After spending 28 years living in the United States, she moved back to Canada in 2020. It is true that symbols depicting mythological and magical beasts do not follow the rules of science and anatomy. The Pedra Formosa found on the ancient archeological site, Citania de Briteiros, was, according to folklore, brought to this place by a Moura who carried it on her head while she was spinning with a spindle. They come in all habits and tempers. A new, rational way of understanding reality was born, as opposed to one tied to myth or religious ritual as still prevailed in two much older civilizations, Egypt and Babylon. Germanys nixies dwelt in secret regions beneath streams and waterfalls. The English word fairy (or faery) may have come from the Latin fatum, meaning fate, as did the French derivative fe, the Italian fata, and the Spanish fada. // -->