where do the fairies fit into the Great Chain of Being?

On Thursday Sarah left us with the question: Where do we think the fairies fall into place on The Great Chain of Being?

I think the fairies would fall into the place of God on the Great Chain of Being because their actions reflect those of Gods in Greek mythologies like The Iliad. In The Iliad Gods meddle in the mortals lives without their consent by starting wars, choosing sides and changing fates. In The Iliad Zeus and Hera( the king and queen of the gods) are at odds with each other. Hera and her friend Athena hold a longstanding grudge on the Trojans and thus do everything in their power to annihilate them and help the opposing army the Achaeans start the war. Initially Zeus doesn’t take sides but ends up going against Hera and lends help to the Trojans in order to help Achilles (a great warrior/ main subject of The Iliad). Both Zeus and Hera employ gods to help their chosen armies win. While the mortals are treated like pawns and have no power or say in how the Gods act on them and change their fates. Likewise, In a Midsummer Nights Dream the fairies (specifically Oberon and Puck) change the destinies of the Helena, Hermia, Lysander and Dymetrius (they also change Bottoms head into that of an ass). Oberon and Titania are feuding over the Indian Prince whom Oberon wants and Titania refuses to give up. To punish Titania Oberon sends Puck to put a magic potion over her eyelids as she sleeps, so that when she wakes she will fall in love with a hideous monster and have to give the prince to Oberon to end the spell. Oberon also decides to use the potion to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena( and as we all know this gets screwed up and puck accidently makes both Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena.) In the end Oberon gets his way and Titania gives him the Indian prince in return for his stopping the spell; Lysander’s love for Hermia is renewed as well as Bottom’s old head. However, Demetrius’s spell is never lifted and though all four mortals have happily coupled off Demetrius had no consent over his new fate. The fairies play the role of God in the Great Chain of being, playing with and changing the destinies of the Athenian’s who enter their realm.