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Fauna and Flora in Japanese Folktales The process by which beliefs of the Western world in the presence of deities, spirits, and other supernatural life was overlaid by the spread of Christianity and the sophistication of Greece is difficult to trace now. However, the persisting need of people in Europe for such creations in their tales and ballads is apparent. This need was answered in part by dubbing such elements fairies and tales about them, fairy tales. Belief in an intelligence in the natural world and various spirits is still present in tales in the East. The tendency of Westerners to baptize these elements, also, as fairies a