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Fairies In Elizabethan England

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In today 's society a “fairy” is thought of as a tiny, sweet, playful person with wings and magical dust. This was not the idea of a fairy for people in Elizabethan England. A fairy in that time was a “..life-sized creature, fiendish and malicious..” There wasn 't only one model of a fairy: there was the mermaid who would send sailors to their deaths; giants and hags; fairy aristocrats who spend their time dancing, hunting and feasting; and the ordinary goblin. The main concern of a fairy is the workings of the household. During the night, fairies would inspect the houses and reward the well-kept houses by helping with chores and bringing good luck. Fairies could be won over by leaving out food and drinks for their nightly visits. Houses

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