Fairies come from outside, from outside the community, civilisation, even when they seem to share its values. Fairies were either once people or are like people who have become trapped at a certain indeterminate phase of life. Fairies have links with the dead, and some are the dead.













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Young men, women in childbirth, and babies and children are particularly vulnerable to fairies. Fairies are compelled to repeat their own circumstances in the lives of others; if they die prematurely, they cause the premature deaths of others; if they are trapped in eternal, storyless youth, they try to trap others in it too.