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Miranda put down her goblet and rubbed her eyes with the palm of her hands. Her whole world had been completely turned upside down in the last few days. A slight feeling of anxiety crept up from deep within, threatening to open the flood gates of her untouched grief. “Jasper,” she began, turning...
The court cards of the Suit of Cups are represented by the mythic figures who embody the typical characteristics of the Suit. Here, in the card of the Page of Cups, we meet the changeable, vulnerable, gentle beginnings of the element of water: the nascent emergence of the capacity to feel. This is...
Here, in the card of the Knight of Cups, we meet the volatile, sensitive, changeable dimension of the element of water, which like the stream is full of life and always moving. This is embodied by the mythic hero Perseus, who is motivated on all his adventures by love of women, and must on his...
When she was sure she had everyone’s attention; the Shamany smiled, acknowledging the group, and once again look her seat. It was Cairson that stood up to address them. Cairson, a middle-aged man, graying slightly, with deep brown eyes, the color his hair had once been. A member of the Coil and...
A Tiddy Mun (“littleman”) is a yarthkin, a water fairy living in the Fens of the eastern counties of England, a region that largely lay under water until drains and ditches were put in. The countryside is still dotted with the old windmills that pumped the water. Its human inhabitants were...
A spirit inhabits the elder, and for this reason, if it is cut at Midsummer – when it flowers – it is reputed to bleed real blood. In England, the guardian fairy is called the Elder Mother or Elder Queen. She lives at its roots and is the mother of the elves. If you stand under an elder on...
The Seven of Cups represents the boon – and problem – of being confronted with too many possibilities must be made real and concrete by a great deal of hard work. Psyche has rise from her nostalgic reflection, portrayed in the six of Cups, with a firm commitment to her love, and she humbly prays...
The Woodwose is a forest spirit, sometimes also called a Wildman or a woodwouse. Woodwoses have a shaggy appearance and are often naked and covered only in their own hair. They do not seem to speak. They are powerful, pre-Celtic spirits of the forest, hiding from human contact. Some woodwoses were...
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she was met b a cool breeze blowing in from outside. She breathed in deep, enjoying the smell of the sea. Quinn loved the sea, swimming in its waves and surf, its cool depths and velvet touch on her skin. Even the colors fascinated her, with many shades of blue, Grey...
Jenny Greenteeth is a water fairy from the River Ribble in northern England. When green weeds wave in the flowing water, it indicates that Jenny is lurking beneath the surface, ready to take another victim. She haunts stepping stones near Brungerley and every seven years claims a human life by...
“I really don’t know how you aren’t the size of a Hippopotoptimice!” Jasper continued, making himself comfortable at the edge of Miranda’s make shift bed. “The way you all keep your gobs open like that. Why its hardly a good diet for someone so young.” The Clurician looked at her...
Gruagach means "long-haired one," and this Scottish fairy haunts castles and grand mansions, though unlike the house-dwelling brownie, it is the building it is attached to, not the family. If the house is demolished, the gruagach will disappear, never t be seen again. The spirit can be of either...
Billy winker is a fairy from Lancashire, in the north of England. He appears at bedtime to bring sleep to children. Billy is just one manifestation of a sleep fairy, and there are many others all over the world. They include the Sandman, who sprinkles magic dust in the eyes of children to make them...
The Green Lady. In England, green lady is a term for dryads, or tree spirits, dwelling in oak, elm, apple, willow, holly, and yew trees. Permission had to be sought from the fairy before chopping down any tree, and primroses were planted beneath the trees as an offering to the Green Lady to solicit...
Asrai are small and dainty water fairies found in the west England They melt into a pool of water when captured or exposed to sunlight, as the following story shows: A certain fisherman was out on the lake one night. He had no luck for many hours, but as the moon emerged from the clouds, his net...
Garconer is an Irish elf who looks like a handsome Gypsy, with bright, black eyes and dark, curly hair. His name means “love talker”, and he loves to seduce mortal women, but beware! Any woman who yields to his sweet words and kisses is lost; she will pine away and die when he leaves – and he...
The black Shuck, a phantom dog who haunts the mud flats of East Anglia (Eastern England). He is variously described as having a single eye set in the center of his head, or having glowing red eyes, or even as being headless, yet having glowing red or green fiery eyes suspended in front of him. He...
Dogs have a long history as companions to humankind, gaining the reputation of watchfulness and loyalty, becoming the trusted guardians of both people and property. However, there are also Otherworldly dogs, and these are the guardians of magical places – the boundaries between the worlds....
In English folklore, Man is the queen of all the fay, while in Welsh lore, she is the queen of the ellyllon fairies. She plaits the manes of horses at night, tangling them into elf locks, and she steals human children and leaves changeling's in their place. She is often described as the midwife of...
The fairy Aine was sitting one day by Lough Gur (Ireland) when the Earl of Desmond chanced to see her combing her hair and instantly fell in love with her hair and instantly fell in love with her. In one version of the tale, he made her wife by seizing her clothes so she couldn't escape; in another,...
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