Fairy music

FAIRY MUSIC (DETAIL) by ARTHUR RACKHAM for his sumptuous 1908 edition of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. From the book Fairy Art : Artists & Inspirations by Iain Zaczek 2005. (minkshmink)

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Musical Fairies

Flower Fairies When you take a moment to look at the fairies listed as part of Queen Titania's entourage in A Midsummer Night's Dream, one can guess at the ancestry of the Flower Fairies: Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Mote, and Mustardseed are nothing if not Flower Fairy names! But the Flower Fairies as we know and love them today really got their chance at literary life under the illustrative pen of Cecily Mary Barker. This lovely young woman suffered from epilepsy which prevented her from going to…

thefae: Sprinkling Stars by Amelia Jane Murray

Some of the the fey are described to look human-like. But most of the time, they weren’t described as people to portray them today. Most faeries were portrayed as either tall, radiant, and angelic....

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A "plain and simple" Fantasy Fairy, who is clearly a Musical Fairy. She’s playing her Fairy Guitar, which seems more like a Mexican Guitar. Her jet black hair, also plays right into this Mexican feel; so I wonder if she’s a Musical Mexican Fairy? That may just be so: for her pose, also speaks to me of Mexico. In any case, I especially like her dominant Butterfly Wings! They contrast strongly with her garments, as I expect Mexican Music would, to the instrument that it’s played on :)