Fairy Tale Spotlight: How Can a Fairy Tale Be Real?

The question posed in the title "How can a fairy tale be real?" has much to do with the ending of the age of mysticism. The age of mysticism refers to the a point in our history where fairies, gods, demons, and all those strange creatures from old stories were clear and present for all to see. They were a normal part of our lives, although still strange and wonderful. There came a point when the age of mysticism ended, and we were later inclined to disbelieve these stories as mere fiction.

I do have a hunch as to when this happened, but I'd rather talk about the concept of why we stopped believing. I'll be as brief as I can.

I do think that there are a lot of people that still do believe in fairy creatures. But there is a social expectation that they do not. And this expectation can sully the heart to a degree. They, at times, will disbelieve it themselves in order to stay sane.

If you try and imagine the end of an age where people knew fairies were real, there would naturally be a movement to keep the tales alive through story-telling. People with first hand experiences and encounters would keep the stories alive up until the time of their death. Their children would retell these stories but without the personal encounters to back it up. With each generation, the stories would be less reliable, and worse, they would become factually distant from the original tale, in much the same way that happens in a whispering campaign.

Of course, this all occurs because encounters with fairy creatures completely comes to a halt. People are not seeing them anymore. They have either gone into hiding or have been, in some way, prevented from appearing. There may also be some person or group flat out saying that none of it was real. Over time, that ideal can take hold, especially since there is no proof anymore.

The fairy tales we have today are after generations of this unfortunate whispering campaign, as well as the cultural belief that fairies are a work of fiction. Even Christians struggle with the ideas of angels and demons, often making up comfortable versions of them without actually doing real investigations into their origins. We have been indoctrinated with the belief that fairies of all types just don't exist, and to say otherwise makes you seem or even feel crazy.

Personally, I don't think anything should be taken off the table simply because of social expectations. Let's put all ideas to the fire and see what happens. I think fairies are still out there and probably right under our noses. I mean... what would you do if you even saw one at this point? I wager that you'd either ignore it or pass it off as just something you don't understand. Of course, if you do this, they get the right to laugh at you for your blindness. I'd laugh too if I were them.

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