One should have a good founding in the old fairy lore before venturing into this world.

In both British and Irish fairy lore, the oak is one of three magical woods, along with ash and thorn.

Together with the oak and thorn, the ash is part of a magical trilogy in fairy lore.

The only trouble with this theory was that what has been happening since the mid-forties seemed more than just a little different from the fairy lore.

I reflected that the abduction to a round room had a long, long tradition in our culture: There were many such cases in the fairy lore.

As in dozens and dozens of tales in the fairy lore, he failed to get his artifact.

Other subjects are taken from mythology, fairy lore, fables, animal life and the customs and habits of the German middle class.

It didn't take a lecture in fairy lore to tell him what the Kauri's obvious role in the supernatural scheme of things was.

I am sure the Victorians liked having access to the sentimental and horrifying possibilities of fairy lore; they found the figurative language useful.

The tale has no counterpart in traditional folk and fairy lore but is entirely original with Andersen.