Faeries, also known as fairies or the fae, are small humanoid creatures with different iterations in European folklore and other, similar creatures in Greek, Arabic, and various indigenous American groups. There are two versions of the fairy that are widely known: the benevolent, green-wearing fairies, championed by Disney’s Tinkerbell and her friends, and the more mischevious beings that you must be careful around. The latter, according to Britannica, are seen as more dangerous and, despite occasionally being friendly to humans, can be cruel.
The more dangerous faeries are known to carry off human children and leave a changling in it’s place. That’s terrifying. Check your children, please 🥲. Though, sometimes adults have been said to be carried off too. In Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, where faery folklore is particularly common, faeries sometimes leave what are called faery rings, which are perfect circles made of mushrooms that vary in size. Celtic folklore (so British) states that these rings would appear because faeries and/or elves would dance in a circle, causing the rings. Humans who attempt to join these dances would be punished by the faeries, being forced to dance to the point of passing out. So basically, do not mess with the fae. Even nowadays, you with hear Irish and Scottish people say to not mess with them and not mess with faerie rings.
