Why Do We Envision Fairies As Tiny?

 fairy from the movie LabyrinthFor many people today the word fairy immediately invokes images like the picture above, of a tiny winged being. In today's post I want to discuss specifically the idea of fairies as tiny, because its so pervasive and yet largely a popculture concept, albeit an early modern one. So, why do we envision fairies as tiny?The fairies of folklore - historic and modern -