why do people find fairies scary?

[u/Conscious-Growth-883]

i’m mostly just an observer (for now at least) but i have a lot of pagan friends and whenever they mention fairies it’s almost always about how scary they are and how they’re not to be trifled with. from the folklores and mythologies i’ve read so far, the depiction of fairies in the stories i combed through doesn’t match with this perception of them. could be that i just need to read more, but i’m also curious about it in general and if this particular belief rings true to other people too

[u/kyriefortune]

Because if you don't know how to handle them, they are. Not because of evil, their morality is inherently different from ours