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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 22, 2009 19:24:53 GMT -6
Faery vs Fairy
Faerie vs Fairy
Faeries vs Fairies
What is the difference? How do they differ? Why do they differ?
When should one or the other be used? Not be used? Can both be in the same story? Why? How? Why Not? How Not?
-AKA-
Fey
Fay
Fae
Wee Folk
Good Folk
People of Peace
Fair Folk
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Post by Phalon on Mar 23, 2009 7:41:14 GMT -6
I assumed they were the same - just different spellings, like Morgan La Fey and Morgan La Fay. This is from the web-site "Faerie Central": faerie.monstrous.com/"Faerie : from the Latin term for "fate" (fata), faeries (or fairies) are a "host of supernatural beings and spirits who occupy a limbo between earth and heaven" (Guiley). This is in recognition of the skill faeries had in predicting and even controlling human destiny. Faeries could be either good or evil creatures, and at various points in history have been confused with witches and demons Fay or fey is the archaic term for faerie meaning bewitched or enchanted. This word derives from 'Fays' meaning Fates, and thought to be a broken form of Fatae. 'Fay-erie' was first a state of enchantment or glamour, and was only later used for the fays who wielded those powers of illusion. The state of enchantment is fayerie, which became fairy and faerie." Webster's says "faery" dates to 1579, and comes from the Middle English "fairie"; in Anglo-french it's "faerie". Or something like that. I suppose if you were going to use faery, fairie, or fairy in a story, you'd probably stick with one spelling, or it'd be very, vary, vaerie confusing to the reader. |
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Post by Mini Mia on Mar 23, 2009 16:28:54 GMT -6
I too assumed they had the same meaning, but spelled differently depending on your teaching. Until I read Melissa Marr's blog:
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