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[[People Jars]] [[X Meets Y|meet]] [[Our Fairies Are Different]]. |
[[People Jars]] [[X Meets Y|meet]] [[Our Fairies Are Different]]. |
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Note that we're not talking about [[The Fair Folk]] (who might object strenuously to being put in a bottle), but the more Victorian concept of the palm-sized (or smaller) insect-winged fairy creature, often [[Ambiguous Gender|ambiguously female]] in appearance. Small enough to be put inside a bottle or jar, it's no surprise that in art and folklore they ''were'', where they provided magical services or simply illumination. |
Note that we're not talking about [[The Fair Folk]] (who might object strenuously to being put in a bottle), but the more Victorian concept of the palm-sized (or smaller) insect-winged fairy creature, often [[Ambiguous Gender|ambiguously female]] in appearance. Small enough to be put inside a bottle or jar, it's no surprise that -- like the insects they resembed -- in art and folklore they ''were'', where they provided magical services or simply illumination. |
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People Jars meet Our Fairies Are Different.
Note that we're not talking about The Fair Folk (who might object strenuously to being put in a bottle), but the more Victorian concept of the palm-sized (or smaller) insect-winged fairy creature, often ambiguously female in appearance. Small enough to be put inside a bottle or jar, it's no surprise that -- like the insects they resembed -- in art and folklore they were, where they provided magical services or simply illumination.
See also Fairy Companion. Compare Genie in a Bottle.
Not to be confused with the anime Bottle Fairy or a Hard-Drinking Party Girl, which is sometimes called a "bottle fairy". (Although it is entirely possible for a Fairy in a Bottle to be a Bottle Fairy...)
Examples of Fairy in a Bottle include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
Comic Books
Fan Works
Film
Literature
Live-Action Television
Music
Myths and Legends
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Tabletop Games
Theater
Video Games
- The Legend of Zelda series, the source of many imitations and parodies.
- In Final Fantasy I at one point you need to buy a bottled fairy and release her.
Western Animation
Web Animation
Web Comics
- The Dreadful: Liz had one... but forgot to feed her.
- Nerf Now on Link capturing and selling fairies: "The Terror of Hyrule". The comments agree that "Hyrule's a sick, sick place..."
Web Original
- So, which one do you like? by Chirun on DeviantArt.
Other Media
- "Fairy Jars", both with and without lights inside, are very easy to find on Etsy. Tutorials for making your own can be found on YouTube, as well.
- In the early-middle 2010s, the Cracker Barrel restaurant-gift shop chain sold a product called "My Pet Fairy", which was essentially an LED with butterfly wings on a thin wire inside a mason jar; when turned on, the LED lit up and a mechanism in the jar lid intermittently flailed the wire about, making the "fairy" fly around inside the jar. The jar was made thick and slightly wavy glass embossed with logos, obscuring the wire and enhancing the illusion.