=Favori´ta= (_La_), Leonora de Guzman, “favorite” of Alfonzo XI. of Castile. Ferdinando fell in love with her; and the king, to save himself from excommunication, sanctioned the marriage. But when Ferdinando learned that Leonora was the king’s mistress, he rejected the alliance with indignation, and became a monk. Leonora also became a novice in the same monastery, saw Ferdinando, obtained his forgiveness, and died.—Donizetti, _La Favorita_ (an opera, 1842). =Faw= (_Tibbie_), the ostler’s wife, in Wandering Willie’s tale.—Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George III.). =Faw´nia=, the lady beloved by Dorastus.—R. Greene, _Pandosto, The Triumph of Time_ (1588). ⁂ Shakespeare founded his _Winter’s Tale_ on Greene’s romance. =Fazio=, a Florentine, who first tried to make a fortune by alchemy, but being present when Bartoldo died, he buried the body secretly, and stole the miser’s money-bags. Being now rich he passed his time with the Marchioness Aldabella in licentious pleasure, and his wife Bianca, out of jealousy, accused him to the duke of being privy to Bartoldo’s death. For this offence Fazio was condemned to die; and Bianca, having tried in vain to save him, went mad with grief, and died of a broken heart.—Dean Milman, _Fazio_ (1815). =Fea= (_Euphane_), the old house-keeper of the old udaller at Burgh-Westra. (A “udaller” is one who holds land by allodial tenure.)—Sir W. Scott, _The Pirate_ (time, William III.). =Fear Fortress=, near Saragossa. An allegorical bogie fort, conjured up by fear, which vanishes as it is courageously approached and boldly besieged. If a child disappeared, or any cattle were carried off, the frightened peasants said: “The Lord of Fear Fortress has taken them.” If a fire broke out anywhere, it was the Lord of Fear Fortress who must have lit it. The origin of all accidents, mishaps, and disasters, was traced to the mysterious owner of this invisible castle.—L’Epine, _Croquemitaine_, iii. 1. =Fearless= (_The_), Jean duc de Bourgoigne, called _Sans Peur_ (1371-1419). =Featherhead= (_John_), Esq., an opponent of Sir Thomas Kittlecourt, M.P.—Sir W. Scott, _Guy Mannering_ (time, George II.). =Fedalina=. Daughter of the gypsy chief and heroine of _The Spanish Gypsy_, by George Eliot. =Fee= and =Fairy=. Fee is the more general term, including the latter. _The Arabian Nights_ are not all fairy tales, but they are all fee tales or _contes des fées_. So again, the Ossianic tales, Campbell’s _Tales of the West Highlands_, the mythological tales of the Basques, Irish, Scandinavians, Germans, French, etc., may all be ranged under fee tales.