Turkey

Fairy Chimneys in Cappadocia

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Peris are the good faeries from Middle East, they are beautiful winged females with golden hair, bright eyes and pale skin. Persian tradition says that they are fallen angels who have to do penance on Earth, but they really live in Paristan, Middle East Fairyland. If you want to see a peri in the realm of mortals you should go to the valleys of Cappadocia, where there are a lot of conical rock formations called by humans "Peri bacalari" (fairy chimneys), due to peris live inside them.

The nymphs of Pegae wellspring

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The actual Turkish province of Balikesir is the ancient Mysia, mentioned in various greek myths. One of them tells that nymphs live in springs and waterfalls of this land; at Pegae wellspring, the argonaut Hylas was kidnapped by them.

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