Fairy (disambiguation)
# Fairy (disambiguation)

A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore.

fairy (faery, faerie or faërie) may also refer to:

## Tradition and mythology

* Fairyland
* The Faerie faith, a neopagan tradition
* The Fairy Flag, a Scottish heirloom
* Feri Tradition, a neopagan tradition

## Animals and plants

* Calypso (plant) or fairy slipper, a species of orchid
* Fairy hummingbirds, in the genus Heliothryx
* Fairy tern, a bird
* Fairyfly, a wasp
* Little penguin, formerly known as "fairy penguin"

## Arts, entertainment, and media

### Fictional entities

* Fairy (Artemis Fowl), from the series Artemis Fowl
* Faerie (DC Comics), comic book fictional place
* The Shobijin, the little sisters, or the name of the moth they ride in Mothra

### Music

* The Fairies, translation of Die Feen, opera by Richard Wagner
* The Fairies (British band), a 1960s British R&B band
* Fairies (Japanese group), a Japanese girl group
   * Fairies (album), 2014

### Other uses in entertainment

* Faeries (1999 film), a 1999 animated film
* Faeries (1981 film), a 1981 animated special
* Faeries (anthology), an anthology of fantasy and science fiction short stories
* Fairy chess piece, an unorthodox piece in a chess variant
* The Fairies (TV series), an Australian live-action children's television series
* Faeries (book)

## Homosexual context

* Fairy (gay slang), a slang term for gay men
* Radical Faeries, an organization composed mostly of gay men

## Other uses

* Fairy (brand), a detergent brand owned by Procter and Gamble
* Fairy (steamboat), a small wooden sidewheel-driven steamship
* Fairy, Texas, an unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Texas
* Fairy, codename of Special Operations Executive Agent Yvonne Cormeau (1909-1997)
