Fairy

Fairy

Species information

Eye colour

Varies

Skin colour

Varies

Hair colour

Varies

Related to

Pixies

Doxy

Native range

Existing worldwide

Height of average adult

1-5 inches

Distinction

Very small dimunitive humanoid with insect-like wings

Ministry of Magic Classification

Beast
XX

A Fairy is a small human-like creature with large insect-like wings, which are either transparent or multi-coloured. They possess diminutive intelligence, and live mainly in woodlands or glades.

Description

The fairy is a vain creature, and will often allow itself to be used as decoration by Wizardkind. Due to their vanity, fairies are almost constantly grooming themselves. They possess aweak brand of magic that allows it to evade its predators such as the Augurey.

The fairy cannot speak; instead, it makes a high-pitched buzzing noise to communicate with its fellow fairies, but they are able to laugh in a similar way to the Flitterbies playful buzzing with the wings. Their wings are used as an ingredient in certainpotions; removing their wings, while it will not kill them, tends to cause them extreme annoyance, as it does not play to their vanity.

Fairies can lay up to fifty eggs in one go, laying them on the underside of leaves. The eggs hatch into brightly coloured larvae, and, at six-to-ten days, they spin themselves into a cocoon. They emerge a month later as adult fairies. Bowtruckles eat fairy eggs.

Muggles' impression of the fairy is a generous one, having been ingrained into children's minds in the form of "fairy tales". Wizards believe that, of all the magical creatures in the world, the fairy, along with theunicorn, have received the best Muggle "press".