From time immemorial, people had the need to venerate objects of great significance: religious relics, mythical symbols, or depictions of holy figures. And as if answering this need, the religious establishment has provided. Throughout time relics have been widely worshiped throughout the world. Some of them are relics in the true meaning of that term: […]
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If Not the Fairies, Then Who Built the Ancient Poulnabrone Dolmen?
Incredible monuments dating back to various ages are found throughout Ireland, including the Giant’s Causeway, the Blarney Stone, and Fort Newgrange, which is older than the pyramids. All have a story to tell and one site that provides fascinating insight into the Stone Age society is the Poulnabrone dolmen. Located in the west of the […]
Welsh Lake Fairies
By Wirt SikesFrom British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions [1880] THE Gwragedd Annwn (literally, wives of the lower world, or hell) are the elfin dames who dwell under the water. I find no resemblance in the Welsh fairy to our familiar mermaid, beyond the watery abode, and the sometimes winning ways. The […]
Welsh Mountain Fairies
By Wirt SikesFrom British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions [1880] I. THE Gwyllion are female fairies of frightful characteristics, who haunt lonely roads in the Welsh mountains, and lead night-wanderers astray. They partake somewhat of the aspect of the Hecate of Greek mythology, who rode on the storm, and was a hag […]
Nature Spirits – Elves and Fairies of the Forest
When folklore and legend were a very real part of every day life for the ordinary common folk, spirits were thought to be everywhere. For our ancestors, household, land, forest, and water spirits, were manifest. Volklore 🙂 #Folklore #Tradlife #whiteculture https://t.co/H1jvDErDIG — Volkish Folklorist (@CarolynEmerick) July 19, 2017 A great canon of lore built up […]