| Popular Fairies |
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| Queen Mab |
| Queen Mab brings nightmares to sleeping mortals as her chariot made of a hazelnut travels across their faces. She is known as the midwife of the fairies. |
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| Morgan Le Fay |
| Morgan Le Fay, Queen of Avalon, is King Arthur's half sister and the mother of Mordred. their son. She resides on the isle with her eight sisters and has many lovers, including King Accolon of Gaul. Legend says that when the king was born, Morgan and her sisters visited him and brought gifts. Among them were strength, power, wisdom and beauty. When Morgan's turn came to bestow a gift on the tiny king, she was enamored of the mortal child. She granted the king a long life, after which he would come to Avalon to live as her paramour. The years passed and Accolon became an old man. Morgan caused his ship to be wrecked on the island. As he came to shore, grey and tired, she slipped a robe onto his body. The years melted away, and he lived many more in happiness with his fairy lover. |
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| Rusalky |
| The rusalky of Russia inhabited the rivers and lakes of the land. They remained in their water element for the most part. Once in awhile, a rusalky would fall in love with the charms of a motal man. At least one rusalky left her watery home and married a human. There was only one promise the man had to agree to: he must never be unfaithful. The rusalky and her mortal lover lived in happiness for a time, but as mortals do, the man eventually betrayed her. The rusalky, heartbroken, returned to her lake. The man, realizing his mistake, sought her out and pleaded for her to come back. She could not; she was bound to remain a water creature forever. The man professed his love for her and moved to embrace her. She warned him to stop: the touch of a rusalky brought only death. Ignoring her pleas, the man gathered his love into his arms, kissed her, and died. The rusalky was then destined to mourn her lover for all eternity. |