It's not certain that fairies don't exist...

[sarahlucy]

Hi everyone,

I would be really grateful for some help. I am currently translating Spanish fairy tales into English, and have come across the phrase 'it's not certain that fairies don't exist.'

I have a feeling that the line appears somewhere in Peter Pan! Am I correct? If so, does anyone happen to know which Chapter?!

Thank you lots for all your help.

[Logos]

Hello sarahlucy,

no, that exact phrase "it's not certain that fairies don't exist" is not in Peter Pan: http://www.online-literature.com/barrie/peterpan/ , nor in Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens http://www.online-literature.com/barrie/peter-pan-kensington-gardens/

Just to clarify, you say you are translating Spanish author's fairy tales to English? Barrrie's fellow countryman Andrew Lang http://www.online-literature.com/andrew_lang/ researched and wrote extensively on the Fairy Tale genre.

There is also that great Cottingley fairy hoax that comes to mind, http://www.cottingleyconnect.org.uk/fairies.htm , maybe somebody connected to it said/wrote "it's not certain that fairies don't exist." , like, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (http://www.online-literature.com/doyle/) http://www.siracd.com/life_spirit.shtml#fairies in one of his Strand articles about the subject (http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/cof/) :)