Logan Republican | 1903-09-12 | Page 3 | The Origin of Fairies

THE ORIGIN OF FAIRIES. Many Legends Connected With Thrir Existence. Tho fairies aro considered by arch-eologlsts arch-eologlsts as tho heirs and descendants of the inferior pagan divinities, good and ovil. Tho deml-gods and demons wero reduced to this condition when heathenism was outwardly brought to an end. However, tho popular belief be-lief is that tho fairies woro those angels who, qt Lucifer's revolt, did not openly Join blm, but felt a kind of sympathy with his wicked aspirations. When the robol angola wero precipitated precipi-tated Into hell theso cowardly spirits fell, no, farther than the earth, on which thoy are to remain till tho day of Judgment, uncertain un-certain during tho wholo time whether thoy aro to bo pardoned or condemned. Tho Irish fairies are tho spirits of the Da an an Druid chiofs, who after their death took possession pf tho chlof subterranean caves throughout tho kingdom, and continued, con-tinued, according to their good or evil dispositions, to succor or injure the descendants of tho Milesians, by whom they had been dispossessed.