Hi juditha,
I know many people on Iceland do believe in ore even claim to see fairies.
Also, I read in a book about the community of Findhorn there were people who told that they can see them.
Rosalind A. McKnight wrote in her first book (her HemiSync-sessions with Robert A. Monroe) about a mind-trip to a nature-site where she saw many of these beings.
There are some beautiful pictures (more the romantic-traditional ones) at:
www.howarddavidjohnson.com(You have to wait a while for the complete download of the site, probably you have to push the "refresh" button when the download stops)
I personally don't know if I should take it for real, symbolic or fantasy.
Spooky