Disney Fairies is a Disney franchise created in 2005. The franchise is built around the character of Tinker Bell from Disney 's 1953 animated film Peter Pan , subsequently adopted as a mascot for the company. In addition to the fictional fairy character created by J. M. Barrie , the franchise introduces many new characters, and expands substantially upon the limited information the author gave about the fairies and their home of Never Land . The characters are referred to within stories as "Never Land fairies." The franchise includes children's books and other merchandise, a web site, and the computer-animated Tinker Bell film series , featuring the character and several of the Disney fairies as supporting and recurring characters.

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Here's a list of the types of fairies that you are most likely to encounter. Is your favorite on this list? Read about Pixies, Brownies, Elves, and more.

Fairies make the best bedtime stories. We all like to believe in those fantasy creatures, darting about on their wings, flourishing their wands and casting spells. Through this Mysticurious article, find out about the different types of fairies and their powers.

Fairies are the magical "gentle people" of legend. Pictures of the Cottingley Fairies led many people to believe they were real.

A fairy ( fey or fae; collectively wee folk, good folk, people of peace, among others) is a spirit or supernatural being, based on the fae of medieval Western European (Old French) folklore and romance. Even in folklore that uses the term "fairy," there are many definitions of what constitutes a fairy. Sometimes the term is used to describe any mystical creature of humanoid appearance, including goblins or gnomes , and at other times only to describe a specific type of more ethereal creature. Many folktales are told of fairies, and they appear as characters in stories from medieval tales of chivalry, to Victorian fairy tales , and up to the present day in modern literature.