Faery Legend

Faeries, also known as the Little People, the Green Men, the good folk, the Lordly Ones, and so on ... are the most magical and mystical of creatures. The belief that there is a seperate world known as fairyland is erroneous. The Faeries coexist with our world, which is fairyland enough for those who believe.

The Faerie originated in Italy, where they were known as the fatae, which eventually changed to the more common name of Faerie. When Romans started emigrating, the faeries went along and settled throughout the same territories. A faerie generally assumes the form of a perfect miniature human being, usually about the height of a human hand. They can change size at will, sometimes fooling humans into believing that they are mortals. Contrary to popular belief, faeries do not posses the power of invisibility. All animals can see them and they will sometimes let themselves be seen (using their faerie power called glamour) by a human between two blinks of an eye. Sometimes you can spot a faerie during certain phases of the moon, such as a full moon on Midsummer's Eve. On such occasions you may find yourself looking at a faerie celebration but, don't watch too closely or for too long or else you may find yourself punished with moon-sickness. Faeries also possess the power of vertical and horizontal levitation along with faerie magic properly called glamour. Their glamour operates through a certain kind of thought power that mortals cannot understand.

Faeries usually dwell in the forest or wilderness and most faeries are vegetarians. They enjoy fresh fruits, berries, honey, bird eggs, and other garden produce. They are very fond of cakes and pies. They don't like milk due to the thickness and prefer to drink dew or spring water. Faeries are not good cooks, so they tend to run off with the housewife's baking. The best way to prevent this is to mark the baking with a cross. Faeries have no problem comunicating with humans because they can adapt to and speak almost any language. The native faerie language often sounds like the twitering of birds or the gurgling of a stream. Faeries have a fierce love of flowers and take on the task of caring for them and helping them to grow. When faeries sleep they tend to sleep inside of flowers and this is the reason that they close up at night.

The original function of faeries was to appear in a household soon after the birth of a child. If the faerie was treated with extreme tact and sensitivity the faerie would then grant the child special gifts such as beauty and tranquility. The goodwill of faeries may sometimes be as embarassing as faerie malice. There is a well-documented case of a faerie troop who decided to help a friendly farmer by bringing in his wheat harvest. He was astonished to find that his entire harvest had been reaped and stored overnight, but on subsequent nights the faeries also reaped the harvest of all his neighbours and stored it in his barns. He had a difficult time talking himself out of this demonstration of faerie generosity. Faeries are neither good nor bad, like mortals they change in mood and temperment but on the whole part they are festive creatures who desire to be left in peace. They only show thier more sinister aspects when confronted with the brutality of mortals.

Faeries love to dance in circles in the grass. These circles are called faerie rings and mortals should be wary of them. They can be identified by the ring of mushrooms that they leave behind. One may be drawn in by the enticing faerie music and dance with them for what seems like minutes but in actuality may be several years. Faerie curiosity often leads to misunderstandings. It seems that faeries like to take items and discuss them with other faerie friends. When they bring things back they return it to a place slightly different from where they got it. This may explain lost items in the household.

There are two distinct types of faeries. The first is the solitary faerie who almost always lives alone and only makes contact with other faeries during market where they sell the things they find throughout their travels. Solitary faeries usually tend to dress in red and often spends their long life traveling. The other type of faerie is called the troop faerie. They live in small colonies called troops, each induvidual troop is is headed by a queen and then the entire race is governed by Faerie Queen Titania and Prince Oberon. Queen Titania does most of the work and ruling and Prince Oberon acts as her mate and does not have much say in faerie rulings. Troop faeries like to make their homes in hollow hills or mounds of earth known as tumuli. Mortals are advised to keep away from these also. Troops faeries tend to dress mostly in green.

The Rainbow Faeries

Two little clouds, one summer's day,
Went flying through the sky;
They went so fast they bumped their heads,
And both began to cry.

Old Father Sun looked out and said:
'Oh, never mind, my dears,
I'll send my little fairy folk
To dry your falling tears.'

One fairy came in violet,
And one wore indigo;
In blue, green, yellow, orange, red,
They made a pretty row.

They wiped the cloud-tears all away,
And then from out the sky,
Upon a line the sunbeams made,
They hung their gowns to dry.

Author Unknown

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