The convoluted fantasy "Die Feen" ("The Fairies, " 1834), based on a play by Carlo Gozzi, follows in the romantic footsteps of Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner.
Indeed, as Oliver tells him later in the game, one of your familiars looks more like he imagined a fairy to be than the Lord High Lord of the Fairies himself.
The souls of the dead were supposed to revisit their homes on Samhain, leading to the sinister superstition that ghosts, witches, devils, and fairies roamed the earth for that one day.
Interest rates on mortgages, bonds, and other long-term debt are not set by the whims of fairies.
The next two weeks will disprove the notion that ballets only depict the lives of fairies and princesses.
But a positive and proactive public response to our upcoming retirement crisis would also acknowledge that many who retire do so not by choice but by circumstance, and understand that to rely on the kindness of employers and the good health fairies to keep elderly Americans fiscally solvent is folly indeed.
No longer is it seen as a haven for princesses and fairies and the little girls who love them.
FORBES: Disney's Bob Iger Proves That With Big Film Ideas, $7 Billion Can Be A Bargain
It's the currency of choice for tooth fairies and grandparents, panhandlers, migrant laborers and off-the-books household staff.
Riding the compartment full of harlequins, fairies and assorted fur-balls, I felt like Alice falling through the looking glass.
"We say that there are fairies living in the caverns, and they put the lightning moss here to lure thieves away from their treasure, " says Marie.
The stolen bowl dates from 1769 and has a Chinese poem written inside, while the figurine is of seven fairies in a boat and stands about 12in (30cm) high.
BBC: Durham University Oriental Museum to reopen after ?2m raid
Gnomes and fairies, while sharing the same imaginary space, are opposite sorts of creature.
"We cannot, of course, disprove God, just as we can't disprove Thor, fairies, leprechauns and the Flying Spaghetti Monster, " says Dawkins.
The estate once belonged to their great-great-uncle, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn), a naturalist whose field research revealed some unexpected new species: fairies, goblins and the like.
Policy makers insist that it will, while their critics suggest retaining such faith in the absence of evidence is akin to believing in fairies.
The next replacement sitter was an aging woman sent by an agency with hearts and fairies dancing across their logo.
应用推荐