Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Theories, as we know them today, are a composite of centuries of influence from all over the

world.

The Scandinavian fairies were portrayed as elves.

In Irish folklore, they were described as little folk.

Some regions painted the misdemons, or fallen angels.

Although there isn't one definitive origin of fairy folklore, certain characteristics

are shared among several cultures.

For example, fairies are often depicted as magical beings, curious of their surroundings

and wary of humans.

They can be mischievous, too, often tangling people's hair as they sleep or stealing small

items.

More serious conditions used to be blamed on fairies as well, such as tuberculosis.

It was once thought that the impish creatures had forced young people to party the night

away until they were weak from exhaustion causing the disease.

And they were protective, too, of their homes, of the environment, and of themselves, interloping

in humans who threatened their way of life tended to find themselves the victims of a fairies

ill will.

In the mountain town of Slavonia, Croatia, there is a castle.

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