Мифтахова Лейсан и Мифтахова Лейля Гимназия №155,10а класс Mysterious creatures in the folktales of the British Isles

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Fairy-tales are the most mysterious and the oldest genre in literature.

Fairy-tales are the most mysterious and the oldest genre in literature.

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Classification of mysterious creatures in the British fairy-tales

Classification of mysterious creatures in the
British fairy-tales

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The boy and the spirit The mysterious dragon The brownie

The boy and the spirit

The mysterious dragon

The brownie

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Fairies are widely spread in all British fairy-tales A forest fairy

Fairies are widely spread in all British fairy-tales

A forest fairy

and elves

The beautiful fairy

Fairies in Shakespeare’s works

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English “fairy” was borrowed from Old French faerie - “land of the faie, enchantment” The Fairyland

English “fairy” was borrowed from Old French faerie - “land

of the faie, enchantment”

The Fairyland

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Did fairies really exist? And how did they look like? The

Did fairies really exist? And how did they look like?

The strongest belief into fairies is on the British Isles.
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Fairies in literature took on new life in romanticism

Fairies in literature took on new life in romanticism

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Fairies in popular culture and modern life Some of the most

Fairies in popular culture and modern life

Some of the most

well-known fairies were popularized
by Disney
Tinkerbelle A lovely mai- The fairy world
den with azure
hair”
“Peter Pan” “Pinocchio” “Jonathan Strange and
Mr. Norrell
J. M. Barrie Carlo Collodi Susanna Clarke
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Legendary creatures are thought to exist even today Big foot, The

Legendary creatures are thought to exist even today


Big

foot, The Loch-Ness Poltergeist
Yeti Monster

“Fairy-tale’s
giants”

“Fairy-tale’s
dragons”

“Fairy-tale’s
spirits and
ghosts”

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Conclusion Thus we are making a conclusion that : The otherworldly

Conclusion

Thus we are making a conclusion that :
The otherworldly beings

that appear in folk-tales and in medieval legends are a varied lot.
There are several categories of fairies that have their own identity.
The fairy tradition in literature begins in the 1380s with Chaucer and Shakespeare.
People’s evidence of otherworldly beings’ existence in a present-day life.