Fay
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Fay is a Beast in Last Bible III.
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Origin
Fays, also known as fairies, are a class of supernatural beings in European folklore and literary tradition of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. Their characteristics vary widely depending on region and time period. In medieval French romances, fays were powerful women with supernatural abilities;[1][2] examples include the Scottish queen Lydoire in Perceforest[2][3] and Morgan le Fay in various Arthurian romances.[3] In English literature, fays/fairies feature prominently in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene and William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In popular folklore, fays were believed to cause diseases such as consumption (which is now called tuberculosis).
The word "fay" and its cognates—including French fée, Italian fata, and Spanish hada—ultimately derive from the Latin fata, a feminine derivative of fatum ("fate").[4]
In modern usage, "fairy" is often used as a catch-all term for various supernatural beings in British and Irish folklore.
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Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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フェイ Fei | Fay |
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References
- ↑ "The word ‘fairies’ is used here – and several times later in the romance – to imply maidens or ladies skilled in magic, as it is in the Prose Lancelot (c.1220): ‘...the damsel who carried Lancelot off into the Lake was a fairy. At that time, the word “fairy” was used for all women who practised magic, and at that time there were many more of them in Britain than in other lands...’ Norris J. Lacy, ed. Lancelot-Grail: the Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation, Vol. 3 (new edition, Cambridge, 2010), p.19." Perceforest: The Prehistory of King Arthur's Britain (2011), Nigel Bryant. Published by Cambridge University Press. p. 39. ISBN-13: 978-1-80543-398-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781805433989.002
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "French Romance in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance", The New Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance (2023), Jane H. M. Taylor. Published by Cambridge University Press. pp. 228-242. ISBN-13: 978-1-108-78303-3. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108783033.017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "La Reine Fée in the Roman de Perceforest: Rewriting, Rethinking", Arthurian Studies in Honour of P.J.C. Field (2004), Jane H. M. Taylor. Published by D. S. Brewer. pp. 81-91. ISBN-13: 978-1-84615-262-7. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781846152627-011
- ↑ "Fairy", Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online (2015), Wolfgang Behringer. Published by Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_SIM_019173