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Serenity posted The White Lady. | Jun 21, 2008
White ladies are common in fairy lore. Sometimes the name of a fairy can simply mean "white lady" as with the African Shamantin and the Irish Befind. They usually haunt particular locations, usually wild, unspoiled places such as ravines, waterfalls, mountain ridges, and virgin forests. Sometimes...
Serenity posted The Moon. | Jun 19, 2008
Here we meet the ancient underworld goddess Hecate, ruler of the moon, magic and enchantment. On an inner level, Hecate, the moon-goddess, is an image of the mysterious watery depths of the unconscious. We have already encountered his strange and elusive realm in two other cards in the Major Arcana:...
Serenity posted Tam Lin. | Jun 19, 2008
There once was a golden-haired girl called Janet who dressed in fairy green. She was the fairest maiden for many a mile and so bold as to be the despair of her father. One day she went into Carterhaugh Wood to pick wild roses. No sooner had she plucked a single blossom than a tall, handsome elf...
Serenity posted Leprechauns. | Jun 16, 2008
Originally coined by Thomas Keightly in the Fairy Mythology (1850) from the Irish "Leith Bhroyan" or "Leith Phroyan" meaning shoemaker, comes the name Leprechaun. They are also known by the name Gentry. In addition; Jewish folklore tells of a similar creature, the Sheedem or Shedim. It is now...
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