The Fair Folk

Origin and tradition

Celtic and later island folklore places the Fair Folk in hollow hills, rings, and otherworldly courts where human etiquette determines blessing or disaster.

Illustration in this atlas

Beautiful or eerie humanlike beings whose glamour hides age, wildness, or impossible anatomy, often seen near fairy rings and ancient mounds.

References and further reading

1. en.wikipedia.org — Fairy

These references offer further reading. Accounts and depictions vary; the atlas illustration is interpretive artwork, rather than historical or scientific evidence.