An essay/lecture by Tolkien on the topic:
http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2004 ... olkien.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Fairy-Stories
The survival of fairy faith in folklore
More miscelaneous fairy stuff:
A childrens song that I actually remember my friend parodying as a kid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bunny_Foo_Foo
I cant remember the exact parody but I remember the bunny met a violent and likely vulgar fate. Also how typical that there is an obviously censored version where the angel Gabriel is used instead of a fairy. The article also mentions a more adult version that talks about the green fairy, meaning absinthe. Id never heard of that name for absinthe before, but reading about absinthe I found this:
Pretty woke for 1910. I guess a man's tolerance for religious nannying abruptly ends when he loses his alcohol.
A childrens song that I actually remember my friend parodying as a kid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Bunny_Foo_Foo
I cant remember the exact parody but I remember the bunny met a violent and likely vulgar fate. Also how typical that there is an obviously censored version where the angel Gabriel is used instead of a fairy. The article also mentions a more adult version that talks about the green fairy, meaning absinthe. Id never heard of that name for absinthe before, but reading about absinthe I found this:
Pretty woke for 1910. I guess a man's tolerance for religious nannying abruptly ends when he loses his alcohol.
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Don't be selfish, preserve this world for the next generations.
I'll never long for what might have been
Regret won't waste my life again
I won't look back I'll fight to remain
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