While the Tooth Fairy herself may be surprisingly modern, the bits of folklore that went into her creation are hundreds of ...

Fairies were stock characters in medieval romances from the late 13th/early 14th century, including the story of Sir Orfeo, a Middle English rewriting of the Greek myth. A young woman is swept ...

one of the four great cycles of Irish mythology. He is also said to be the Milesian Fairy King of Leinster. He is described as extremely tall with reddish skin and a gold diadem atop his head.

Myth and lore have surrounded the sacred hawthorn ... While every tree is precious, this was not just any tree— it was a sacred fairy tree. At least, that was the opinion of Eddie Lenihan ...