What Are Fairies?
A Basic Overview of Fairies

As a mythologist and a researcher I get to write some pretty interesting books and blogs: cryptozoology, demons, folklore, ghosts, mythological creatures, the paranormal in general, U.F.O.s, and vampires to name but a few. Currently, I am working on writing an academic encyclopedia of fairies <fan-girl squeal>.

To begin, “fairies” is the plural form of the species; the singular of the noun is “fay.” There are a great number of folks who use the word “fey” as a noun, but this is incorrect, it is an adjective and basically means “fated to die.” I know people will argue the fay/fey point, claiming this is how new-age folks and those “in the know” do it. Well, be that as it may, I trust the accepted and recognized definition in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Look it up in your hard copy or on-line, they are in agreement with one another. Dictionary.com, a popular on-line dictionary I occasionally reference for spelling also agrees with Merriam-Webster on this matter. I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but the paranormal community loses another strand of credibility every time they get this word wrong.
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