Puck, Tinker Bell, the Fairy Godmother herself: fairies have fluttered throughout literature, theater, and bedtime stories for centuries. These magical beings, often diminutively scaled, have a ...

The reality of magical creatures like fairies, elves, witches and more is often debated. Most of our cultural understanding and beliefs about fairies come from mainstream movies, TV shows and comics.

A painting by John Anster Fitzgerald who was well known for his work featuring fairies. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA When most people think about fairies, they perhaps picture the sparkling Tinker Bell from ...

In Latvian myths, fairy tales and folklore, devil is not an evil character. He is easily fooled by Dievs (God) and by people. He is physically strong but he is lazy. The realm of the devil was not ...