Faery introduction

Origin of the name:

 Alfar- edda- scandinavian

 Faery- latim “fata”- destino
 Fairy- French
 Faerie/fey- English
 Sidhe-shee- gaelico- people from the hills/ mountain
 Sith (gaelic variation of sidhe), good people, little people, farisees,
fary, fees, fay, fey, fae, faerie, faery. Fairy, elf, elvish, elven, alf,
feriers/ferishers, good neighbours, greenies, green children,
changelings, people of peace (sidhe), the old people, ellyllon

Subdivisions:

divides into four classes the Scandinavian elements of popular belief as to

fairies, viz. 1. The Elves; 2. The Dwarfs, or Trolls; 3. The Nisses; and 4.
The Necks, Mermen, and Mermaids. How entirely arbitrary this division is,
the student of Scandinavian folklore at once perceives. Yet it is perhaps as
satisfactory as another. The fairies of Wales may be divided into five
classes, if analogy be not too sharply insisted on. Thus we have, I. The
Ellyllon, or elves; 2. The Coblynau, or mine fairies; 3. The Bwbachod, or
household fairies; 4. The Gwragedd Annwn, or fairies of the lakes and
streams; and 5. The Gwyllion, or mountain fairies.

Description from the complete guide to fey

Fey are spirits bound into a fleshly form. They have skeletons
but no naturally occurring internal organs or muscles as
humans know them. They have blood of a sort, as all living
things must, but they do not pump it though their systems by
physical means. Instead, each has a hollow chamber within its
ribcage that holds its heart, the focus of its soul. A fey heart is
composed of energy, but it takes the illusory (figment) form of
some symbol that represents the state of the fey’s soul.
Each fey heart is different. Ashee may have a glowing gemstone
or a golden acorn, while a grogan might have a ball of
brambles. Afey heart is the pattern that ties the spirit to the flesh,
and its blood is the conduit that translates the will of that soul
into action. Of course this heart is rarely if ever seen by others,
but the fey knows it’s there. It is a symbol that may recur in dealing
with the individual or in his idioms, and he may bestow a gift
that resembles it upon any he cares for.
When a fey creature dies, its soul enters its heart, which then
leaves his body in an ethereal form. Cast about on the winds of
the Ethereal Plane, the lost fey soul begins to dissolve. Over
time, this fragile soul will be torn apart completely, and it will be
as if the fey had never existed- the complete guide to fey

The system:

courts:
nightmare, dream, twillgih

dream court= seelie court-blessed court

hosts/level: gentry, yarthkins, portunes, revelry

nightmare court- unseelie court- unblessed court

hosts/levels: horde, grims, bogyes, uninvited

twilight- neutron- leave behind the cycles and take on natural cycles

fey virtues:
justice (dremas) x vengeance (horde)
purity (yarthkins) x fanaticism (the grims)
altruism (portunes) x domination (the bogyes)
passion (revelry) x obsession (uninvited)

Fey races
 grogans (satyrs),
 puck (pixies, nixies, grogs)
 urchins, shees (dryads, nymphs)
- all feys derive from these races
Distinguishing faeries:

Wild faeries- solitary faeries; elves and faeries, guardians of lands

Trooping faeries- eax tuatha de danaan; have great glamour power

Faery- French/ latin- feer-see/ fata latin

Elf- engalnd

Alf- Scottish

Thuatha de danaan
south- finias
north- falias
east- gorias
west- murias
 Types of fairies

 GOOD- White- Glimmer

Good fairies are friendly, easily approachable and willing to help. They are
related usually to things that humans appreciate such as flowers, fruits
among other things.

 NEUTRO- Green- Middle

These fairies can be friendly depending the situation, although their actions
can be rough but they are just doing their job.

 BAD- Black- Shadow

These types of fairies are related to things that might hurt humans or that
are bad, looking through a human perspective but that doesn’t mean they
are being evil. They are only doing what they are designated to do.
There are other evil beings that pretend to be fairies because they want to
be accepted by the human so they can do their evilness.

 OTHERS

These are major categories, can be good or “bad” depending on the type.

Fairy Queens:

 Nadia- Shadow queen

 Roselend- Glimmer queen
 Shelly- Middle queen

Good Fairies:

 Rainbow Fairy
 Sea Fairy
 Music Fairy
 Nature Fairy
 Fruit Fairy
 Flower Fairy
 Tree Fairy
 River Fairy
 Day Fairy
 Water Fairy

Neutro Fairies:

 Fire Fairy
 Moon Fairy
 Sun Fairy
 Ice Fairy
 Rain Fairy
 Some of the Sea Fairy
 Night Fairy
 Summer Fairy
 Winter Fairy
 Spring Fairy
 Autumn Fairy

"Bad" Fairies:

 Smoke Fairy
 Nightmare Fairy
 Storm Fairy
 Thunder Fairy
 Sadness Fairy

Others:

 Gothic Fairy
 North Fairy
 South Fairy
 East Firy
 West Fairy
 Water elemental Fairies
 Earth elemental Fairies
 Air elemental Fairies
 Fire elemental Fairies
 Fairy Dictionary A-Z

Alven

 water fairy
 doesn’t have wings
 fly in a bubble

Ashrays

 water fairies
 white body
 can’t get sun, it melts them and turn’em into a rainbow
 night beings
 human looking in their 20s

Adhene

 mischievous fairy

Asrai- acquatic

 mermeids
 selkies
 nixies
 sirens
 morgens

Ballybog

 protect the peatbogs

 ugly

Banshee

 Death messenger
 female

Bogles/Bogil

 punish kids
 drive adulpts crazy (hearing voices…)
 Brownies

 like to do tasks around the house

 dont like to be seen
 only work at night
 accept food in exchange

Changeling

 non human child left in the place of a stolen child

Clurichaun

 leprehcaun’s cousin
 dressed in red
 guards a family’s wine cellar

Dwarves

 death look (pale, black hair…)

 short heigh, ugly
 associated with the underworld
 skill at metallurgy

Devas

 small fairy
 appear as bright orbs
 live in the woods
 play mischievous joke on troubled children

Dryads, Meliai, Hamadryad, and Daphnaie

 ninphs
 trees beings

Elemental

 Spirit of nature that represents one of the four elemnts (water, fire, earth,
air)

Elves

 human sized beings

 dark elf/ light elf
 immortal
 magickal powers
 hills
 nasty when offended

Fir Darrig (Fear Deang)

 red man
 wears a red cap
 joker

Gremlins

 curious
 associated with airplanes
 not usually humanoid looking

Gnomes

 small
 bearded
 wearing colorful pointed hat
 not evil like goblins

Goblins

 disfigured
 little
 annying
 bad

Gwyllion

 ghost spirits
 night wanders
 outlaws of the wild
 up to no good

Hag

 bad fairies
 practice bad magic
 look ugly
 the witches of fairytales are said to be hags
 kidnap kids
 Hobgoblins

 friendly goblin
 amusing
 boogyman

Imp

 small
 mischievous demon related to fairy

Kelpie

 associated with the water

 carnivorous, canibalistic (eat fairies, humans)

Knockers (Buccas)

 cornish sea creature

 fertility
 sprite
 white bucca and black bucca
 puck
 pwca
 puca

Leprechauns

 male fairy
 fairy forts
 fairy rings
 harmless
 gold
 wealthy
 mischievous

Mer-People (Mermaids and Mermen)

 sea creatures
 grant wishes
 innocence
 vanity
 fall in love easily
 heal
 male not interested in humans
 magic

Muses

 9
 inspirational

Nature Spirit

 A being that embodies an aspect of nature

Nymphs

 wood nimphs, grove, water…

 seductive
 obsessed with sex

Pari

 a beuatiful fairy
 born of fire

Pixies

 little people
 green outfit
 pointed ears
 pointed hat
 human looking
 wings
 helpful to normal people
 harmless
 friendly
 steal children some say
 some say they are tall as humans
 like horses
 caves of the oceans, recess of streams

Puck

 a mischievous spirit
 demon

Redcaps
 malevolent
 murderous
 evil goblin

Salamanders

 fire elemental

Sidhees (Shees)

 live underground
 live invisible worlds that live within our world
 ancestors
 spirits of natures
 "gods and goddess"
 powerful

Sluaghs

 restless deads
 sinners
 generally evil
 destructive
 wild hunts

Spriggans

 ugly
 found in ruines
 fairy bodyguards
 thieves
 small but tall too
 ghosts of old giants
 steal children leaving changeling in their place
 mischief who offended them
 storms to destroy crops

Sprite

 small
 winged
 fairy being

Sylph
 an elemntal that governs or exist in the element air

Trolls

 underground
 hills
 caves
 feared

Urisque

 elf like being

 grotesque
 friendly

Wichtlein

 goblin
 anounces death by knocking three times
 NON-FICTION BOOKS ON FAIRIES

 Faeries 101- Doreen Virtue

 The Fairy bible- Teresa Moorey
 The faery faith- Serena Roney-Dougal
 Faery craft- Emily Carding
 Faeries- Brian Froud
 How to see faeries- Brian Froud
 Good faeries/bad faeries- Brian Froud
 Spirits, faeries, leprechauns and goblins- Carol Rose
 Flower fairies of the winter- Anna Trenter
 Flower fairies of the summer- Cecily Mary Barker
 The complete book of the flower fairies- Cecily Mary Barker
 Flower fairies of the garden- Cecily Mary Barker
 Flower fairies of the springs- Cecily Mary barker
 Flower fairies of the autumns- Cecily Mary Barker
 How to find flower fairies- Cecily Mary Barker
 The illustrated encyclopedia of fairies- Anna Franklin
 Faeries- Brian Froud
 The great encyclopedia of faeries- Pierre Dubois
 Encyclopedia of fairies in world folklore and mythology
 Enchantment of Faerie Realm- Ted Andrews
 The world guide gnomes faeries, elves and other little people- Thomas
keightley
 A book of fairies- Patricia Saxton
 The mythical creatures bible- Brenda Rosen
 Working with fairies- Anna Franklin
 the fairy faith in celtic countries- W.Y. Evans Wentz
 Fairies- Sky Alexander
 The vanishing people- Katherine Mary Briggs
 The faerie’s guide to green magick form the garden- Jamie Wood
 A witch’s guide to faery folk- Edain McCoy

Fantasy Fairy Books

 The iron king- Julie Kagawa

 The iron daughter- Julie Kagawa
 The iron queen- Julie Kagawa
 The iron knight- Julie Kagawa
 Wondrous Strange- Lesley Livingston
 Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marr
 Need- Carrie jones
 Wings- Aprilynne Pike
 Tithe- Holly Black
 City of bones- Cassandra Clare
 Ella Enchanted- Gail Carlson Levine
 A midsummer’s night dream- William Shakeapeare
 The fairy path- Allan Frewin Jones
 Hex Hall- Rachel Rawkings
 Born at midnight- C.C. Hunter
 Paranormalcy- Kiersten White
 Bones of Fairy- Janni Li Simner
 The fairy ring- Kiki Hamilton
 Lament- The faerie queen deception- Maggie Stiefvater
 Glimmerglass- Jenna Black
 Eyes like stars- Lisa Mantchev
 How do Fairies look like?

Size:

 Some small
 Some tall as humans or even taller

Face:

 Pointed ears
 Some look ugly
 Some look beautiful
 They might wear make up
 Some might have a face similar to humans
 Others look a lot different from humans

Hair:

 Can be blond
 Can be black
 Can be red
 Can also be in another color but it’s not so common

Body

 Some are small

 Some or tall (human size or even taller)
 They have the power to make them look always young, despite some forget
to take care of their appearance and therefore look old.
 Some dress with leaves or petals flowers clothes
 They don’t naturally have wings- They wear Wings as an accessory, some
might not wear it.
 Some might wear clothes like in fairytales
 They might wear other accessories like jewelry (tiara, bracelets…)
 They like shining things

More Details:

 There is male and female fairies

 They might have different characteristic depending on the type of fey
 They have the ability to let us see them or be invisible for us
 They can shape shift
 They are Invisible to humans eyes (because their body has a higher
vibration then the human eyes is capable to see normally.
 Some shine
 Some might appear as shining balls
 Elemental Faeries

Faeries were considered spirit of natures, and some queens were

worshipped as a goddess in the old days.
In the XVI century, Parcelsus, a swiss doctor, related these beings to the
elements.

EARTH: Gnomes (build plants, flowers and trees, guard treasures of the
earth and help humans with earthly things, help to maintain physical body
composition, minerals and etc)

 A smell, a taste, can be the presence of these beings

 Live under tree roots, underground, soil
 They help with earth things like prosperity, to those who are considerate
towards them or nature
 King: Ghob

Other earth faeries are:

 Dryads
 Drudalis
 Earth spirits
 Elves
 Hamadryads
 Pans
 Pigmies
 Sylvestres
 Satyrs

AIR: Sylphs(more close to the concepts of angels; air is the source of all
life source energy, stimulate creativity and inspiration, stimulate
knowledge,

 Can appear as a wind, brisa

 LIve on mountains
 The king is Paralda
 They assume the form of humans
 Usually appear with wings
 They are drawn for those who create air
 They inspire

WATER: Undines(work to maintain the astral body of human, psychic

feelings, awakening, emotions; make their presence known through dreams
 Can a ppear as a cold/wet spot/ feeling
 Niksa is the king
 They might look similar to humans
 They dress greenish or sea looking clothes, of shimmering and water
texture
 They live in lakes, fountains, rivers, seas, waterfalls,
 They are concerned with the movement of the water and how it influences
human emotions

Other faeries from water

 Limoniads
 Mermaids
 Naiads
 Oceanid
 Oreads
 Potamides
 Sea maids

FIRE: Salamanders(fire is only possible because of them, stimulates

tearing down the old and building the new, work with the world and
humans through heat, fire and flames, work to maintain our spiritual body

 Can appear as a warm spot, a spark, a face in the candle

 Djin is the ruler
 They keep us warm
 Make fire possible
 Help those who keep the heart fire burning
 Influence those with strong tempers

Earth- spirits of nature

Dwarfs, dark elves (dwarfs that went into the deep of Earth), light elves,
dusky elves

Dusky elves and dwardfs look a lot like gnomes books pictures

Flower faeries

They used to be among humans, but they retrieved from humanity sight
Water- sprites, spirits and nymphs

Creative element of life

Seductive, beautiful creatures, fond of humans but hesitant, love for music,
feminine form many appear, inspire love intuition flexibility healing… can
be several sizes

Air- the breath of the air spirits

They work wo maintain the atmosphere and the formation of clouds. Work
close with angels. Help us understand the power of the mind. Control the
weather. Several sizes. They have no physical life. Great beauty and
delicate etherical appareance. They communicate through thoughts. They
can take forms of animals like birds. They are essencial to understanding
all languages. They helps us opening up to new wisdom. Watching and
meditating with the clouds, they can be found. They enhance the power of
speech and music.

Fire- the warmth of the fire spirits

Stimulate heat, erotism, anger, passion

Can be found in vilcanos and places like that

Occasionally take form of animals. Can appear in colors of fire- red,

yellow, orange,

Appear more in masculine form

Flower faeries-
Some faeries help the flowers spread their fragrance

 Angelica- strength the aura, bring good fortune and strong energy,
stimulate intuition
 Basil- also related to dragon. Holds the knowledge of integreating
sexuality and spirituality. Usually appears more as an elf
 Buttercup- brings healing, tremendous understanding of human
condition. Can shine light into opening new direction and
opportunities
 Carnation- deep love for humans, healing for the entire body.
Contact with them restore life and self love
 Chrysantemun- vitality, strengthen the life force,
 Clover- assist in finding love and fidelity
 Coleus- canstimulate vision, awaken inner healing,
 Daffodil- bring great clarity and thought
 Daisy- attract all kinds of faeries. Helps awaken creativity and inner
strength
 Gardenia- they hold knowledge of telepathy. They stimulates
feelings of peace. Very proactive towards children
 Geranium- bring sense of happiness, show where you are missing
happiness
 Heather- stimulate great self expression, they are drawn to children
and adults that are shy
 Honeysuckle- hold knowledge on aromatherapy and letting go of the
past. Stimulates powerful dreams
 Hyacinth- hold knowledge on death. Good to deal with grief
 Iris- they can open the entire faery realm to your vision. Psychic
purity
 Jasmine- mental clarity, they hold the key to using dreams to
prophecies
 Lavender- protective, healing, overcoming emotional blocks
 Lilac- can reveal past life. Are very musical in their communication.
Help with clairvoyance
 Lily- help with development, purity and humility. Connected to
Gabriel. Most powerful to contact in the winter
 Marigold- clairaudience, they hold the misteries of thunderstorms,
they hold knowledge over the power of the words
 Orchid- sexual energy, knowledge over the spiritual aspects of
sexuality,
 Poppy- it makes you more perceptive over the faerie realm and
facilitates visions
 Rose- they can help with greater sense of love, can teach the craft of
telepathy and divination, they hold secrets to time. The faerie of
white rose can help us with our divinity and purity. The red rose
faery can help with love fertility and how to blend female and male
 Rosemary- can help to combat black magic and hatred. Stimulate
clarity of mind. Hold very positive energy
 Sage- helps with mediunic abilities, they have knowledge on how to
slow age process, they increase interest in spiritual things
 Snapdragon- its connected to the energy of all dragons. They bring
protection and development to the throat chakra
 Thyme- attract faeries
 Tulip- can stimulate greater vision, they hold knowledge over the
significance of events, people and things
 Violet- flower of simplicity and modesty. Violet is scared to all
faeries specially to the faery queen. The faeries can help you discer
your relationship within groups. They awaken greater psychic
sensivity and appear in dreams
 Tree spirits- They are not bound to the trees but they can descend on
them, they are more awaken in the night occupied with growth. They
are not harmful but drawn to humans. Trees can be hime to a variety
of elves
 Music for the faeries

Gnomes-

percussion
drums
rattles
gongs
bells
brass

undines and water spirits

chimes
tubulars
strings
singing voice

sylphs anda ir spirits

wind instruments
flutes
wind chimes

salamnders and fire spirits

sistrum
lyres
harps
composition processes
 How To See Fairies

What to do:

 Meditate to visualize them; when meditating, imagine them, start talking to

them; this is a good thing to practice when on forest, trees…
 Look for them in your dreams

Work on yourself:

 Work with your intuition

 Work with visualization
 Work with etheric eye
 Be open to it
 Don’t force, be natural, let it happen

Where to find them:

 In between hours (midday, midnight, daw, twilight)

 In between places (doors, windows…)
 Gardens
 Trees
 Forests
 They can be found anywhere, fairies are everywhere, even inside the house
How to work with fairies?
- Having a garden
- Environment
- Drawing, tarot, offerings

Faery etiquette
 Don’t say thank you
 Be good to the enviroment’
 Help others
 Be gentle
 Don’t judge
 Don’t lie
 Be considerative
 Don’t be selfish
 Be fair
 Stand up for yourself
 Accept yourself
 Be responsible

The difference between faeries and other spirits

What faeries don’t do
 They don’t possess
 They don’t try to force things on people
 They don’t give bad advices to prejudice you
 They don’t give selfish advices with second intetions
 They don’t insist in connecting with you if you don’t want to
What faeries do:
 Teach how to be better with the environment
 Do little favors
 Help you with your issues if you want to

How to hear or talk to fairies?

 Work with intuition
 Work with clairaudience
 Meditate
 Make a question in your mind and wait for the answer
 Say out loud a question and wait for the answer
How to become a fairy?

 Fairy as elementals

 Fairy abduction

 Fairy helping humans

 Fairy descendents or incarnation

 Fairy facts- hystorical facts

 Fairy poem

Fairy blood
1. If you like shining things, glitter
2. If you like crystals
3. If you always had an interest in fairies
4. Natural tenedency for healing
5. If you are an empathy
6. If you like or have a natural way with plants and gardens
7. If you have a natural way with animals
8. If you prefer nature
9. If you feel energized by nature
10.If your aura glows
11.If you seem to attract fairies
12. You might have a great voice to sing
13.You love music, cant live without it
14.If your body doesn’t deal well with heavy or industrial food

Signs that fairies are around you

 Seeing shining balls of light
 Feeling a presence when get close to plants
 Stuff just seem to appear or disappear
 smelling the scent of natural flowers without having any reasonable
explanation to why the you smell that scent
 sensation of being airy, light,joyful
 laughing for no reason or for things that aren’t so funny
  music without any where playing it
 feeling a sensation, a sudden change on the atmospheric
 the shoulder or arm might itch; it happens cause faeries tend to touch
those parts of a human body to show they are around

How to attract fairires

 Have a garden
 Have a indoor garden
 Making a special place for them
 Having statues or images of fairies, gnomes…
 Have crystals
 Have a cleaned house and organized
 Be open to it
 Play music
 Be good to the environment, animals

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How to discover what kind of fairy are you

 Water sings
 Fire signs
 Earth signs
 Air signs

WHERE DO FAIRIES LIVE

 In between worlds
 Another dimension
 Underground
 hills
 caves
 fairy path

What is a fairy
Fairies can be found in all cultures, such as persian, chinese, greek,but
mostly irish and celtic. There are many theories about what would be a
fairy, what kind of creature it is.
Angels
Some people say fairies are angels lurking around.
5. Nature spirits
 Because of the link between fairies and nature, some say fairies are just
spirits of nature. Made from nature, an extension of nature life.
8. Humans
Some say, fairies are humans. They are just different race of humans, not
known for some cultures in the old days. And because of this lack of
knowledge on other cultures, the legend on these beings came to be. Trolls
are said to be probably the neanderthals long gone race.
Elementals
Created from human imagination

Fairy Food
Mostly fairies eat natural food, such as fruits like berries, apple… But they
can be attracted to home baked bread, cakes. They also like candies,
sweets… They dont tend to eat too much but small bites. Sometimes they
invade people’s kitchen when attarcted by the smell of baking, and take
some small bites that can pass unoticed. If humans eat the fairy food from
the fairyland, they can’t no longer come back to the human world. Here are
some of what fairies eat:
 milk
 bread
 cake
 muffins
 chocolat
 candy
 sweets
 sugar
 cupcakes
 donnuts
 home baked food
 coffe
 fruits
 mushrooms

Fairy Clothes
 Dress in leaves
 Dress flower petals
 They dont have originally wings but they wear it as an accessory
 They like to take care of their appearance.
 Oftenly inspire their fashion sense from the human world.
 wear make up
 like to wear shining things
 shining make up

Fairy Names
 fairy
 faery
 fey
 fae
 Titania
 Shelly
 Nadia
 Roselend
 Morgana La Fey

Fairy Facts
 they live in the forest
 some live in cave
 some live in the underground
 they can do magic
 have magical powers of their own
 they eat, mostly natural foood
 they sleep
 they can be killed
 they get illed
 they have families
 they are organized in villages or countries
 iron is bad for them
 some say fairies die if men kind don’t believe in them
 they like music
 like to dance
 they like animals, garden, flowers
 they don’t trust or even dislike humans because of disrespect with nature
 they have queens, kings and laws
 they like children
 they are divided in (black)bad, (white)good, and (green)neutro (neither bad
nor good)
 nature spirits
 linked to elements
 they can curse or help humans
 they heal animals, grow flowers…
 Fairy Books
Fantasy Fairy books for young adults
Fairytales book
1. Grimm Fairytales
2. Celtic Fairytales

Fairy movies
1. Hensel and Gretchen: witch hunters
2. Ella Enchanted
3. Lord of the rings
4. Snow white: a tale of terror
5. Lord of the rings
6. Mirror Mirror
7. Snow white: the fairest of them all
8. A midsummer’s night dream- 1998
9. Cinderella- 1997
10.Alice in wonderland- 2010
11.The magic of OZ
12.Fairy Faith- 2001
Fairy Songs
 Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule - ”Dance of the Wild Faeries”
 Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule- ”Invocation”
 Gary Stadler- Fairy night song
 Sinbad (Harry Gregson williams)- “The legend of the seven seas- sirens”
 Fairy meditation
Close your eyes and let your mind rest. Do not focus on any
distractions. Now see yourself in a beautiful forest. Feel the warm sun
glistening through the tree leaves, warming your cheeks. Feel a cool soft
breeze dance through your hair. Feel a warm dirt path beneath your
feet. Let the life of the forest massage your soul. There is a large, wise oak
tree behind you. Now turn to see it. Once you approach it, you will see a
small door fit only for a small creature. Now begin to walk towards the
oak tree. Begin to notice the small sized door begin to get larger and
larger. As you confront the tree, the door is large enough for you to
enter. You look slightly down to see a door knob. Hold the handle for a
moment. Take a moment to know that there will be a tunnel on the other
side that will lead to a wonderful place. The tunnel is not a scary one, but
one full of mystery and wonder. Now, turn the knob and open the
door. You see a quiet and serene dirt tunnel, with a bright light at the
end. It seems far away, but it’s brighter than the sun, and it radiates
purely. You look to your right, and you see a faerie friend; a faerie that
will guide you through the tunnel safely. Faeries come in all shapes and
sizes. What does this faerie look like? You smile sweetly to your tunnel
guide, and you thank them for offering to you their guidance.
You now descend down the tunnel. First you walk slowly, and you
begin to travel faster and faster, although you are not running, and you do
this effortlessly. You begin to approach the end of the tunnel. You feel a
warm and safe feeling, as on the other side, you will see the faerie
lands. You begin now, to pass through the pure, bright light and as you
struggle to see what is on the other side, it begins to be subdued, and you
slowly see features of the mysterious new world. It’s in Technicolor; it’s
better than HD TV. It’s indescribable. To your very left, turning your head
far to see it, you see a green hill full of wild flowers of many colours. You
begin to pan your head to the right and see a large, wide open, green field
with a lush forest in the distance. And on your right, you see a small, clear
lake with some plants and flowers lining it. You can see it all clearly
now. Spend some time feeling the warm weather, and the soothing
breeze. You can feel the difference from the mundane world. This world
feels so warm, inviting, pure, fresh, comforting, and loving. Spend some
time basking in the sunlight and in the greenery.

See the beautiful lake to your right. Once you adjust your eyes a little, you
will notice that there is a tiny looking wooden boat on the edge. See it
now. It has leaves for sails and it looks so exciting to you. You are so
drawn to it. It feels safe, and you know you will not be harmed, but that
there is an exciting and important journey ahead. You walk up to it and
step in. It immediately begins to move, and sail its way across the
lake. Feel free to dip your fingers into the warm water to the side. It heals
your heart, and replaces all your stress, sorrow, and pain with
unconditional love. It is so soothing and comforting. It is almost
overwhelming. As the little boat begins to gently speed up, you feel the sun
caress your skin. It feels amazing. You look ahead and see that lying
ahead of you is the most beautiful forest you have ever seen. The boat
begins to slow, and it stops ever so gently on the edge of the lake. You
climb out and turn towards the boat, and thank its gentle spirit for the
lovely ride. You turn towards the forest and you survey it. It definitely
feels warm, safe, and it is egging you to begin walking through it. If you
feel scared, simply ask the faerie that helped you through the tunnel to
guide you now in the forest. You will see them pop up beside you right
away.
Begin to walk through this majestic forest. The trees are so huge
they must have been there for all of time. They are the largest trees you
have ever seen, and they seem to have a wonderful, natural, healthy glow
about them that you can feel heal you when you touch them. Go ahead:
Place your palms on the trees. You feel energetically refreshed. You feel
stronger. You thank the wonderful trees for being themselves as you
continue down the worn, dirt path. You look up, and you see the beautiful,
bright sun and its light shimmering on the tree leaves, and its rays dance
on the pathway. Not too far ahead, you begin to see a little, cute cottage
that seems so naturally in place on the one side of the path. It calls you to
it. You can almost hear it call your name in the gentle, warm breeze. You
know this is where you will find your faerie guides. Excited, you pick up
your pace, and before you know it, you are there. You stand in front of the
cottage door, and you place your hand on the knob. You know that you are
invited, and when you open the door, you will see your faerie guide. You
may even have more than one! Without any movement, the door begins to
open, and you begin to see inside the cottage. You gradually see a long
wooden table that looks as though it has not been processed as it would be
in your mundane world. And as you gradually begin to look up from the
table, you gradually see your guides. The door is open now, and you walk
in, welcomed and safe. Do not worry about who, or how you see your
guides. They may look fuzzy at first, and unclear. Just give yourself time
to adjust and naturally let your eyes focus on your guides. Soon you will
see them. It may not even happen now, and you may need to journey back
here. But for now, introduce yourself however you wish to, and take a
moment to speak with your guides. Ask for their names and how they assist
you, if they have not already done so. When you feel content with the
information you have received, at least for now, thank your guides, and
turn to leave, and walk out the door, closing it behind you. Although you
are going now, you know in your heart you can always come back and they
will be there for you readily.
Descend back through the forest the way you came, and climb back
on the little boat. Ride it across to the other side, and go through the
tunnel of the oak tree once again, back through the door and to the warm
forest. Thank your guides, the guiding faerie, and the faerie lands for
being so welcoming and helpful. You know you can always return, and you
will be welcomed with open arms. As you now begin to wake up, and count
backwards from five to one, you will wake up fully and remember
everything at one. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
You have just travelled into the depths of the faerie lands. You have
begun to learn how to be honest and true to yourself and your heart’s
greatest desires. With this, you are ready to continue the journey with
learning about the faeries.

Fairy names
NAME — GIRL ORIGIN MEANING
Afreda Feminine form of Alfred, "Elf
counsellor; elf power." Variants
include Aelfraed, Alfi, Alfie,
Alfre, Alfredah, Alfredda,
Alfreeda, Alfri, Alfrida, Alfried,
Alfrieda, Alfryda, Alfy, Allfie,
Allfreda, Allfredah, Allfredda,
Allfrie, Allfrie, Allfrieda,
Allfry, Allfryda, Allfy, Elfie,
Elfre, Elfrea, Elfredah, Elfredda,
Elfreeda, Elfrida, Elfrieda,
Elfryda, Elfrydah, Ellfreda,
Ellfredah, Ellfredda, Ellfreeda,
Ellfrida, Ellfrieda, Ellfryda,
Ellfrydah, Elva, Elvah, Freda,
 Freddi, Freddie, Freddy, Fredi,
Fredy, Freeda, Freedah, Frieda,
Friedah, Fryda, Frydah
Alvar, Alva, Alvie, German Army of Elves
Alvara, Alvarie
Alvina, Aethelwine, friend of the elves
Aethelwyne,
Aelfwine
Arethusa nymph
Blossom English Flower-like
Breena Celtic/Gaelic Fairy Land
Brucie French forest sprite
Carling Old English hill where old women or
witches gather
Diana Roman Goddess of the woodlands, the
moon, hunting, wild animals -
and of chastity
Donella Celtic dark-haired elfin girl
Dulcina Latin Rose
Eglantine, Eglantina French wild rose
Elga Anglo Saxon Elfin Spear
Ella Anglo Saxon Elfin
Ellette English Little Elf
Elva, Elvia, Elvie, good elf
Elfie, Elivina,
Elvine, Elvyne,
Elvin, Elvina,
Elvena
Eolande Celtic/Gaelic Violet Flower
Erline, Erlina Anglo Saxon The Elfin
Faerydae dark child a gift from the fairies
Faylinn English Fairy Kingdom
Fay French Fairy or Elf
Faye Old French Fairy
Fayette French Little fairy
Gelsey English Jasmine
Gullveig Norse myth name (a witch)
Laila Biblical An angel appointed to guard the
spirits at their Birth
Liliana Latin Gracious Lily
Lilli Latin Flower
Lilly Latin Lily Flower
Lily Latin Blossoming flower
Lorelle, Lorrella, Teutonic elfin Laura
Lorilla
Luella, Louella, Luel famous elf
Marigold English Golden Flower
Maurelle French dark and elfin
Naida water nymph
Nerida Aboriginal Flower
Nerida Greek Sea nymph
Nissa brownie, sprite or elf; friendly
elf
a feminine name of
Scandinavian origin ("a friendly
elf")
Nixie German Water Sprite
Nyx German Sprite
Odile, Odelina, German elfin spear
Odiane, Odiana,
Odette, Oda, Odila,
Ordella, Ordalf
Orla, Orlagh, Irish Celtic Gaelic Golden Queen
Orlaith, Orrla
Radella, Raedself elfin counsellor
Raisa Russian Rose
Raisie Celtic/Gaelic Diminutive of Rose
Rhiannon Welsh / Celtic Goddess-Great Queen-Goddess
of Fertility
Rhoslyn Welsh Lovely rose
Rhoswen Celtic/Gaelic White Rose
Rhyannon Great queen, pure maiden;
nymph
Rosa Latin Rose, Pink
Rosalba Latin White Rose
Rosalie, Rosalia, Rose
Rozalia, Rosa
Rosetta Little Rose
Rosina Celtic/Gaelic little rose
Rossa Latin Beautiful flower
Roxanne Latin Graceful Rose
Rusalka Czech Mermaid/Wood sprite
Sebille English A Fairy
Shaylee Celtic/Gaelic Fairy princess of the field
Shea Irish Fairy palace
Siusan Celtic/Gaelic Lily
Susane French Lily
Susanna Latin Lily
Suzanne English Lily
Suzette French Little Lily
Tana Slavic Fairy Queen
Tania Russian Fairy queen
Tanya Russian Fairy queen
Tatiana Slavic Fairy Queen
Tenanye cheerful fairy queen
Tianna fairy queen
Titania Greek— Great One. Fairy Queen
Shakespeare
Xantho golden-haired sea-nymph
Zanna Latin Lily
Zuzana Slavic Rose
NAMES — BOY ORIGIN MEANING
Aelfdane Danish elf
Aelfdene from the elfin valley
Alberich Norse myth name (a dwarf)
Alfrigg Norse myth name (a dwarf)
Alston Old English From the Elf's Abode
Alvin Old English elf wine, noble friend
Avery, Aelfric, elf ruler
Aubrey
Brokk Norse myth name (dwarf)
Dain Norse myth name (a dwarf)
Drake English Dragon
Durin German Mythical Dwarf
Eitri Norse myth name (a dwarf)
Elden, Eldan, Eldon, from the elves' valley
Ealhdun, Ealdun
Elvin Celtic/Gaelic Friend of Elves
Elvy, Elvey elf warrior
Fafnir, Fafner Norse myth name (a dragon)
Foster Latin Forest Guardian
Genius myth name (a guardian spirit)
Hefeydd Celtic myth name (father of Rhiannon)
Hreidmar Norse myth name(dwarf king)
Kalen, Kailen, Irish/Celtic warrior
Kalan, Kallan,
Kheelan, Kellen
Nidhug, Nidhogg Norse myth name (a dragon)
Oberon From Shakespeare King of the Fairies
Oren, Orin IrishGael/Heb fairy, pale-skinned/pine tree
Puck From Shakespeare Puck's other name in
Shakespeare's play is Robin
Goodfellow. Puck means
mischievous
Roosevelt Scandinavian Field of Roses
Sindri Norse myth name (a dwarf)
Suelita Spanish Little Lily
Warren Old German, watchman, game keeper,
Middle enclosure, from La Varenne
English,Teutonic,
French

GOBLINS, ELFS, AND GNOMES

Trying to explain or talking about beings not considered spirits, angels, or human beings is
rather difficult. They, however, share something in common, and more. We could give them
the generic name of elemental creatures, nature spirits. They all inhabit theMagic World of
Fairies.

Is is true that we can communicate with those tiny beings?

In spite of the fact that nature has been devastated by man, and that they were compelled to
hide in the jungle or in the woods, many of them live with human beings and are willing to
serve them. To communicate with them, we should love everything that surrounds us. They
may appear under certain circumstances and on special occasions without us ever realizing of
that, for they have the ability to choose the form they shall appear under - which may be
similar to the very nature either as a stone, a tree, an animal, a plant or even a human being.
These beings talk, laugh, are cautious, poor, rich, wise and crazy, just like all of us. They are the
rough image of man, virtuous or vicious, pure or impure, better or worse.

TYPES OF GOBLINS

DOMESTIC GOBLINS

They live inside houses or in the surroundings. For centuries they inhabited wild, woody, and
mountainous areas, living inside caves or caverns until one of them approached the places
where human beings lived, firstly for the sake of curiosity, then with the single objective of
having fun. They appear preferably at night. They are about 50 cm- high and resemble man.
They go out at night and love to have fun by dint of those sleeping. Even though most of them
like to bother or frighten human beings, some of them, however, love to help men in domestic
households. According to some experts, their names come from the Arabig word duar,
meaning the one who inhabites or the inhabitant.

FAMILIAR IMPS
These are some little devil looking- goblins, not linked to a house, but to a person to whom
they assist and make him their owner. They are linked to witchcraft.

BEDROOM GOBLINS

They belong to a strange family of aggresive and individualist goblins. They cause nightmares
and choose women and children as their victims.

GENERAL FEATURES OF ELFS

All these beings are very ancient, small and ugly. When they are standing, they have arms so
long that they past beyond their ankles. They have abundant and entangled hair, and a special
talent for evil, though there are also benevolent Elfs. They love larch roots, do not like rain, but
are fond of tempests. They have pointing ears and legs like wire.

TYPES OF ELFS

Elfs are huge magical beings divided into two big categories:

The Ljsalfar, or Light Elfs;

The Dopkalfar, or Darkness Elfs.

LIGHT ELFS

They dominate the change in appearance, have an etereous beauty, are one of the best
disposition elfs. They are translucent and blue coloured.
There are other light elfs with the ability to move over fire or inside wood and stone. They are
called Ellefolk; can foretell the future, sing and compose a fascinating and enraptured music.

DARKNESS ELFS

Like lobsters, they build their homes beneath the earth. They are frequently found in houses
where they prefer dark corners, only visible at night. They may be of grey, brown, red or black
colours. If a house has locks with no keys or small cracks in the wood, Elfs shall come in
through those tiny spaces. They have many names, such as Cauchemar, Qaalruter,
Nachtmannle.

GLOOM ELFS

They are the most numerous. They may be found in trees, plants, brooks or ponds. They are
quite cautious and protected from the interference of strangers.

Poetry, information and pictures of Elves and Pixies

 GNOMES

Since these elementary beings are earth spirits, they preferably work the soil and tree roots, to
which they grant power. They look like funny little old men, as they belong to a race coming
from the beginning of times. It is said that they inhabited the lost Atlantis. These tiny creatures
build their homes under aging trees. They only go out at night and their home is lively after
sunset. They are friends of animals, they speak their same language and protect them from
danger. The best feasts are when the freezing winds blow over the woods dancing and playing,
they start to run and some prefer rain for their dances.
 Fairy types
Abatwa - Said to be the tiniest creatures of human form in existence, these
little people coexist peacefully with the ants in the anthills of Southern
Africa and live on their foragings from the roots of grasses and other
plants. They are very shy and so are elusive, however tend to reveal
themselves to very young children, wizards, and pregnant women.

Aeval - A Faery Queen of southwestern Munster. In her district a debate

was launched on whether the men were satisfying the woman's sexual
needs. In a midnight court, Aeval heard both sides and then decreed the
men wrong and sentenced them to overcome their prudishness and accede
to the woman's needs. (Kisma)

Angiaks - children of the living dead of Eskimo lore. In hard times,

unwanted babies were taken out into the snow by tribal elders to die of
exposure. Unless the tribe would move to a new hunting ground, they
would often find themselves haunted by this small, miserable ghost.

Ankou - the faerie version of the grim reaper. Sometimes he's portrayed as
a benevolent, comforting figure.

Anthropophagi - a cannibal faerie. He has no head, but his eyes sit atop
his shoulders and a mouth may be found in his torso. His lack of a nose
allows him to eat human flesh without gagging.

Asparas - Usually female, also known as sky-dancers. They bless humans

at important stages in their lives, and are often seen at weddings. They live
in fig trees and sometimes appear to scholars or scientists, seduce and
exhaust them, making sure they don't venture into areas that the spirit world
deems unfit.

Asrai - are small and delicate female faeries who melt away into a pool of
water when captured or exposed to sunlight.

Aughisky - (Agh-iski) They are the Irish version of the Each-Uisge.

Bean-Nighe - (ben-neeya) Similiar to that of the Banshee. The Washing

women is the type of Banshee who haunts the lonely streams of Scotland
and Ireland. Washing the blood-stained garments of those about to die. It is
said that these spirits are the ghosts of women who died in childbirth and
that they are fated to perform their task until the day when they would have
normally died.
Barguest - A kind of Bogie. It has horns, dangerous teeth and claws, and
fiery eyes. It can take many forms, but usually is a shaggy black dog. Upon
the death of a prominent figure, it rounds up all the dogs in the community
and leads them on a procession through the streets, howling.

Bauchan - also Bogan. A type of Hobgoblin. Like most faeries, they are
fond of tricks, sometimes are dangerous, and sometimes are helpful.

Bendith y Mamau (ben-dith uh momay) - Mother's Blessing, which was

the name of the fairies of the Carmarthenshire country in Wales; this saying
became a prayer spoken to ward-off harm.

Black Annis - See Hags.

Blue Men of the Minch - - They dwell in the strait between Long Island
and the Shiant Islands. They are responsible for sudden thunderstorms and
shipwrecks, but their ship-sinking attempts may be thwarted if you are an
adept rhymer. Some think they may be fallen angels.

Bodach - also Bugbear or Bug-A-Boo. They slide down chimneys to

kidnap naughty children.

Boggart - Brownies that have turned evil.

Bogie - This is the generic name for some different types of Goblins. Their
temperments range the spectrum from benign to malevolent.

Bogles - Generally evil-natured Goblins although they are more disposed to

do harm to liars and murderers.

Bokwus - A fearsome spirit in the great northwestern American spruce

forests. He is only seen in glimpses, but has been seen wearing totemic face
paints. Hunters are very aware of his presence. He likes to push fishermen
off the banks to drown, taking teh victim's soul to his home in the forest

Brown Man of the Muirs - Protector of wild beasts.

Brownie - His territory extends over the Lowlands of Scotland and up into
the Highlands and Islands all over the north and east of England and into
the Midlands. With a natural linguistic variation, he becomes the BWCA of
Wales, the Highland Bodach and the Manx Fenodoree. In the West
Country, Pixies or Pisgies occassionally perform the offices of a brownie
and show some of the same characteristics, though they are essentially
different. Border brownies are most characteristic. They are small men,
about three feet in height, very raggedly dressed in brown clothes, with
brown faces and shaggy heads, who come out at night to do the work that
has been left undone by the servants. They make themselves responsible
for the farm or house in which they live: reap, mow, her the sheep, prevent
the hens from laying away, run errands, and give good counsel at need. A
brownie can become personally attached to one member of the family.

Bugul-Noz - He's a forest dweller, a shepherd. He's very unattractive and

he knows it, but he yearns for human companionship.

Bwca - The Welsh name for the Brownie. They have slightly nastier
tempers and are prone to tantrums if their work is criticized. They also
despise tattletales and people with long noses.

Cannered-Noz - Breton version of the Bean-Sidhe.

Cluricaun - After his day's labors the Leprechaun enjoys a night's revelry
and then becomes known as the Cluricaun (kloor-a-kawn). He raids wine
cellars and is known to take wild drunken rides through the moonlight on
the backs of sheep or shepherds dogs.

Coblynau - Welsh Mine Goblin. Cousins to the Cornish Knockers. These

creatures using mining tools, are seen working industriously at the seam
faces. The knocking of their picks and hammers is lucky, a sign of heavy
ore content.

Corrigan - Malignant nature spirits found in Brittany, often associated

with phantoms of the dead.

Cururipur - A powerful South American spirit who owned the jungle and
tortures tortoise hunters since the tortoises are his friends

Daoine Maithe - "The Good People"; Similar to the Gentry, they were said
to be next to heaven at the Fall, but did not fall; Some think they are a
people expecting salvation.

Disir - these are spirits who attach themselves to a particular place, usually
man made, like houses. Especially old houses. They are generally feminine
ancestral spirits.

Duergar - These are a malicious form of Dwarf from Northern England.

They revel in tricking people into dying.
Dwarfs - Germany/Isle of Rugen/Swiss mountains. Short but powerfully
built, they are generally bearded and aged in appearance, this is because
they reach maturity when only three years old and are grey bearded by the
age of seven. Their homes aree the mountains of Scandinavia and Germany
where they mine for precious metals to work into arms and armour and
other artifacts which are often endowed with magic. They cannot appear
above ground tho one ray of sunlight and they will turn to stone. Other
accounts say they spend daylight hours as toads.

Dybbuk - a Jewish demonic spirit capable of possessing humans.

Each-Uisge - (Ech-ooshkya) They are similar to the Kelpie, but far more
dangerous. They inhabit lochs and seas and will eat their victims after
tearing them into pieces, except for the liver, which they leave. If they are
ridden inland, they are safe to ride, but if they catch the slightest whiff of
the sea air...

Ekimmu - One of the uttuku, evil or vengeful spirits of the ancient

Assyrians, the ekimmu appeared wailing and crying outside a home to
signal an impending death, much like a Banshee.

Ellyllon - The name given to the Welsh elves. They are tiny, diaphanous
fairies whose food is toadstools and fairy butter, a fungoid substance found
in the roots of old trees and in limstone crevices. Their queen is Mab.

Elves - In Scandinavian mythology the fairy people were elves and were
divided into two classes, the light elves and the dark elves, like the Seelie
and Unseelie Court. In Scotland the fairy people of human size were often
called elves and Faeryland was Elfame; in England it was the smaller
Trooping Fay who were called elves, and the name was particularly applied
to small fairy boys.

ErlKonig - he is the "Elf King" in Germany. He's been known to warn

people of their pending deaths. How he appears will relay to that person
how he or she is going to die.

Fachan, The - From the West Highlands of Scotland.

Fays - The dialect name in Northumberland.

Fair Family or Fair Folk - The euphemistic name used by the Welsh for
the fairies. (See Tylwyth Teg.)
Farisees, or Pharisees - The Suffolk name for fairies. The Suffolk children
used to be confused between the farisees and the biblical mentions of the
Pharises.

Fary - The dialect name in Northumberland.

Feeorin - A small fairy that is indicated as being, green-coated, generally

red-capped, and with the usual fairy traits of love of dancing and music.

Fees - The fairiers of Upper Brittany.

Fenoderee - A type of Brownie from the Isle of Man. A willing worker of

prodigious strength, the Fenoderee performs many labours for the farmers
of Man. The Fenoderee was a member of the Ferrishyn - the faerie tribe of
Man, until he made the mistake of absenting himself from their Autumn
festival to court a mortal girl. His good looks were taken from him and he
became the solitary, ugly creature he is now.

Feriers, or Ferishers - Another Suffolk name for the fairies.

Ferries - The usual name for the Shetland and Ocadian fairies.

Ferrishyn (Ferrishin) - A Manx name for the fairie tribe; the singular is
"ferrish". They are the Trooping Fairies of Man, though there does not
seem to be any distinction between them and the Sleih Beggey. They are
less aristocratic than the fairies of Ireland and Wales, and they have no
named fairy king or queen. They were small, generally described as three
feet in height, though sometimes as one foot. They could hear whatever
was said out of doors. Every wind stirring carried the sound to their ears,
and this made people very careful to speak of them favorably.

Fetes - The Fates of Upper Brittany.

Fir Darrig - (Fear dearg) delights in practical joking of a rather gruesome

nature and therefore it is probably safer to humor him.

Foawr (fooar) - Manx equivalent of Highland Fomorians/giants, stone-

throwing.

Frairies - The Norfolk and Suffolk, local version of the word "fairy".

Fyglia - a sort of personal spirit. They often take an animal form. The
Native Americans call them "fetches" and use them as totems. They serve
mostly as personal guardians.
Gans - Apache Indian shamen offer prayers to the Gans, asking them to
drive evil spirits away and to attract good fortune.

Gentry, the - The most noble tribe of all the fairies in Ireland. A big race
who came from the planets and usually appear in white. The Irish used to
bless the Gentry for fear of harm otherwise.

Ghillie Dhu - A Scottish solitary faerie who inhabits certain birch hickets.
His clothing is made of leaves and moss.

Glaistig, The - is a water faerie and is part seductive woman, part goat.
The goat-like attributes she tries to hide under a long flowing green dress.
The Glaistig lures men to dance with her before she feeds, vampire-like, on
their blood. Her nature is typically faerie-perverse for she can also be
benign and gently tend children or old people. She will also sometimes
herd cattle for farmers.

Goblins - A breed of small, swarthy, malicious beings-although 'goblin' as

a term is often used as a general name for thee uglier inhabitants of Faerie.
They sometimes appear in the shape of animals which appropriately
reflects their bestial nature. They are the thieves and villains of Faerie,
companions to the Dead, especially on Halloween.

Golem - a Jewish zombie-like spirit who is to avenge a wrongful death.

Good Neighbors - One of the most common Scottish and Irish names for
the fairies.

Good People - The Irish often referred to their Sidhe in this manner. (See
Daoine Maithe)

Grant - a small horse which stands upright; each Grant is attached to a

particular place and when he senses danger will tun through the town
shouting warnings.

Green Children, The - The fairy are recorded in the medieval chronicles
under such a name.

Green Lady of Caerphilly, The - Takes on the appearance of Ivy when

she is not walking through the ruined castles she haunts.

Greencoaties - The name for the fairies that dwell in Lincolnshire Fen
country.
Greenies - The euphemistic name used for the fairies in Lancashire,
associated with the Jacobean Fairies.

Grey Neighbours, the - One of the euphemistic names for the fairies given
by the Shetlanders to the Trows, the small gray-clad goblins whom the
Shetlanders used to propitiate and fear, using against them many of the
means used all over the islands as protection against fairies.

Guillyn Veggey - The Little Boys is a Manx term for the fairies who dwell
on the Isle of Man.

Gwragedd Annwn, The - are Welsh water faeries, beautiful Lake Maidens
who occassionally take mortals to be their husbands. One well-known
legend tells of a young man who used to graze his cattle by a small lake
near the Black Mountains. One day he saw a most enchanting creature
rowing gently to and fro in a golden boat on the surface of the lake. He fell
deeply in love with her and offered her some of the bread he had brought
from home for his midday meal. She answered that the bread was too hard
and disappeared into the depths. The young man's mother gave him some
unbaked dough to take with him the next day and he offered this to the
faerie but she answered that it was too soft and again disappeared. On the
third day he took some lightly baked bread, which passed. Three figures
rose from the lake, and old man with a beautiful daughter on either side of
him. The girls were identical and the father told the young farmer that he
was willing to offer him the daughter with whom he was in love if he could
point her out. The farmer would have given up in despair but one slightly
moved her foot and he, recognizing her slipper, won her hand. The young
farmer was warned that he would lose his wife if he ever should strike her
three times causelessly. The Gwragedd Annwn had somme curious faerie
ways; would weep at weddings and laugh at funerals, which led her
husband to strike her, and she was forced to leave him. Though her sons
she had left behind with all of their faery teachings they became great
physicians.

Gwyllion (gwithleeon) - The evil mountain fairies of Wales. They are

hideous female spirits who waylay and mislead travelers by night on the
mountain roads. They were friends and patrons of the goats, and might
indeed take goat form.

Hags - inhabiting the British Isles, who seem to personify winter, are
probably survivals of the oldest goddesses. Some turn, like winter into
Spring, from hideously ugly old wommen into beautiful young maidens,
and others like Black Annis are cannibalistic.
Henkies - One of the names given to the Trows of Orkney and Shetland.

Hobgoblin - Used by the Puritans and in later times for wicked goblin
spirits, but its more correct use is for the friendly spirits of the Brownie
type. Hobgoblin was considered an ill omened word. "Hob" and "Lob" are
words meaning the same kind of creature as the Hobgoblin. They are on the
whole good-humored and ready to be helpful, but fond of practical joking.

Host, The - See Unseelie Court.

Huacas - Incan myth speaks of Huacas, stone forms of sprits or divine

beings who watched over fields.

Huldafolk - the huldafolk are fairly reclusive Scandinavian faeriefolk.

Hyster-sprites - Lincolnshire and East Anglian fairies/small and sandy-

colored, with green eyes.

Jack-In-Irons - A Yorkshire giant who haunts lonely roads.

Jenny Greenteeth - Yorkshire River Hag who drowns children.

Jimmy Squarefoot - Frightening appearance but reletively harmless.

Kachina - Ancestor spirits of the Pueblo Indians in North America. The

Hopi also believed in kachinas, believing them to be the souls of virtuous
dead people.

Kelpie, The - is a Scottish water faerie. Although sometimes appearing in

the guise of a hairy man, this is more often seen in the form of a young
horse. The Kelpie haunts rivers and streams and, after letting unsuspecting
humans mount him, will dash into the water and give them a dunking.
Each-Uisge (ech-ooshkya) or Aughisky (agh-iski) as he is known in
Ireland, inhabits seas and lochs and is far more dangerous.

Killmoulis, The - particularly ugly Brownie who haunts mills. He is

characterized by an enormous nose and no mouth. To eat he presumably
stuffs the food up his nose. Although a Killmoulis works hard for the
miller, he delights in practical jokes and can therefore be a hindrance rather
than a help.

Klaboutermannikin - they inhabit the figureheads of ships, giving them

guidance and protection.

Klippe - The Forfarshire name for a fairy.

Kobolds - These are the German version of Knockers. They are known for
causing problems for the miners and undoing their progress. To keep the
miners guessing, they occasionally help them.

Korred - bizarre-looking and capricious but generally good-natured

guardians of Brittany's standing stones.

Kubera - King of the Yakshas, the god of wealth. Usually depicted as a

dwarfish figure with a paunch, bearing a money bag or pomegranate and
seated on a man.

Kul - A water spirit of the Eskimos in the Arctic, Kul may be malevolent
but generally helps the Northern peoples with their fishing. As a show of
gratitude, it is customary to offer him some of the fish caughts at the
beginning of the season.

Leannan Sidhe - This has two definitions.

Leprechaun - Generally described as a fairy shoemaker, this creature is a

red-capped fellow whostays around pure springs and is known to haunt
cellars. He spends his time drinking and smoking. One branch of the
Leprechaun is known as the Fir Darrig, who is a practical joker; both are of
the Solitary Fairies. Leprechauns have also been associated with the Earth-
elemental Gnome, and when so done, is described as being a merry little
fellow dressed all in green, instead of wearing a red cap, a leather apron,
drab clothes and buckled shoes, and the boy, who has fairy blood in him,
succeeds in winning a wealth of treasure from an underground cave, keeps
his gain secret, and is the founder of a prosperous familiy.

Li'l Fellas, the - Another Manx euphemistic name for The Good
Neightbours.

Little Folk - See Sleight Beggey.

Little People of the Passamaquoddy Indians, the - There are two kinds
of Little People among the Passamaquoddy Indians, the Nagumwa-suck
and Mekumwasuck. Both kinds are two and a half to three feet in height,
and both are grotesquely ugly. The Passamaquoddy Indians, wholived close
to the Canadian border, used to migrate to the ocean in the summer and
move inland in the winter. When they moved, their fairies moved with
them. The little People can only be seen by the Indians. They live in the
woods and are fantastically and individually dressed. Their faces are
covered with hair, which strikes an alien note to the Indians. Oral tradition
has it that they were made of stone.
Lunantishess - The tribes that guard the blackthorn trees or sloes in
Ireland; they let you cut no stick on the eleventh of November (the original
November Day), or on the eleventh of May (the original May Day).

Ly Erg - This faerie yearns to be a soldier. He dresses like one and cannot
be distinguished from human soldiers except by his red-stained hands, red
from the blood he has shed.

Mazikeen - also known as the shideem or shehireem, these Jewish faeries

know much of magic and enchantment. They were born when Adam and
Eve were excommunicated for 130 years for eating of the tree of
knowledge. Female spirits lay with Adam, and male spirits with Eve, and
of these unions were born the Mazikeen. They are a rank betweenmen and
angels. They have wings and can fly, tell the future, and like to feast and
drink, marry and have children. They can also shapeshift.

Mermaids - entice human lovers with their songs of enchantment. They

cause ship-wrecking storms and are most frequently seen combing their
long hair whilst admiring themselves in mirrors.

Merrows - The Irish Merpeople are called Merrows and they can be
distinguished from other sea-dwelling faeries in that they wear red feather
caps to propel themselves down to their homes in the depths. Should their
caps be stolen, they can no longer return to their watery homes. The female
Merrow are very beautiful and, like other mermaids, appear before storms
as an omen, but they are gentle by nature and often fall in love with mortal
fishermen. This can partly be explained by the extreme ugliness of the male
Merrows. Despite their alaming aspect, the males too have their redeeming
features as they are generally jovial in character.

Mooinjer Veggey (moo-in-jer vegar) - The Little People is a familiar

Manxman term for the faeries who dwell on the Isle of Man; see Sleigh
Beggey.

Mother Holle - A crone who lives at the bottom of old wells. She
dispenses justice and might aid you with guidance and divination if she
likes you.

Mumiai - best known for persecuting peasants, especially those of the

lowest castes, who had stolen from their neighbors or demonstrated their
dirty habits. The Mumiai toss their belongings in the air, break their pottery
and trample on their gardens, finally forcing them to moveout of their
villages.
Muryans - Muryan is the Cornish word for ant. The Cornish belief about
the fairies was that they were the souls of ancient heathen people, too good
for Hell and too bad for Heaven, who had gradually declined from their
natural size, and were dwindling down until they became the size of ants,
after which they vanished from this state and no one knew what became of
them.

Nagas - Nagas are human from the waist up and snake from the waist
down and are often seen wearing hooded canopies or with seven or more
heads. Both sexes are extraordinarily beautiful and several royal Indian
families claim to be descended from them. They bite humans who are evil
or destined to die prematurely. Buddhists regard them as minor deities and
door guardians.

Nuckelavee - is surely the most awful of the Scottish sea fairies. A

monstrous horse with legs that are part flipper, a huge mouth and one fiery
eye and, rising from its back joined to it at the waist, a hideous torso with
arms that nearly reach the ground, topped by a massive head that rolls from
side to side as though its neck was too weak to hold it upright. Worse than
this tho is the horrible appearance of the creatures flesh, for it has no skin.
Black blood coursing through yellow veins, white sinews and powerful red
muscles are exposed. The Nuckelavee has an aversion to fresh running
water and the pursued have only to cross it to escape.

Nunnehi - Cherokee version of elves. They live in towns beneath the

ground. Nunnehi are saddened by the suffering incurred by the Cherokee
and occasionally offer assistance. Nunnehi led the Cherokee to Pilot Knob,
North Carolina, where they passed through the realm of the Nunnhei and
were safe.

Oannes - Fish-headed beings from another world, these were considered to

be sea-gods by the ancient Chaldeans. Oannes lived among men by day,
building the great Sumerian civilization and teaching art, science, and
religion, while at night they returned to the Persian Gulf to swim in the
ocean.

Ohdows - a race of small, well-formed people with the features of the

Native Americans who live underground in North America. They use their
magic to subdue the earth spirits who cause earthquakes.

Old People, the - Another Cornish name for the fairies.

Pechs, or Pehts - The Scottish Lowland names for fairies and are confused
in tradition with the Picts, the mysterious people of Scotland who built the
Pictish brughs and possibly also the round stone towers. The Pechs were
considered tremendous castle builders and were credited with the
construction of many of the ancient castles. They could not bear the light of
day and so only worked at night, when they took refuge in their brughs or
"sitheans" at sunrise. It seems likely that some historic memory of an
aboriginal race contributed one strand to the twisted cord of fairy tradition.

Peg Powler - One of the many Green Hags with sharp teeth who drag their
victims down to watery graves.

People of Peace - The Irish often refered to the Sidhe in this manner. The
word sidhe means peace. See Daoine Sidhe in Faery Lineage.

People in the Hills, the - Fairies who live under the green mounds, or
tumuli, all over England.

Phooka - an Irish Goblin with a variety of rough beast-like forms. He

appears sometimes as a dog or a horse, or even a bull, but is generally jet-
black with blazing eyes. As seemingly friendly, shaggy, sway-backed pony
Phooka offers the unwary traveller a welcome lift; but once astride he is
taken for a wild and terrifying gallop across the wettest and most thorny
country, eventually to be dumped headlong into the mire or deposited in a
ditch. The chuckle is that of the Phooka as he gallops away.

Picts - The original peoples who dwelled in the northeastern coast of

Ireland. They were called the "Cruithne" and migrated down from Gaul or
Galia (France). As the conquering waves of invaders arrived in Ireland,
eventually the Picts retreated to the woods and lived in caves and
underground forts. They were a small, dark people and became known as
the classic Faery-people. See Pechs.

Pigsies - See Pixies.

Pixies, or Pigsies, or Piskies - These are the West Country fairies

belonging to Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. There are varing traditions
about the size, appearance and origin of the Pixies, but all accounts agree
about their being dressed in green and about their habit of misleading
travelers.

Plant Rhys Dwfen (plant hree thoovn) - The family name of a tribe of
fairy people who inhabited a small land which was invisible because of
certain herb that grew on it. They were handsome people, rather below the
average in height, and it was their custom to attend the market in Cardigan
and pay such high prices for the goods there that the ordinary buyer could
not compete with them. They were honest and resolute in their dealings,
and grateful to people who treated them kindly.

Polevik - a Polish faerie, he appears as a two-footed goat and helps to bring

in the harvest.

Portunes - Small agricultural fairies. It was their habit to labor on farms,

and at night when the doors were shut they would blow up the fire, and,
taking frogs from their bosoms, they would roast them on the coals and eat
them. They were like very old men with wrinkled faces and wore patched
coats.

Puck - Thanks to Shakespeare, the most famous of the mischievous shape-

shifting hobgoblins. He is closely related to the Welsh Pwca and the Irish
Phooka.

Rakshasas - shapeshifting demon-goblins. They can appear as mosters,

animals, or beautiful women to seduce holy men and then eat them. They
have side tusks, ugly eyes, curling awkward brows, bull's heads, bloated
bellies, tangled hair, and nackward pointing hands. They can cause leprosy,
raise the dead, and regenerate severed limbs.

Redcap - is one of the most evil of the old Border Goblins. He lives in old
ruined towers and castles, particularly those with a history of wickedness.
He re-dyes his cap in human blood.

Roane - Irish name for the Selkie.

Seelie Court - Blessed Court; Name of the kindly fairy host, or benovolent
Faery of the positive polarity, and is generally used to describe the Scottish
fairies. The malignant fairies were sometimes called the Unseelie Court.

Selkies - The seas around Orkney and Shetland harbor the Selkies or Seal-
Faeries (known as Roane in Ireland). A female Selkie is able to discard her
seal-skin and come ashore as a beautiful maiden. If a human can capture
this skin, the Selkie can be forced to become a fine, if wistful, wife.
However, should she ever find her skin she immediately returns to the sea,
leaving the husband to pine and die. The males raise storms and upturn
boats to avenge the indiscriminate slaughter of seals.

Shellycoat - A Scottish bogie who haunts fresh water streams and is

festooned with shells which clatter when he moves. He takes pleasure in
tricking and bewildering travelers and leading them astray.
Sidhe, Sith, or Si (shee) - The Gaelic name for fairie, both in Ireland and
the Highlands of Scotland. Very tall beings that seem to either shine or
appear opalescent. The shining beings belong to the earthly realm; while
the opalescent beings belong to the heavenly world. As with any shamanic
practice there are three great worlds which we can see while we are still in
the body: the heavenly, the earthly, and underworldly realms.

Silent Moving Folk - The Scottish fairies who live in green knolls and in
the mountain fastnesses of the Highlands. See Still-folk.

Sleigh Beggey (sleigh beargar) - The Little Folk. A name given to fairies
in the Manx tongue.

Sluagh (slooa) - The most formidable of the Highland fairy people; The
host of the Unforgiven Dead. By some scholars, they are regarded as the
fallen angels, not the dead, but on the whole their accounts correspond
closely to that given by Alexander Carmichael in 'Carmina Gadelica'

Small People of Cornwall, the - Fairies were sometimes spoken of this

way in Cornwall.

Solitary Fairies - The fairies who are chiefly malignant or ominous

creatures, comprise this group, although there may be a few nature spirits
or dwindled gods among them. An exception is the Brownie and its
variants - though there are few family groups among the Brownies - some
think that they were unacceptable in Faeryland because of their ragged,
unkept appearance, and that they went off to the Seelie Court when they
were properly dressed. However, this is only one school of thought on the
subject. Other creatures, such as the Lepracaun, Pooka, and Bean Si, also
comprise this group.

Spriggans - Grotesque and ugly in shape. Although quite small, they have
the ability to inflate themselves into monstrous forms which has led
humans to believe them to be the ghosts of old giants. Apart from their
useful function as guardians of hill treasure, Spriggans are an infamous
band of villains, skilled thieves, thoroughly destructive and often
dangerous. They are capable of robbing human houses, kidnapping children
(and leaving a repulsive baby Spriggan in exhange) causing whirlwinds to
destroy fields of corn, blighting crops and all manner of other unpleasant
mischief.

Sprites - A general name for fairies and other spirits such as Sylphs and
nerieds.
Still-Folk - The Scottish name for the Highland fairies. See Silent Moving
Folk.

Themselves, They, or Them that's in it - The most common Manx names

used in place of the word "fairy", which was generally considered an
unlucky word to use. It is sometimes said that "themselves" are the souls of
those drowned in Noah's flood.

Tiddy Ones, Tiddy Men, or Tiddy People - The Lincolnshire fenman's

nature spirits, which are also referred to as the Yarthkins or Strangers. Most
of them were undifferentiated, a drifting mass of influenced and powers
rather than individuals. The one among them personally known and almost
beloved was the Tiddy Mun, who was invoked in times of flood to
withdraw the waters.

Tokolosh - A South African faerie; Tokolosh is a sullen spirit who lives

beside streams, throwing stones into the water on still nights. He is famous
for frightening lone travelers, usually by jumping on a small animal or bird
and strangling it so that the poor animal's panicked cry alarms the traveler.
He is described as being something like a baboon, but smaller and without
a tail, and covered with black hair.

Trolls - Cave Dwellers, Scandinavian faeries who hate sunlight.

Trooping Fay or Faery - The Faery have been divided into two main
classes: trooping and Solitary. It is a distinction that hold good throughout
the British Isles, and is indeed valid wherever fairy beliefs are held. The
trooping fay can be large or small, friendly or sinister. They tend to wear
green jackets, while the Solitary Faery wear red jackets. They can range
from the Heroic Faery to the dangerrous and malevolent Sluagh, or tose
Diminutive Fairies who include the tiny nature spirits that make the fairy
rings with their dancing and speed the growth of flowers.

Trows - Live on the Shetland Islands, similiar to the Scandinavian Trolls

and like them, have an aversion to daylight. They are frequently observed
performing a curious lop-sided dance called 'Henking'

Tylwyth Teg (terlooeth teig) - The Fair Family. The most unusual name
for Welsh fairies, though they are sometimes called Bendith Y Mammau, in
an attempt to avert their kidnapping activities by invoking a euphemistic
name. They are fair-haired, and love golden hair. They dance and make
fairy rings. They are like the Daoine Sidhe, and dwell underground or
underwater. The fairy maidens are easily won as wives and will live with
human husbands for a time. The danger of visiting them in their own
country lies in the miraculous passage of time in Faeryland. They give
riches totheir favourites, but these gifts vanish if they are spoken of.

Unseelie Court - Unblessed Court; They are never under any

circumstances favorable to mankind. They comprise the Slaugh, or The
Host, that is, the band of the unsanctified dead. The Unseelie Court are the
malignant Faery of the negative polarity, made up of Solitary Faery.

Urisk - is a scttish solitary faerie who haunts lonely pools. He will often
seek out human company but his peculiar appearance terrifies those he
approaches.

Verry Volk - The name of the fairies in Gower of Wales; little people
dressed in scarlet and green.

Virikas - Never more than eighteen inches tall, these unpleasant spectral
entities can be recognized by their flaming red color and their horribly
pointed, bloodstained teeth. They gather outside the homes of men soon to
die and jabber excitedly. To prevent this, people can erect a small shrine in
their honor and burn daily gifts of flowers and spices for them.

Water Leaper - Preys on Welsh Fishermen.

Wee Folk - One of the Scottish and Irish names for the fairies.

White Ladies, the - The use of White Ladies for both ghosts and fairies is
an indication of the close connection between fairies and the dead. The
White Ladies were direct descendants of the Tuatha De Danann.

Wichtlein - from Southern Germany behave in much the same way as

goblins. They announce the death of a miner by tapping three times. When
a disaster is about to happen they are heard digging, pounding and imitating
miners work.

Will O' the Wisp - No one is quite sure what these distant floating balls of
flame are, but they are generally associated with and are sometimes thought
of as faeries in the British Isles. They are sometimes thought to be the souls
of children who have died and like to cause mischief.

Yakshas - Benevolent nature spirits; they are the guardians of tresures

hidden in the earth and the roots of trees. Their ruler is Kubera, who lives
on a mountain in the Himalayas. They are deities of cities, districts, lakes,
and wells, and are thought to have originated from a cult of the ancient
Dravidians.
Yann-an-Od - Kindly old shepherd who tends sheep. He might have once
been a faerie king. He's rather shy of humans.

Yumboes - Located on Goree Island, south of the Cape Verde Peninsula in

Senegal, West Africa. They are two feet tall with pearly skin and silver
hair. They are also called the "Bakhna Rakhna" which translates to "The
Good People." They enjoy dancing and feasting by moonlight and live in
magnificent subterranean dwellings in the Paps, groups of hills about three
miles from the coast. Guests to their homes report lavishly decorated tables
and servants invisible except for their hands and feet. They like to eat fish.
 Random dictionary of faeries
Abarta (Irish)- A member of the Tuatha Dé Danaan who captured some of
the Fianna and brought them to Annwn (the Otherworld).

Aengus Og (Irish) variations Angus Mac Og - Aonghus Og. A god of love,

youth and beauty belonging to the Tuatha Dé Danaan.

Aí (Irish)- The poet of Tuatha Dé Danaan. Legend states that when his
mother was pregnant a druid foretold that he would possess great powers.

Aibell (Irish) variations Aoibhill, Aiobhell Queen of the Munster fairies

and a guardian spirit who dwelled at Craig Liath (the grey rock). Her name
means "beautiful". She possessed a magic harp which legend states that
those who heard it did not live long afterwards.

Aige (Irish) - A jealous druidress turned her into a fawn and she was then
killed by the warriors of Meilge.

Aileach (Irish) - A fortress in Ulster where the gods and goddesses of

Tuatha Dé Danaan decided to divide Ireland between each of them.

Aillén Mac Midhna (al-yen mac mee-o-na) variations Aillen Mac Miona
(Irish)- A fairy musician from Annwn who came out of his cave each year
to play his timpan (belled tambourine) at the feast of Samhain (Halloween).
Every year he would burn down the palace of Tara after enchanting the
residents with music. Eventually Fionn Mac Cumhail resisted the music by
pressing his spear to his own forehead and then beheading Aillén.

Áine (aw-ne) (Irish) - A faery queen and goddess of love and fertility. She
is associated with the moon and has occasionally been seen combing her
hair in the middle of a lake. Daughter of high king, Eogabail, the foster son
of sea god Mannanán Mac Lir. Her sister is Fenne or Finnen.

Ankou (Ahn-koo) Sometimes called the King of the Dead. He collects

souls upon their death and escorts them to the land of the dead. Traveling
with his own subjects he is a feared fairy that is mainly seen on November
Eve.

Annwn (a-noon) (Welsh) - "Land of Shadows". A peaceful paradise which

contained a fountain of rebirth. Arawn was the Lord of Annwn and was
always accompanied by a pack of hounds.
Aoife (eef-eh) (Irish)- According to myth there are few different Aoifes.
One is the daughter of Ard-Greimne, and sister of Scáthach, a warrior
princess of the Land of Shadows (Anwnn). The second is the wife of ocean
god Mannanán Mac Lir and stepmother to her own sister's four children.
She became jealous of them and used magic to turn them into swans. The
Children of Lir had to spend 900 years in various waters until they died
under the care of a monk. When Aoife's foster father the Bodb Dearg found
out what she had done he changed her into a demon of the air and she was
never heard from again.

Aonbharr (Irish) - a magical horse which can travel on land and sea.

Arduinna - a gaul goddess of the moon, hunting and forests. Her sacred
animal is the wild boar.

Aranrhod or Arianrod (Welsh) - Daughter of Don and sister of Gwydion,

and mother to Dylan, a famous sea god.

Artio - a gaulish goddess bear goddess.

Asrai - An ancient water fairy in female or male form that lives in the sea.
They are rarely seen and only at night. They are sometimes called sea
ghosts because of their extremely pale, translucent skin. Legend states that
they must not be exposed to the sun lest they dissolve into a pool of water

Badb (Irish) - goddess of death and battles. Her name signifies crow or
raven.

Badb Catha -battle raven

Balor of the Evil Eye (Irish) - The most famous giant of the Fomorians he
had one eye that destroyed anyone who was in its gaze.

Banba (Irish) -beautiful giantress. Daughter of Treon of the Land of the

Shadows.

Banshee - see Bean-Sidhe or Bean-Nighe

Beag (Irish) - a goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann, associated with a magic

well.

Bean-Nighe - Sometimes called the "washer woman" because she sits on

the banks of streams and rivers frantically washing bloodstains from a
white shirt. She is similar to the Bean-Sidhe in that she also foretells death.
Bean-Sidhe - ( ban-shee ) This fairy woman is feared by humans because
her wails and moaning foretell the impending death of someone near. She
has been described as very beautiful, pale with long hair and fearsome red
eyes which some say is from her constant weeping.

Bean-Fionn - Also called Jenny Greentooth, she is a malevolent fairy who

lives underwater in streams and lakes. She can be either beautiful or
hideous and is known to reach up from her watery depths and drag young
children under the water with her.

Bean-Tighe - Sometimes called the "King of the Dead". He is similar to the

Ankou in that he collects souls upon their death and escorts them to the
land of the dead. Traveling his own familiar paths in black with a black cart
he is mainly seen on November Eve.

Blodeuwedd (blod-AY-weth) - welsh meaning "flower-aspect" was made

from the flowers of oak, broom and meadowsweet by Gwydion and Math
to be the bride of Lieu Llaw-Gyffes. Later she was turned into an owl and
was an outcast of all birds.

Boann (Irish) - a water goddess and wife of Nechtan (water god) name
means "she of white cattle"

Bogie - A male hobgoblin who is only up to evil and capricious acts of

wrongdoing. He enjoys tormenting any traveler who is unfortunate enough
to cross his path. Also called bogy, bug-a-boo, bogle or boggart.

Brigid (Irish)- a much beloved triple goddess of healing, smiths, fertility

and poetry. Daughter of Dagda, her name means "fiery arrow".

Brownie - A scruffy small brown male fairy who wears dirty, torn clothing
and likes to live with humans. They like to help with chores but also like to
be left alone. They expect small rewards and will abandon a home when
there is no extra milk and cakes left for them. The Brownie is generally
helpful unless they are crossed then they become mean and ill-tempered

Caer - a fairy maiden loved by Aengus Og (the love god) who had dreamt
of her before they met. When he found out who she was he asked her father
for her hand, to which her father said he could marry her if he could find
her, since she had taken the form of a swan.

Cait Sith (cait shee) - a Highland fairy cat that is as large as a dog, with a
white spot on it's breast.
Cailleac Bhuer (call-y'ac V'fhoor) - Also called the Blue Hag or Stone
Woman. She originates in Scotland and is an old woman of human size
who walks by night with a walking stick made of holly with the carved
head of a crow on top. A large carrion crow sits on her left shoulder and a
touch from her magical staff means instant death to a human. If her staff is
found unattended it will give its owner the power of enchantment.

Ceridwen (ker-ID-wen) (Welsh) - A Welsh sorceress and goddess of

fertility. Mother of Afagddu, supposedly the ugliest man in the world. To
help compensate for his looks she boiled a cauldron of knowledge for a
year and a day so that he would be respected for his wisdom. Instead her
other son Gwion Bach who was guarding it accidently acquired the
knowledge when he sucked it from his finger.

Changeling - Some fairies love beautiful human babies and will steal them
and leave an old, near-death fairy in their place. Humans have been known
to place iron bars on or in their baby cradles to protect them from such
thefts.

Cliodhna (Irish) - goddess of Beauty who fell in love with a mortal,

Ciabhan of the Curling Locks. She had three magical birds that could sing
the sick to sleep or cure them.

Corrigan - These female fairies are enchanted to forever roam the earth as
beautiful blonde women by day and repulsive old hags by night. Legend
states that if a mortal man loves the old hag and beautiful woman equally
the enchantment is lifted.

Cyn Annwn (koon anoon) - Welsh hell hounds who are bone white with
red ears.

Dagda - "the good god". An important high king of the Tuatha Dé Danaan,
who rides a black horse named Acéin (ocean) and carries a magic club.

Dairine - (Dareen) a princess of Tara

Damona - a gaulish goddess her name means "the Divine Cow"

Dana (Irish) - synonymous with Danu, Anu and Don. Mother goddess from
Ireland from who the Tuatha Dé Danann take their name. The high king
Dagda is her son.

Dea Arduinna - a gaulish goddess shown seated on a wild boar. She ruled
over the beasts of the forest.
Deirdre - "of the sorrows" according to myth the aging King Conchobhar
Mac Nessa wanted to marry her but she was in love with Naoise with
whom she ran away with to Alba. Nessa had Naoise killed and then forced
Deirdre to marry him. Once married she remained sad and distant. When
Nessa tired of her he handed her over to Naoise's assassin. Instead of
sleeping with her lovers murderer she commited suicide by throwing
herself off a running chariot. From each of the graves of Naoise and
Deirdre grew a pine which eventually interwined and grew as one tree.

Domnu (Irish) - goddess of the Fomorians. Mother goddess of undersea

dwellers.

Druids - The Druids were important figures in Celtic Ireland and held
positions as advisors, judges and teachers. Draoi-id means "oak
knowledge". They were male and female and it took up to 20 years to learn
all of the Druidical laws. Evans-Wentz in the book Fairy-Faith in Celtic
Countries states that they were magicians and prophets and they could
foretell the future and interpret the secret will of the fairies.

Dubh - a druidress who used her magic powers to drown her husbands
lover. In return her husband had her drown in what became known as
Dubh's Pool.

Duergarrs (Doo-ay-gahrs) - A male dwarf fairy approximately 2 feet tall.

They are unfriendly to humans and guard fairy paths and hills.

Dylan - "son of the wave", a welsh sea god who as soon as he sprang from
his mother's womb (Arianrhod) he jumped into the sea and swam as well as
any fish.

Éire (Irish) - goddess of Ireland

Elves - Elves are small and thin with pointed ears and sinewy bodies.
Despite their small stature they are very intelligent and industrious and play
a major part in the land of fairy.

Epona - "divine horse", a celtic horse goddess either depicted riding a mare
or with a horse and foal.

Etain - (aideen) an Irish fairy queen from the Tuatha Dé Danaan who was
reincarnated many times. She was the second wife of King Midir when
Midir's first wife became jealous and had a druid cast a spell so that she
was reborn as a mortal. To make it hard for Midir to find Etain the druid
first changed her into a pool of water, a worm and then finally a fly. At a
banquet King Etars wife accidentally swallowed a fly that had flown into
her cup of wine and then she became pregnant with Etain. As the mortal
Etain grew up King Eochaidh and his brother Aillill fell in love with her.
King Midir eventually found her and reawakened her memories of her past
life as an immortal queen in the fairy realm. In a game of chess he won her
back from King Eochaidh.

Ethlinn (Irish) - daughter of Balor of the Evil Eye.

Ethné (Irish)- exiled from the Tuatha Dé Danaan. She wanders the hills in
vain as a mortal listening to the disembodied voices of the fairies so she
can return.

Fairy Trees - All trees are sacred to fairies but the ones most mentioned in
fairy lore include: Oak, Ash, Apple, Hazel, Rowan, Holly, Willow, Elder,
Alder, Hawthorn and Blackthorn. Willows have been known to uproot
themselves on dark nights and follow solitary travelers through the woods.
Hazel nuts were thought to instill wisdom and fertility and apples: power
and youth.

Fairies/Faeries - The word "fairies" now encompasses all of the inhabitants

of Fairyland including the Daoine Sidhe of the Highlands. The Tuatha Dé
Danaan of Ireland. The Tylwth Teg of Wales. The Seelie and Unseelie-
Court and the Trooping and Solitary fairies. Other names given to the fairy
race include: Daoine Maithe 'the good people', the Sidhe race, the Gentry,
the "People of Peace", "the still-folk", the "silent moving folk", the Sith ,
the Fair-Family, Fair-Folk, and the Fées.

Fand (Irish) - "The Pearl of Beauty", wife of the sea god Manannán Mac
Lir.

Fir Darrigs (Fear Durgs) - Also called Rat Boys. They are very unpleasant
fairies with fat ugly features, hairy skin and long snouts which make them
look like large rats. They like to trick humans and other fairies out of their
possessions and they love to eat rotten fish and food.

Fomorians (Irish) - One of the first inhabitants of Ireland who were

considered demons because of their misshapen bodies and violent acts. The
Highland Fomorians were a race of giants and not as evil as them.

Gancanagh (Gon-cawn-ah) - A legendary beautiful male fairy who enjoys

seducing mortal women to fall in love with him and then disappearing only
to leave them to search for him until their deaths.
Ghillie Dhu (Gillee Doo) - These are tree fairies who disguise themselves
as leaves and love to play pranks on human travelers who unknowingly
have ventured into their forest.

The Glastig (clee-stickh) - An infamous fairy who is believed to no longer

exist. A beautiful woman fairy of human size who attempts to lure mortal
human males to be her companion and is friendly until they notice her goat
hooves. Then she either drowns them or drains them of their blood.

Gnomes or Dwarves - Earth fairies who age very quickly. They seem to
have been born old and they live for hundreds of years. They are very
intelligent and they make their homes in hollowed out trees or partly
underground. They vary in personalities and temperament.

Gwragedd Annwn (Gwer-geth Ai-noon) - A beautiful blond fairy of human

size who is helpful and kind to humans. She lives near lakes.

Gwyllions - Either male or female they live in the mountains and tend goats
but also have a disturbing habit of sitting on rocks above roads and staring
eerily at passing travelers.

Goblins and Hobgoblins - A name given by humans to the mean,

mischievous elves who sometimes haunt their homes.

Grian (Irish)- solar female deity

Gwen (Welsh) - "The White Swan" daughter of Cynwal

Irnan (Irish) - sorceress who spinned a magic web

Knockers - Dwarf fairies who live underground and are expert miners

Leanan-Sidhe (lan-awn-shee) - the Fairy Mistress similar to the Lhiannan-

Shee, except she is given a more benevolent description by Lady Wilde in
Ancient Legends of Ireland: 'The Leanan-Sidhe, or the spirit of life, was
supposed to be the inspirer of the poet and singer, as the Ban-Sidhe was the
spirit of death, the foreteller of doom.' Her inspiration comes at a price, in
that poets and artists fueled by her die an early death.

Leprechauns - A solitary male fairy with the cunning ability to steal or find
treasure. He loves riddles and dares others to find the treasure that he has
hidden, sometimes so well that he himself cannot find it.
Lhiannan-Shee (lannan-shee) - A beautiful vampiric fairy who has been
said to either drain her victims of blood or collect it in a cauldron where she
performs spells and rituals to keep herself youthful and beautiful.

Lunantisidhe (Loo-nan-tee-shee) - An extremely thin, wiry old hairless

man with pointed ears, long teeth, arms and fingers. He travels in a group
that climbs and lives in the Blackthorn trees. They despise humans and will
go to great lengths to harm them if their beloved trees are trodden upon.

Macha (Irish)- a triple goddess of war. Wife of Nemed, then wife of Nuada.

Maeve - goddess of sovereignty

Manannán Mac Lir (Irish) - A major sea god, the son of Lir. He ruled from
Emain Ablach (Emain of the Apple Trees) an island paradise in the Land of
Promise. His wife is Fand. A noble leader he possesses an invincible sword
and invulnerable helmet and armor.

Mermaids - Also called the merpeople, merrows. A generally gentle female

fairy who lives in the sea with a human torso and fish tail. They sometimes
travel upstream and have been known to take human lovers to their
underwater kingdoms.

Merman - A male counterpart of the mermaid. They also have human

torsos and fish tails but are not as interested in humankind as the mermaids.
They are wilder with pigs eyes, red noses and green hair and tend to enjoy
the stormier aspects of the sea.

Mórrigán (Irish) - a major triple goddess of war, death and slaughter. Her
name means great queen. She is interchangeable with Macha, Badb and
Nemain. Her favorite shape is that of the crow or raven.

Nair (Irish) - name means "modesty". A goddess who took the high king
Crebhán to the otherworld and gave him fantastic treasures.

Nantsovetta - a gaulish goddess connected with water

Nemain - a war goddess and wife of Neit. She hovers over battlefields
inspiring battle madness. Nemain means venomous, Macha (personification
of battle), Dea (hateful), Badb (fury) and Morrigan (great queen)

Olwen (Welsh) - means "she of white track" named because of four white
trefoils that spring up wherever she trods. A Formorian.

Oonagh (Irish) - wife of Fionnbharr. Dwelt in the sidhe (hill) of Meadhna.

Phookas - A destructive fairy that travels in a pack, they have the body of a
goat or horse and the head of a human male. Fairies and humans fear them
and avoid them at all cost.

Pixies - A small, winged fairy with a large head, pointy ears, nose and
eyebrows. They are mischievous and love fancy clothing made to resemble
their favorite flowers. They love dancing, singing and merry making.

Rhiannon (Welsh) - Her name means "maid of Annwn" or "great Queen".

Originally promised to Gwawl, Rhiannon was seen by Pwyll, a chieftain of
Dyfed, when she was riding on a magnificent white horse. When Rhiannon
rejected Gwawl and married Pwyll her household fell under a curse in
which her first born son vanished and was presumed dead at her hand. Her
son was eventually restored to life and she named him Pryderi which
means "care". According to legend Rhiannon's birds sang more sweetly
than any mortal bird and were said to have magical powers.

Robin Goodfellow or Puck - This male fairy looks like a satyr with a boys
head and the body of a goat. He is playful and loves to play his pipes
throughout the forests which entices all the animals and fairies alike to
follow his melodious music.

Sadb (Irish)- daughter of Badb Deara. Turned into a fawn by the "Dark
Druid"

Scáthach nUanaind (Irish) - her names means "shadowy", also known as

Scáthach Buanand (victorious). The most famous celtic female warrior
from the Land of Shadows she ran a military academy where men received
training in the martial arts. Her most famous pupil was Cuchulainn to
whom she gave a spear named Gae-Bolg or "belly spear", once inside the
enemies stomach it opened up 30 barbs which would then tear the stomach
apart.

The Seelie-Court - Seelie means "blessed", and this court consists of all the
noble and kind fairies whose inner code of fair and good ethics contrast that
of the Unseelie Court.

Selkies - Selkies appear as seals but are able to shed their sealskins and
walk on land in female or male form.

Sirona - a gaul goddess whose name means "star"

Spriggans - A fairy monster who is able to inflate himself and float along
the countryside. They sometimes appears as rocks or stones and create
havoc on those who cross their paths.

Sulevia - a gaul goddess of the art of healing.

Taliesin - "Shining Brow". A welsh wizard who was the first to acquire the
gift of prophecy.

Tara - The ancient hill fort that became the capital of the Tuatha Dé
Danaan. It was a meeting place for fairy kings and visiting dignitaries.

Tir Nan Og or Tir Na N-og (teer na nogue) - "Land of the Young" an

earthly paradise where time stopped and the grass was always green and
the flowers blossoming. A land of beauty where there was much music,
feasting, loving and hunting.

Trooping Fairies - Fairies are sometimes divided into two classes which
includes the trooping or solitary fairies. Solitary generally being the less
friendly of the two.

Tuatha Dé Danann (Too-ah-day Thay-nan) - Also called the Gentry. They

are the earliest fairies. Their goddess was Dana. They are the origin of the
fairy race.

Tylwyth Teg (terlooeth teig) - A Welsh name for the "fair race". Given to
represent all fairies whom they believed lived in matriarchal clans.

The Unseelie Court - These are the damned or unblessed of the fairy race
and they consist of all that is evil and ignoble in fairyland.

Will-o'-the-Wisp - Also called Fairy Lights, Elf-fire, Hobbedy's Lantern or

Night Whispers. Small winged fairies whose glowing lights can be seen at
dusk in the meadows and grassy hills.

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 The Faery Garden
Whatever you do to bring life to your garden will bring faeries as
well. First of all, plant plants that attract bees, butterflies, and
hummingbirds. This will also attract the fae. So put up hummingbird
feeders, bird feeders, bird baths, bird houses, even bat houses. Small
fountains, ponds, faery statues, or waterfalls are all good.

Here's a short list of plants that attract faeries to your garden:

Common yarrow, Achillea millefolium

New York aster, Aster novi-belgii
Shasta daisy, Chrysanthemum maximum
Western giant hyssop or horsemint, Agastache occidentalis
French lavender, Lavendula dentata
Rosemary, Rosemarinus officinalis
Thyme, Thymus
Fountain butterfly bush, Buddleia alternifolia
Orange-eye butterfly bush, summer lilac, Buddleia davidii
Shrubby cinquefoil, Potentilla fruitiosa
Common garden petunia, Petunia hybrida
Verbenas, vervains, Verbena
Pincushion flowers, Scabiosa caucasica
Cosmos, Cosmos bipinnatus
Common zinnia, Zinnia elegans

They also love the following plants and trees:

foxglove, primrose, ragwort, cowslips, pansies, bluebells, clover

(3-leaf, not 4-leaf), St. John's wort, hazel, rowan, blackthorn, oak,
willow, elder, birch, alder, apple, ash, and especially toadstools.

Dedicating the Faery Garden

Once the garden is started, you might want to ritually dedicate it as a Faery
garden sanctuary. Begin by walking the around the garden with an athame
pointed at its boundaries (much like casting a circle). Then sprinkle the
perimeter of the garden with a branch of fir dipped in salted spring water.
Finally, walk the boundaries of the garden with a lighted incense stick. (It
can be left to burn in the ground when you finish.) Then with a wand of
hazel, slowly walk around the garden greeting each plant with words like:

Spirits of the (insert plant name),

I welcome your presence in the garden.

Feel your love flow from your heart, down your wand, and out the end of
the wand. Be sure to welcome all plants, stones, and trees. (Nature spirits
are easily offended.) Conclude your ritual with these words:

In the name of the Goddess and the God,

I declare this garden a sanctuary
For the spirits of nature
And the children of the Gods.

When you are finished, leave a gift -- cookies, soda, ale, cream, or bright,
shiny things like rings, beads, or stones.
from Ancient Ways by Campanelli

Cross the threshold from your ordinary life into our magickal faery world,
where just for a moment we can believe with the faith of our childhood in
the whispers and glitters of what is not seen…

It’s sad to realise that as we grow up, we let go of the beauty and magick
our imaginations allow us, replacing it instead with the worry of every day
life. Take some time for yourself to reconnect with your inner child and let
your imagination run free!

Every-one needs a faery garden! This is a little spot you create especially
for you – a place to rejuvenate your creativity, imagination and sense of
magick.
FAERIES AND THEIR FAVOURITE PLANTS
Start your faery garden by choosing plants that faeries love:

Foxglove (Faeries use the petals to make hats and gloves)

Primrose (The flowers are said to have magickal powers – “making the
unseen seen”! Eat one to see Faeries!)

Wild Thyme (This is one of the ingredients used in a

secret potion made to see Faeries, but traditionally when harvesting for the
brew, the Thyme must be collected from near the side of a faery hill)
Pansies (According to folklore, Shakespeare invented a Faery king called
Oberon, who used these flowers to make a love potion)
Clovers (Look out for four-leafed clovers – they’re not only lucky, they
can also be used to break a Faery spell)
St Johns Wart (Used widely in homeopathy to relieve stress, calm the
mind and uplift, this herb can also be used to break Faery spells)

Toa dstools and Mushrooms are of course a great addition.

Try make a faery ring for your Faeries! Any mushrooms will do, but see if
you can track down any of these types of toadstools: Fly Agaric, Yellow
Fairy Club, Slender Elf Cap, Dune Pixie-Hood, and Dryad’s Saddle.
CRYSTALS TO CONNECT WITH THE FAERIES
Fairy Quartz
This is a must for any Faery garden! Fairy Quartz has an earthy vibration
and links directly to the Faery Kingdom. Great for children, Fairy Quartz
calms after nightmares. This Crystal soothes the environment and removes
emotional pain. Fairy Quartz also helps you to unravel your family myths –
ancestral and cultural stories you are locked in.

Tourmaline
Tourmaline has a strong link to “Devic” (faeries and other spiritual beings)
energies. It is great for plants and keeps away pests. Tourmaline is
protective and can change negative thought patterns into positive ones,
while stopping feelings of victimisation. This Crystal is grounding and a
powerful mental healer.

Green Tourmaline (Verdelite)

Green Tourmaline helps in visualisation and creativity. This Crystal is a
powerful healer and protector during detoxification. It facilitates the study
of herbalism, enhances the effect of remedies and heals plants too. It
attracts prosperity and abundance! Green Tourmaline can also help you to
re-programme negative emotional patterns.

Harlequin Quartz
Harlequin Quartz is a combination Crystal – it contains the properties of
Quartz and Hematite. It also has the following specific properties.
Harlequin Quartz acts as a bridge between the spiritual and physical
worlds. It expresses universal love and stimulates healing of the heart. This
Crystal provides inspiration and is great for soothing Indigo children.

Bloodstone
Bloodstone is an earthy stone that helps you to live in the present moment.
An excellent blood cleanser and immune booster, Bloodstone heals and
revitalises. It reduces irritability, aggressiveness and impatience. Great for
children (and adults!) because it grounds, protects, keeps out undesirable
influences and teaches to avoid dangerous situations.

Jade
Jade is a protector against danger for children, and can undo physical harm.
This Crystal is a symbol of purity, serenity & nurturing. It brings insightful
dreams, stabilizes personality and integrates mind & body. It encourages
you to become who you really are by helping you understand yourself as a
spiritual being on a human journey.

Prehnite
Prehnite is a stone of unconditional love, and heals the healer (making it
great for therapists and parents!). It puts you in touch with the Universe’s
energy grid when meditating. Prehnite teaches you how to be in harmony
with nature and the elemental forces, while revitalising its surroundings and
de-cluttering space. It’s useful for gridding the environment and seals your
aura in a protective shield.

Turquoise
Turquoise creates a bridge between Heaven and Earth, and is sacred to the
Native Americans. Given as a gift, it brings good fortune and peace to the
receiver. It is protective and a good healer, assisting you with your soul
expression. Turquoise helps you to attune spiritually and enhances
communication with both the spiritual and physical worlds. It also helps
you to release old vows that are no longer relevant, inhibitions and stops
self-sabotage.

PUTTING YOUR FAERY GARDEN TOGETHER

You can choose the size of your Faery garden to suit you – indoors or
outdoors, in a potplant, a group of potplants, or in a section of your garden.

You can start off with just one faery if you like, but it’s nice to start with
two or more (so they have friends!). Choose the faeries that most appeal to
you and arrange them between and around the plants. Add the Crystals you
have chosen from the list above (again, you can have as many or as few as
you like to begin). Now personalise it by adding things like a bit of wood
from the garden, or some shells you picked up at the beach. A Light
Catcher or Dream Catcher is a great accompaniment. A water feature is
great if you have the space!
Tuatha de Danaan

Now we learn of the doors into the Five Cities of the Tuatha
deDanaan.
The First City, at the place where the sun rises, is Gorias
The Second City, at the place where the sun shines directly overhead, is
Finias
The Third City, at the place where the sun goes down and the moon rises, is
Murias
The Fourth City. at the place on blackest night where the moon shows her
dark face and
the sky is sparkling with stars, is Falias
At the Center is Eire, the ancient misty land of Ireland where the Tuatha
deDanaan came
down from the Heavens and built the Faery Halls.
Or at the Center is Avalon, the Isle of Apples. There is the Mound with
the spiral path
leading to the Tower, the Tree in the orchard, and the Well.

Faery cities
Eire is strong for inspiration and gifts of creativity and imagination.
Avalon is strong for divination, prophecy, and healing
Gorias is the city hallowed by the Sword of Nuada
Finias is hallowed by the Spear of Lugh
Murias is hallowed by the Cauldron of Dagda
Falias is hallowed by the Lia Fal, Stone of Kings.
Eire is the Tree, and the Well, and the Spiral Stair.

FAIRY QUEENS and kings OF IRELAND

There are many great Faery Queens remembered in Irish folk tales. They
are known as
‘bean righean na brugh’, the Faery Queen of the Palace, and are quite
clearly the tutelary
goddesses of local tribes. Their Faery Halls are referred to as “sidhe
dwellings” in
Ireland, and are associated with ancient burial mounds like the Hill of Tara.
One of the most important Faery Queens of Ireland is Aine. On the shores
of the lake is
palace of her sister Queen Fennel.
Many of the Faeries have relationships with mortals. The Earl of Desmond
once saw
Aine combing her hair on the bank of a river. He fell in love with her and
seizing her
cloak made her his wife. The offspring of this union was Aine’s enchanted
son Geroid
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Iarla, who lives under the lake awaiting his return to the world of men.
Once every seven
years he emerges from the water as a phantom riding on a white horse.
Aine is revered throughout Ireland. She may originally have been a mortal
woman who
was ‘taken’ by the Faeries. The O’Corra family are said to be descended
from Aine.
Every year, the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday after Lammas are
dedicated to her. It
was said that she would claim a life on those days.
Every year on St. John’s Eve (24 June) local people would form a
procession around the
hill, then carry flaming torches through the fields of ripening crops. Aine
herself was seen
on many occasions leading the procession.
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There are many other Faery Queens in Ireland. The Faery Queen north of
Munster is
Aoibheal. She predicted the outcome of the terrible Battle of Clontarf, and
tried to warn
her people. Aoibheal is revered in many of the ‘Aislings’, or vision poems,
of the
eighteenth century concerning the future freedom of Ireland.
Cliodna is loved by the people of Co. Cork, and is said to be the first
daughter of the last
Druid of Ireland. In one old story, Curling Locks took Cliodna out of the
undersea lands
of Manannan MacLir and brought her to the shores of Ireland in his boat.
He left Cliodna
alone on the shore while he went off to hunt deer. While he was gone
Manannan sent a
huge wave over the strand and Cliodna was drowned.
The land north east of Leinster is the kingdom of Grian of the Bright
Cheeks. When the
sidhe mound of her father was attacked once by the five sons of Conall,
Grian pursued
them, and transformed them into badgers.
In one of the most moving Irish sagas, Grania eloped with Diarmaid, A
kind of Irish
Tammuz. All over Ireland there are cairns and cromlechs known locally as
‘the bed of
Diarmaid and Grania’.
In Co. Tipperary, the fairy hill of Una rises above the plain.. Una is the
wife of the fairy
king Finnbheara of Cnoc Meadha. She is an elusive figure, but her sidhe
dwelling was
very important place in former times, and she is still remembered by local
people.
FAIRY KINGS OF IRELAND
The great fairy king of Co. Galway in the west of
Ireland is Finnbheara (Finnvarr), cheif of the
Tuatha deDanaan. His abode is a prominent hill
on top of which is a burial mound.
To the north west is Magh Tuireadh. This place
is important to us because it is where the
legendary battle between the Fir Bolgs and the
Tuatha De Danaans took place.
There are many stories about Finnbheara’s liking
for mortal women. He had a habit of drawing
young girls away to dance all night with him in
his palace, but the next morning they were
always found safely asleep in beds.
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One particular nobleman had the misfortune to have his bride spirited away
by the Faery
King. The bride’s nurse told the noble that, to find her, he must dig down
into the sidhe
mound, starting at the top. So he dug, but when he rested during the night,
the Faeries of
the mound filled the tunnel back up with earth. This happened again and
again. In despair
the nobleman turned to the old nurse. She told him to sprinkle the earth
with salt and
place a line of burning turf around the trench, as the sidhe could not resist
that. After the
nobleman dod this, the bride was found safe in her bed the next morning.
Finnbheara loves horses. He is usually seen riding a black horse with
flaring red nostrils.
Some-times he would invite young men to ride with his Faery Host on the
Wild Ride.
In Co. Limerick the Faery King is Donn of Knockfierna. There is a large
ring fort on his
hill with a number of dolmens called the ‘Giants Graves’. These are the
entrances to his
Faery Palace.
Donn is the ancient Celtic god of the Dead who rules the rocky islands to
the south west
of the Atlantic ocean..When he is seen riding on a white horse on stormy
nights, the
people cry out: “Donn is galloping in the clouds tonight”.
Donn closely resembles a medieval Irish landlord rather than a god. He
rules quite strictly
but will aid his people when needed. He is also believed to fight against
rival hosts in
other counties, the winner carrying off the best potato crop for that year.
The Faery Queens and Kings are the old pagan gods and goddesses who
have long been
revered by the Irish. Most people believes that the Celtic gods of Ireland
were wiped out
long ago, and buried by the rule of Catholicism. But anyone who has been
to the Emerald
Isle, and listened to her many songs and folk tales, knows this is just not
true. Faery is so
close in Ireland, that you have to be very out of tune to miss it. This is
especially true in
the West of Ireland where the long arm of conquest did not extend, and the
Old Ways are
still preserved to some degree.