The Good People."

The Irish poet W. B. Yeats subscribed to the fairy faith. He frequently visited fairylands where he communed with the fae. He was convinced of their presence because they exchanged communication with him. At one time he was warned by the fairy queen not to become too inquisitive. Yeats respected the warning, but he availed every opportunity to visit with the fae and learn as much as they would allow.

Fairy tales, like the fairies, are living things. They have survived time. They have survived wars. They have survived pestilence. They have survived rock music and videos. And today, the magic of fairy tales lives on in tale after tale. They live on in Walt Disney, and countless storytellers around the world. The eight traditional fairy tales of Bluebeard, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella and Puss 'n Boots formed the basis for other tales...

...Whatever the tale, whenever or wherever it is told, remember that the faries are always with us - even if they are only the ones from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

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