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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Stories of the Nymphs'

Stories of the Nymphs'
Fresh Water Nymph

So I did a post on the Greek Nymphs and it seems that you all
responded quite well to my more detailed post on the Nymphs.
Now I have another idea that 
I hope that you all will find just as interesting as the original post
and fun to read.
 I am going to put quite a bit of information in this post for you all, just like I had before.
So first of all the most obvious question? What is What kinda Stories on the Nymphs am
I going to cover? Well  much like I did in my last ~Nymphs~ post, but in a more 
storey format. You will learn about these faerie like spirited beings in a series of 
stories. I will again cover the many different Nymph women in the Greek Mythology both
fairy like, spirit being and even the more human too. Of course there is the scary type of nymphs too.
The one thing that I remember that you can tell that makes them different from a 
fairy and that is they come from different cultures, plus they are entirely different than a fairy-
1- Nymphs are only women - fairies can be both men, women and children too - 2- Reason was 
in Greek mythology it seemed that in that they were only women was the common theme - by using
their beauty, sexuality, Chasity and that all adds up to one scary Nymphs at the ancient Greek times.
And that other reason was the only women were Nymphs was because that was their sexuality.
If you think about it in the storey which I will get too I promise there was never any men or any
child boy nymphs - If you also noticed in most in all mythology of the Greek or any other cultures of the 
women nymphs is the common theme too. It is used in the stories and legends/Myths etc to use their 
beauty which is said to have been beyond beauty one has ever since, their sexuality, Chasity and that just
added up to a frightening  Nymphs in those ancient times. If you really think about it, in  folklore and mythology of these spirit women of the waters, it really shouldn't shock you that when every time they get involved with a mortal man or men and sex enters the picture, which it always does with these alluring beautiful & sexual Nymphs something very scary always seems to happen. I should also note that all Nymphs whether it be water, earth, tree, etc all are personifying nature and are protectors of Nature.
I will cover I hope many of the more famous Nymph women who are often associated with nature and
the wildness as things beyond the control of 'civilization'. As I have said before that it is only women that are
the Nymphs, but I must say this: even these spirits of nature can have children. Yet they are not Nymphs like that of their birth mother. Because the fact is these Nymphs often have or not of their own choosing have lovers of the Gods. Nymphs, like all females deities are quite beautiful more than even some of the female Goddesses. When they aren't inhabiting some specific part of nature, they are often the attendant of more important deities of the Gods. In some ways they are both God like/ and human like all wrapped up in a Nymph. I am going to go thru as many as I can below and even that with that I probably won't beable to cover all all or even touch the huge number of nymphs that there were. I hope you all will Enjoy the post my dear friends and followers. love you all Wendy..
Chelone- This poor nymph got turned into a turtle because she refused to attend the wedding of 
Chelonne Nymph 
Hera and Zeus. The Gods condemned her to eternal silence because of her insulting words to the Gods..
I found that Chelone was a nymph or even a mortal woman who was changed into a tortoise by the Gods - two imparticallar Zeus and Hera. She was turned into the tortoise as a symbol of silence. As it is said in
Ancient times. The reason for her silence in the form of the tortoise by the Gods Zeus and Hera is 'For
his wedding with Juno (Hera), Jupiter (Zeus) order Mercurius (Hermes) to invite all the Gods,
the men and the animals to their wedding. Everyone invited by Mercurius (Hermes) came, except for
One - Chelone the Nymph who did not deign to be there, but mocked the wedding. When Mercurius
noticed her absence, he went back down to earth, threw her into the river the house of Chelone, where
she was standing over and changed the the Beautiful Nymph into an animal that would bear her name.
Chelone is said to mean Tortoise in Latin.
Clymene-
Klymene was one of the three thousand goddess Nymphs who  presided over the sources of  earth's fresh
Clymene of the Clouds Nymphs
water, that could range from rainclouds to the subterranean springs and fountains. The numbers of these
water Nymphs include the Nephelai -(Cloud-Nymphs), Aurai - (Breeze-Nymphs), Naiades (Spring and
Fountain Nymphs), Leimonides (Pasture Nymphs), and the Anthousai (Flower Nymphs). These 3000
Nymphs were all the daughters of the great, earth-encircling of fresh water stream. And Okeanos and
his wife Tethys were the parents of all these beautiful daughters. Among the oldest of
nymphs were a number of them called the Titanides - Styx, Dione, Neda, Metis, Klymene, Eurynome,
Doris, Elektra and Pleione. These older sisters were the heavenly Goddess/Nymphs of the clouds. It is said that
these Nymphs were good spirits and were ephemeral in
nature much like the dark children of Nyx (Night)0((, the
Spirits of Harm (daimones kakoi).  Another group of these
Heavenly Goddess/Nymphs of Okeanides were attendants
of the Olympian Goddesses. Klymene/Clymene was the
Handmaiden of Hera. As her sisters Peitho was that of Handmaiden of Aphrodite. Klymeme was also known as the Titan goddess of renown,fame and infamy, She was one of the eldest of the Okeanides, an wife of the
Titan Iapetos. Also the mother of the Titan's Prometheus and Atlas and the ancestors of all mankind. Like
the Titan -wives she was probably an earth-goddess, her name bringing to mind 'Klymenos ' a common euphemistic title of the God Haides.
Clytie-
Clytie was a water nymph, daughter of the Ocenus and Tethys in the Greek Gods. Who was infatuated with
Clytie Nymph of Sunflower
Helios, the God of the Sun. She would watch him as he traveled on his daily course throughout the skies day after day. However, Helios had eyes for all the ladies, not just for one! Yes the Sun God Helios had a rolling eye and had fallen for a women by the name of Leucothoe. Now of course this affair between Helios and Leucothoe just drove the Nymph Clytie almost mad with Jealousy. She herself so much want the God for herself. So Clytie devised a plan.
She decide to betrayed the relationship she had with
Leucothoe's father, Orchamus. Orchamus was the King of
Babylon and was not too pleased with her daughters
situation. So after Clytie had told the King Leucothoe that
his daughter was dating if you could call it that in the ancient
Greek times, her father decided to punish his daughter by
burying her alive in the sand dune of the Earth.Since The God Helios had defiled the King Leucothea. - These ancient Greeks sometimes I wondered where their head are! their crazy it seems sometimes in the logic they do as punishment? Hummm. Anyway back too the story.. Well, If you think this
helped Clytie chances to win Helios heart you are sorely mistaken. In fact, he continued to ignore her even more and his heart toward her was even harder. Even after having a friend put to death, she
started to wast away, suffering from unrequited love. She stripped off all her clothes in some versions and sat naked with no/ food or drink for nine days, did nothing but watch the God day in and out.
Transforming into a
Sunflower Clytie -water nymph
It is said that the Nymph eventually changed into a sunflower. Clytie persisted into gazing toward to
object of her desire and she was transformed to a different form a sunflower. This is said to be her
Metamorphoses for her love for the Sun God Helios.
In my readings I did find one other versions that Clytie water-nymph did love another just before the
God of the Sun Helios and that love was Apollo, but just like with the God of the Sun Helios
he didn't return the love. Till the last day she transformed they say, her limbs rooted in the ground,
her face became a sunflower which turns on its stem so as aways to face the sun throughout its
daily course; for it retains to that extent the feeling of the nymph from whom it sprang.
Daphne-
Daphne well this beauty I do remember in the Greek mythology...
Daphne the Fresh water Nymph
As I remember, Daphne is the daughter of the River God, Peneus and at the time of the Great Gods
and Goddesses she was a lovely Naiad Nymph - a free spirited who presided over all the bodies of fresh
running waters - brooks, streams, wells, fountains, springs and anything of that type of form. Their Greek
Gods would have viewed her as a minor nature deity, but as nymphs were often depicted as beautiful
young women in the day of the ancient Greeks who loved to dance, sing and be free in nature. This is why
the gods found them so attractive and set them so apart from their Goddess Beauties. Mostly because of the
as they would the Gods would say- the many restrictions of having a decorative Goddess wife and what their mortal people would say. This is why the nature nymphs were so very attractive to so many men and Gods at the time of the Gods and Goddess of the Olympians.  As a nymph, Daphne, was what you could call a typical bound nymph that was bound to a particular place – a stream, river, fountains marsh or pond. And it’s possible that she would have lived out her days in such a place. As a nymph, she is considered to be ageless. She would stay forever beautiful and young, and may never die. But that does not necessarily make her, or any nymph, immortal. They are not truly impervious. But if a nymph were to mate with a god, their offspring could be fully immortal.
Daphne & Apollo
Daphne would never have children to test that theory. Daphne was beloved by Apollo, like many other nymphs in mythology. As usual when the gods are in love there was trouble crazy Trouble!!!. Due to some insulting remarks Apollo had made about Eros, the God of Love had shot Apollo with a golden arrow that caused him to fall in love with Daphne. However, Eros shot Daphne with an arrow made of lead so she could never fall in love anyone. Apollo also had a rival for Daphne by the name of  Leucippus.
Apollo, being the god of prophecy, discovered a secret about Leucippus. In order to be near Daphne, he had disguised himself as a girl and joined her troop of nymphs. Apollo cleverly revealed Leucippus' secret by suggesting to the nymphs that they bathe naked. When the nymphs discovered that Leucippus was a man they tore him to pieces. The nymphs in mythology are often short tempered.
One day Apollo spoke to her directly about his love but before he could finish Daphne ran away. The sight of her fleeing through the woods was so charming the god could no longer resist and began to chase her.Apollo could chase Daphne to the ends of the nine realms, Daphne would never return his love. Seeing that the god would eventually catch her, Daphne prayed to Mother Earth who snatched her away in the nick of time. To fool Apollo Mother Earth left in her place a laurel tree. Thinking that Daphne had been transformed into the tree Apollo took the tree as his own symbol. He made a crown of laurel leaves for himself, which was used as the crown of victory up till Roman times.
Daphne, meanwhile, was taken to Crete were she became known as Pasiphae. There she married King Minos and gave birth to the minotaur. Well it seems to me that the Gods need to learn the word NO!
Echo-
 Echo is probably the most famous of all the nymphs of her time in Ancient Greece. Her name and her
Echo the Mountain Nymph
voice live on to this day. This is how the story goes; Echo who was an Oreade Nymph which really means a
mountain nymph. Echo got her name by the fact that she loved listening to her own voice, consorting with other beautiful mountain nymphs and visited them on Earth quite often. How Echo got her name was: She
would distract and amuse Zeus' wife, Hera with long and entertaining stories while Zeus took advantage of the moment to ravish the other Mountains Nymphs in their very own private bedroom. Sadly when Hera
discovers the trickery of Zeus, she was so annoyed she punishes the talkative Echo Nymph by taking away
her voice, except in foolish repetition of another shouted words. Thus, all that Echo could do was
repeat the voice of another - not her own voice as punishment for being part of Zeus infidelity with the
mountain nymphs. But there is more to the story! Echo falls in love with a vain youth by the name of
Narcissus, who was the son of the Nymph Liriope of Thespiae, the River God Cephissus. This is the very
same River God that had once encircled Liriope with the windings of his streams which had trapped her,
which in turn seducing the nymph Liriope. Having a son with the River God Cephissus, the nymph Liriope
Hera Goddess
was concerned about her infant's son future so she consulted the seer Teiresias. So Liriope asked the seer
Teiresias if her son would live to see the old age of senescence, to which the seer replied
"If he does not know himself''. So one day when Narcissus was out hunting stags, Echo stealthily followed
the very handsome youth through the thick woods longing to address him but unable to speak... remember
what Hera had cursed onto her... Sadly  the beauty Mountain nymph could only repeat anything someone
would say, so she was unable to speak first on her feelings for the handsome Narcissus the Greek God, son of a god and a Nymph. So when Narcissus finally heard footsteps he shouted out! "Who's there?"
But as Echo could not respond with an answer, the God
Narcissus looked about and seeing no one
Echo Nymph listening
for Zeus and her friend nymphs
asked, "Why do you run from me?" Of course all Echo can do is just turn and repeat what the young
Narcissus says. Finally Narcissus speaks out to the woman's voice, "Lets us meet together." Then of course Echo, never being as eager as ever to reply to anyone in her life as this handsome God Narcissus, repeats again what he says, "Lets meet." Then to emphasize her words, Echo exits the woods in order to wrap her
hands around the God Narcissus in longing. Sadly Narcissus runs away from Echo's embrace and says
to the Mountain Nymph while still running away, 'May I die before what's mine is yours.' Of course again
the beautiful nymph Echo because of the curse from Hera can only repeat words of others not of her own,
say to her love of her life, " what's mine is yours.' So the poor Echo is then heartbroken by Narcissus and
she spends the rest of her life which is in ancient times eternally in lonely glens pining away for the love she
never knew, she then wet to her father Hermes. It is said that Echo's  ending days on earth were lonely and
she was very sad disappointed and felt scorned about love. Yet there are many different version of the
Nymph Echo days ends. Some say Echos cried until only her voice and her bones remain, then turned to stone / others say Echo roamed forever to haunt the earth.
I did find that the most popular version of Echo the Mountain Nymph and the God Narcissus is when
the story depicts that Narcissus later came to a still pool and caught sight of his own reflection. Narcissus
became so enamoured with his own beauty and didn't realized that he was looking at himself.
Any words of love he would mutter to his reflection Echo world repeat around him. From then he either
withered until he became a narcissus, still bending over to look at himself or he realised that he loved his
very own image which resulted in Narcissus killing himself out of despair with his own hunting knife.
Now Echo was a beautiful Mountain nymph who loved music and could sing and play many instruments
too. She lived in the woods and forests and denied the love of any man or god. Yet it seems that Pan,
a Lecherous God had fell in love with Echo for she ran away from them all. Pan became so angry when she
refused him he created such a 'panic' causing a group of shepherds to kill Echo. Echo was torn to pieces
and spread all over the Earth. The goddess of the Earth Gaea received the pieces of Echo whose voice
remains repeating the last words of others.... In some versions Echo and Pan had two children Iamb and Lynx. Its just what you what to believe...
Scylla-
Scylla the sea Nymph 
The beautiful sea nymph Scylla was a nymph, daughter of Phorcys. The fisherman-turned-sea-god Glaucus fell madly in love with the beautiful sea nymph Scylla, but she fled from him onto the land where he could not follow. Despair filled his heart. He went to the sorceress Circe to ask for a love potion to melt the beautiful  Sea  Nymph  Scylla's heart. When the fisherman-turned-sea-God Glaucus told his tale of love to the Sorceress Circe, she herself fell in love with the Sea God Glaucus. The Sorceress Circe wooed the  Sea God Glaucus with her sweetest words and looks, but the sea-god Glaucus would have none of the Sorceress [Sounds like another sad story I just told between an sea nymph and the Cyclops the giant Eh!] Back to the tale. Of course the Sorceress Circe was furiously angry, but with the beautiful Sea Nymph Scylla and not with the Sea-God Glaucus. You see in those twisted greek times they seem to always blame the innocent of the problems, and with the Sorceress Circe, felt that the beauty Scylla was the one to blame for the Sea-God not loving her! Crazy but true. So the Sorceress Circe, prepared a vial of an very powerful poison and poured it into the pool where Scylla bathed. As soon as the Sea nymph entered the water she was transformed into a frightful monster with twelve feet and six heads, each with three rows of teeth. Below the waist her body was made up of hideous monsters, like dogs, who barked unceasingly. She stood there in utter misery, unable to move, loathing and destroying everything that
Turned into the Monster
came into her reach.Even when the sailors who passed near her, she would uncontrolably seize each one of
their head and eat them whole.
The Beautiful Sea Nymph Scylla
and the Sea-God Glaucus
The poor Sea Nymph Scylla was in despair at her new form and what she was doing. And the Sea-God Glaucus, who she had rejected, was in his own despair decieded to consult the enchantress Circe once again. Not knowning what she had done to his beloved  Sea Nymph Scylla. So when the Enchantress Circe replied to the Sea-God Glaucus I would image he was quite suprised, ' if she scorns you scorn her: meet one who is ready to meet you half way, and thus make a due return to both at once.'
To these words the Sea-God Glaucus replied, to the Enchantress Circe '
Soon ready to meet you half way,
and thus make a due return to both at once.' Er shall trees grow at the bottom of the ocean, and sea-weed on the top of mountain than I will cease to love sclla and her alone.' Well you can only guess what the
enchantress Circe said from that. She was very indignant, but she could not punish her beloved Glaucus, neither did she wish to do so, for she liked or loved him so much; So the I mush say at this point the evil
Enchantress Circe turned all her wrath againist her rival the poor Sea Nymph Scylla. At this point Circe took all the plants of poisonous powers and mixed them together, with incarnations and charms. After she did this, she passed them through the crowd of gambolling beasts, the victims of Circe art and proceeded to the coast of Sicily where Scylla the now monster sea nymph lived. Well it gets really bad now! There was a little bay on that shore to which the Sea Nymph Scylla used to resort in the heat of the day, to breathe the air of the sea, and to bathe in its waters. Here the evil enchantress Circe poured her poisonous mixture once again and muttered over it with incantations of mighty powers. Out Scylla came as usual and plunged into the water up to her waist. What was her horror to perceive was a brood of serpents and barking monsters surrounding her! she tried to run form them once again. Diving them away, but as she ran she carried them with her and whend she tried to touch her limbs she found her hands touch only the yawning jaws of monsters.
Poor Scylla remained rooted to the spot that once was her most favorite place in the world the coast line of
Sicily, a most beautiful place. Now the sea nymph Scylla temper grew as ugly as her form since she could not move and she wasn't the beauty she was anymore. After a while she took pleasure in devouring helpess
sea mariners who came within her reach. Finally she was turned into a rock and as such still continues to her
terror to any mariners of folks that go near that part of the Sicily coastline. One day The Sea-God Glaucus
was in his form as a fisherman just finishing a long day at the shore of Sicily shoreline. He place all his fish on
the grass in a meadow when the stangest thing began to happen, all the fish began jumping and moving
toward the sea. Glaucus was amazed so he picked up grass from the meadow and ate it. the grass made him
want to go into the sea. He dove in and was greeted kindly by the sea creatures. Glaucus was turned into
a God with green hair and a mermaid body.  One day in his travels throughthe sea, Glaucus saw a beautiful maiden, Scylla on the shore and fell in love with her. He approached her trying to profess his love, but
Scylla chrieked at the sight of him. Glaucus heart was broken, but he did not lose hope. Again once more
the man went to Circe for help, but Circe fell in love with him. She agreed to help him. but she was lying.
Whe she went to Scylla instead of making her fall in love with Glaucus, Circe turned into a beast.. and other version...

GALATEIA- 
Galateia was another of the Nereid's, the fifty goddess-nymphs of the sea. Galateia name means 'the
Galateia Sea Nymph
And Cyclops 
Goddess of Calm Seas'. Galateia tale starts with the beautiful Nereides sea nymph visiting the coastline of
Sicily quite frequently. During these many visits is when she attracted the attention of the Cyclops Polyphemos. The giant Cyclops Polyphemos would woo the Sea Nymph Galateia with his tunes from his
rustic pipes and offerings of cheese, milk and wild fruits. However the beautiful Galateia had her eyes on
another. And disregarded the Cyclops Polyphemos advances with his music and gifts and consorted instead with the handsome Sicillian young youth Akis. When Cyclops - Polyphemos had learned of this love affair,
he fell into a jealous rage and crushed the poor boy beneath a rock. Galateia was grief-stricken by the this
act of vile act and transformed her once lover into a stream. There are many different version of the tale' of
Galateia the Sea nymph and the Cyclops Polyphemus so I thought I would try to add a few of them for you
my dear friends and followers.. In this tale it starts with the Cyclops as the giant with the one eye in the middle of his forehead. He is said to have a very rough personality, dirt, messy hair and a very bad disposition too. And he wasn't the most handsome of giants of the time of the Titian's either. On the island that the Cyclops lived he had kept many sheep and he ate the
sheep and the herd men who tend the sheep or anyone who happen to land on his island. Until on day when
he spotted the lovely Galateia Sea nymph come to call. With her he fell deeply in love with her which is a big
thing for a giant. And Galateia happened to be one of the most beautiful of all in Mythology too.
Cyclopy trying to woo the beauty
Galatea Sea Nymph
It seems that after seeing this beauty the cyclops had changed his ways or he at least tried for a period of time until Galateia had eyes for another man... But until that time the Titan Giant Cyclops actually cleaned up his act. Well as best as a human eating giant can do. And this was huge for the blood-thirsty giant that he was before. How he seemed more helpful at times and even gracious too.  But sadly this would be all for nothing on the part of the poor Giant. Because what ever he did to woo the beauty Galateia it didn't work. This is because she was in love with Acis, a Naiad. So one day while Galatea and Acis were together they heard
the Giant Cyclops Polyphemus singing. He was over a mile away from them but Galatea could hear him plainly as if he was just two feet away.  Cyclops was singing about his love for her, how beautiful she was and how cruel she was to reject him. He spent some time singing about what he would do to Acis if he
ever caught the two and how Galatea would then fall in love with him afterwards. In this dejected moon,
Cyclops wandered around his island until by luck he happended to see Galatea and Acis together..
Cyclops finding the two
lovers Galatea and Acis 
Frightend Galatea jumps into the sea where its was safe, but Acis could not enter the salt water and began to
run. Polyphemus Cyclops chased him and did finally grabbed up the top of a mountain and threw it at him. For the most part he missed, but enough of the mountain he had grab still landed on Acis and crushed him to death. Of course Galatea saw the whole thing for the ocean below and could help Acis. Nymphs in
Mythology wre minor Gods, and Galatea used her magic to call on Acis' Grandfather - the River God to send Acis his powers. Soon the Blood that came from under the mound of dirt changed from red to clear. It began to gushe and became a river and a new Acis rose from it . True to his heritage, he was now a River God and the river still bears his name to this day in the area. As for the Romance between Galatea and Acis that was the end of that , because Acis was a fresh water river and she was a sea nymph. All the Nereids were salt-water in the Greek mythology. The Naiads were fresh water, usually associated with ponds, rivers lakes and fountains. And Acis was a Naiads..


The Cyclops' love song [I]
They say that when Love gets hold of anybody, he or she becomes instantly a poet or a musician, and so this Cyclops too took his pipe with a hundred reeds, and went on playing and singing his praises to the beautiful Galatea , saying that she was whiter than snow, more blooming than the meadows, more sparkling than crystal, smoother than shells worn by the waves, more nimble than the gazelle, sweeter than ripened grapes, and many other things that could have been the envy of such a poet like Publius Ovidius Naso, had he not been able himself to do much better than Polyphemus  and all the Cyclopes taken together.

The Cyclops' love song [II] 

But as Galatea did not love Polyphemus, but instead preferred to rest in the arms of Acis, the son of Faunus and a Symaethian Nymph, the Cyclops sang a second part, achieving in his art a remarkable contrast. For he sang that this same Galatea  was more obstinate than a heifer, harder than an oak, falser than water, more immovable than rocks, vainer than a peacock, more cruel than fire, sharper than thorns, deafer than the sea, more pitiless than a snake, and other things that just accomplished poets or Cyclopes in love can put together.
The Cyclops' seductive resources[III] 

It was bitter for the Cyclops to perceive how reciprocity failed; for it was unbelievable for him not to be loved back, himself loving so much as he did. He thought, and this is not a Cyclopean thought only, that it must be some kind of misunderstanding behind this unhappy circumstance, and so he came to the conclusion known as "she-does-not-know-me-well-enough". For if she did, he reasoned, she could not help but love him and feel regret for having tried to avoid him. And besides his love he counted many things to offer her, such as: a whole mountain-side that he owned, several caves, apple trees, grapes, chestnuts, strawberry fields, countless flocks, and many other things that a poet does not need to imagine, for they are everywhere for all to see and for a few to own. 
The Killing of Acis[IV]
After giving a detailed account of his riches, the Cyclops proceeded to praise his own looks, proud as he was of his size and strength, and then he found it fit to resort to pedigree, reminding the nereid that his father was king over the waters of the sea, where she, as a matter of fact, happened to have her own abode. Despite all his efforts, Polyphemus 2 could not win the nereid's love; for she cared nothing for his genealogical tree, his riches, and even less for his looks. Instead she loved Acis. But one day, the savage spied them and, hurling a rock at the nereid's lover, buried him under it, while Galatea  fled in panic, and dived into the sea. 
In the Cyclops' cave[V] 
The next day, Odysseus  went with his own ship and crew to explore the territory, and when he came to a certain place, he left the ship, selected twelve men in the company, and advanced with them, leaving the others behind. It was with these men that  Odysseus came to the cave of Polyphemus the Cyclops, when  was out tending his sheep, and there they awaited his return, hoping to meet a friendly host. When the Cyclops arrived, he drove his sheep into the cave and sat down to milk the ewes and goats.
Short conversation[VI] 
His work done, the Cyclops lit up the fire and, having discovered the strangers, began asking, with his booming voice, such questions as are customary in this kind of situation, such as who they were and where they came from.Odysseus  answered him according to truth, hoping to be backed by the fame  that derived from having belonged to Agamemnon's

 army, which had just destroyed Troy . He ended his speech by calling upon Zeus,  who avenges the suppliant and the guest and protects the traveller. However, Odysseus'  words did not make the slightest impression on the mind or heart of the Cyclops. For he did not care a whit for Zeus,and even less for the prowesses of King Agamemnon and his men.
Two Achaeans devoured[VII] 
So without further ado, he seized a couple of these brave Achaeans that had been in foreign lands sacking cities, and having dashed their heads against the floor, tore them limb by limb and devoured them, washing the meal down with milk. And being satisfied with such a banquet, he stretched himself out for sleep; for there was no need for such a powerful giant to care about the minute creatures that he intended to eat during his next meal.Odysseus and his friends deemed first that the moment had come to plunge a sword into the Cyclops' chest, but on second thoughts they realised that it would be impossible for them to push aside the huge rock that covered the entrance of the cave.

I put the link to these 7 paragrahs of the tales of the Cyclops lasts days because I thought you all might find it interesting.. the link where  found these is below...
Well I hope that you all will Enjoy my post Stories of the Nymphs'









I still have a few that I was going to add but I think I'll do 
those another time and post this for you all. 
Love you all and Happy Reading 
 Wendy
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Friday, May 9, 2014

Even More! about Faeries

Even More! about Faeries-
Flower Fairy

Well I thought since you all seemed to Enjoyed
my last post on Water Faeries around the World, I  would do another 
on Faeries. And ends and outs about these amazing creatures. First of all
I want to thank all of you my dears for all you well wishes for my health. I 
have never had such a huge circular of friends and follower that are so 
dear and concern for my well being. It makes me feel that life is good , still a bit
on edge with my cold. I do love you all very very 
much. I don't know what I would do without you all. I do love writing and
finding all this storing for you!
Faeries

Have had many different names and descriptions for these beautiful creatures. 
They come in all different sizes too, from the miniature winged flowered faeries or divas
too the each individual flower fairy which has a petite presiding spirit within each type of Flower.
These Flower fairies love to ride on butterflies, hummingbirds and types of dragonflies. 
Since these flower faeries are so small, some folks may think that they are all harmless,
but in fact they share the same personalities as its housing flower and other types of 
faeries. So beware: these flower faeries have many personalities and can be sweet,
gentle and kind, but also can be very poisonous and malicious fairies who enjoyed 
playing pranks on humans. 
At the same time very vibrant, energetic too. 
Human sized fairy folk are usually portrayed fairy tales stories. They are
often portrayed as aggressive, mean and may even steal human children and sometimes Adults. 
But you must remember this is just one person opinion of the way
faeries may be portrayed in some fairy tale books.
Besides the way they are portrayed in books, they have their own different names and
languages too. They are spelled Fairies, Faeries or even Fees. If you speak of 
Hungarian Fairies or Russian fairies, than you would call the fairy 'Tunder' or 'Russalka',
they are distinctively different type of spirit faeries and bothe are distinguishable from the 
Sidhe' the Irish faeries.

Another interesting fact that you might have not known about the Fairy is -Fairy
was used as a generic term from an ancient Pre-Christian spirits.In essence its a demotion: 
Deities who've refused to fade away (Or their devotees stubbornly cling to them), are removed 
from the pantheon of Gods but are permitted to a lesser roles as "Nature Spirits'. 
Fairy has also been historically been used in England as a synonym for 'Witch' and or 'Pagan 
Practitioner.' In legends, myths and witches, fairies and sometimes elves they are all 
often treated as mirror images of each other. What this means is that they are very all
are very powerful beings, usually dominantly in the female forms using charms, magic words and spells.
Males are also very powerful too, but in the legends,mythology and folklore of all Magick
Creatures- this being either faeries, Elves, Dragons, witches, and all forms of shapeshifing magick creatures. 
Then there is Witchcraft a craft that was terrible over looked as a evil presents in
mostly women young and older. It was rarely if every men because it was the men
that was doing the accusing of the women of evil witchcraft. But in reality they were using 
herbs from the forest that they learned from they mothers, aunts, grandmother and on their own
and were the only ones that could heal the sick at the time in the 1500 to 1600' when they 
started to do so, at first the society at the times were very happy but one mishap is all it took and
that is when the witch trials happen. I will never understand the reason for that time period. but what I
do know it did open the eyes of all even today so the women of the times didn't die
in vain. Women were also accused of consorting with faeries which did witchcraft. I found 
this to be very interesting. Because faeries and woman of healing herbs were 
a threat. And they are a great part of mother 
Earth (Gaia)

 In today's 

society fairy tales have become in someways either too cuties or to Evil.  What I mean with this is;
Faeries were once respected and  with some of these tiny magick creatures Feared! 
Fairies were perceived as a dangerous spirits and for some of them for a very good reason.
Even though most are very kind, shy, and love nature I feel that most all faeries are good 
natured even back in ancient time to the present time of today. 
But many fairies can still have a mistrust of humans even today.
Many in faeries in the Middle East/Northern African Spirit Faeries known as "Djinn" can
be very shy, volatile, nocturnal spirits who generally distrust humans and are temperamental, and
are easily offended. Which could be then potentially dangerous tiny or medium sized faeries.
One thing I did find out in my research was that it is dangerous to call out to any of the
Middle East/Northern African Spirit Faeries known as Dijinn because if these faeries are called 
out by their true names. I haven't found the true reason why, but they dislike salt and iron, plus it is said
that the Djinn is allegedly formed from fire as people were formed from earth, do not fear that element as 
some fairies, notably the Sidhe, reputedly do and the Fire-fairy too. 
Another interest fact about the Fae, is the word Fairy is encompasses any kinda spirit 
or fabulous being, thus mining spirits, dwarfs, kobods and even goblins are all labelled as Fae
as are the 'black dogs' of Britain and other supernatural creatures are Spirits Beings. 
Types of Fairies

The Birth of the Spirits - The Fates 
A child is born and the fairies comes to celebrate the birth of the human child
and then they decide the child's fate. They come bearing gifts. This is a ritual that has been 
long performed throughout Europe, France, Russia (Slavic), Celtic (Irish), and other regions 
as well as the Romany. An offering was also left out to thank the fairies of their blessings. 
There can be a procession of fairies present or just the one depending on the 
customary beliefs of the parents. 
~Fatit~
Southern Albanian Fairies 
(Singular; Fati), also known as the Miren from the Greek Moirae or the 
Fates. The Fatit ride on butterflies and on the third day after the human child's birth they will 
approach and determine the child's destiny.
~Oosood~ 
The Serbian Spirit faeries 
are a sub species of the nature fairies and the fate fairies.
They arrived on the seventh day following a human babe birth & are only
visible to the human mother. In addition to food, these faeries also love the offering of flowers.
Nature Spirit faeries

Trooping Faeries -Trooping fairies, are those who live in groups;
These fairies prefer green to all other colours yet in my research I did find that they do ware other
colors too and they range more widely in size than the other Fairies that I've done on this post. Some of these Troop fairies can be so tiny as to have a caps the size of a heather bell-while other troop fairies can get 
as large as an human to have intercourse/sex. Although they may have higher spirits than the Solitary fairy, they still may present more a threat to mortals/humans; especially in the Scottish Gaelic Sluagh! Take careful cause with them because they host the unforgiving dead!
But with all the scariness/I still think these Troop fairies are in themselves quite unique and are
important to all. These Fairies can be found in merry bans about the hawthorn trees, at feast and at
gilded fairy palaces too. They delight in company, while the solitary fairy avoid the large gathering, preferring to be left by themselves and would much rather be separated from one another. Fairies exist all over the world. In Ireland they are the 'Sidhe' a name retained from the ancient days. In a group they are the 'daione sidhe' or fairy people. Some say that they get their name from ' Aes Sidhe' --- folk of the 'Sidhe' meaning
hilock meaning mound. from the large sidh/mounds that they all inhabit in Ireland. But others claim that the mounds that they live in got their name from the fairies themselves who habitation of them.One will really never know..? The troop fairy are found living in the bushes and & circles of stones that crop up all over
Ireland- the fairy raths. The fairy raths crop up in pastures all over Ireland and the farmers never plow over them for fear of disturbing the fairies who live there & it could bring bad luck upon themselves and their
families. These fairies are said to be very beautiful, with long yellow hair, and perfect delicate forms.
They love milk, honey and drink flowers nectar as their fairy wine.
The fairies can assume any form & can make horses out of straw. They have the power to affect human life,
especially unbaptized children. They love music, and often lure mortals into an eternal dance with their piping and singing. These Troop fairies love to dwell together in larger societies. The Tuatha de Danann is an
ancient race of fairies descended from the Celtic goddess Danu. They are said to be very wise and love
to learn. Legend says a battle ensued between the humans and the Tuatha de Danann  for dominion of Ireland.  Well you can guess who won... The humans ultimately did win the battle and the
Tuatha de Danann retreated into a hidden location only known to the Otherworld.

The Solitary Fairy

There are many different kinda Solitary Fairies, such as the House-spirit and the Water-sheerie
which is the own brother to the English Jack-0'-Lantern; the Banshee in many
different forms; concerning these presently; there is the brownie, the Dallahan, headless phantom- one used
to stand in a Sligo street on dark nights till lately; the Black Dog, a form that can change change at will- the
Phooka, And on ships at the Sligo quays are haunted sometimes by this spirit, who announces his presence by a sound of the flinging of all 'the tin porringers in the world' down into the hold. He even follows them into the sea. The Phooka, Selkirk,Changeling and the Male woodland Sprite called The Leshy or Leshovik.
There is the Leanhaun Shee -fairy mistress, who seeks the love of mortals. If they refuse her she must be
their slave, if they consent her, they are hers and could only escape by finding another to take her place.
The fairy lives on their life, and they will waste away over time. Death is not escape for her.
She is the Gaelic muse, for she gives inspiration to those she persecutes. The Gaelic poets die young, for she is restless and will to let the remain long on earth -- this malignant phantom.
The Great distinction between the Solitary fairy and the Social fairy is, that the Solitary Fairy may
elect to ware an red, brown or grey instead of the customary green. He/She avoids large gatherings and
prefers to be left by himself/herself, disdaining the unbridled gaiety of a Social Fairy or
Trooping Fairies. The Solitary Fairy is often associated with a specific household, place or
occupation, notably the a shoemaker brownies or leprechaun of Ireland.
It is said that many solitary fairies will appears ominous to mortals and are also very easily irritated
by humans too. None the less, these fairies are not indifferent to the human kind and is more likely to
interact with our lives then any of the other type of fairies. This being men, women or children.
Solitary fairies generally will give lavish gifts to mortals, but the consequences of
accepting these gifts may be not worth the gifts themselves. Faithful, but suspicious Christians at the ancient
times have also accused Solitary Fairies of being in the league with the devil himself, a perception not
widely shared by many. Mind included! It could be because of the type of fairies associated with the class
of the Solitary Fairies- here are a few more... banshee, baobhan sith, brownie, bwci, cadineag, 
caointeag, cluricaune, dooiney marrey, dooiney oie, dullahan, ellyll, fairy lover. Leannan sidhe fenodyree, glaistig, gruagach, leprechaun, piskie, pooka, phooka, pwca, siabraid, s'thich. 
These are yet just a few ofthe Solitary Fairies besides there are the divers monsters too --
the Augh-iska, the Water-horse, the Payshtha, the Lake-dragon and other such creatures like fairies or spirits.
Here are the name of quite a few of the Troop faeries and Solitary Fairy combined-
Divas, Elementals, Fairies, Elves, Wee folk, Trolls, Sidhe, Ghosts, Totems, Dryads, Faery Folk,
Lars, Shee, Jotunns, Satyrs, Nymphs, Dragons, Dwarfs, Gnomes, Sylphs, 
Genii, Junii, Puncks, Giants, Fetishes, Insects, Angels, Demons,
Minions of Lord Loki
Big Wild Animals, Menehune, Animism, Kami, Outsiders,
Pantheism, Salamanders, Strange beings, Air Spirits, Garden Spirits, Immortals, 
Ents, Avatars, Fire Spirits, Boabhan sith, Succubus, Water Spirits, Imps, Penates, Genius Loci, 
White Lady of the Land, Selkies, Hobgoblins, Earth Spirits, Mermaids, Brownes, Fairy,
Faeries, Fairies, Fae, Tricksters, Udines, Goblins, Household Guardians, Homunculus, 
Fantastical Creatures, Magick Creatures, Leprechauns, Little Folk, Good Neighbors, 
Imaginary Beings, Vanir, Little People, Sirens, Mythical Creatures, Landvaettir, Land Spirits, 
Elements, Geist, Wights, Banshee, witch, drow, elves, shapeshifters, raven, Greek gods goddesses,
Celtic goddesses.  
Here are a few fairy that are above'

Boabhan Sith


This is an fairy that lives in the Scottish Highlands. Her name is pronounced 'Buhvan shee'. 
This fairy usually is hooded, dressed in black, like a raven women. Sometimes she is dressed in green and 
her feet are deer hooves instead of feet. She is a shapeshifter and sometimes described as 
the Scottish Vampires. Some say that they are animal guardians spirits. They are the only
ones who will guarantee that only spiritually initiated hunters who've performed the corrected
hunting rituals are promoted to hunt, without these rituals the animals are unable to 
resurrect and return to life.  If these hunters do not follow the rules of the sacred
hunting rituals of the forest - well that's why they call them the Vampires of Scotland.
So you probably are curious what these Boabhan Sith fairies of the Highlands do to 
an hunter that doesn't follow the rules of the forest? Well they will seduce the men by dancing
with them, putting them into a trance then kill them by draining their blood. Their favorite victims
are the hunters who are alone upon the moors of Scotland highlands. 
Dakini Fairy

When I research the Dakini Fairy I found it to be a bit confusing. But after much reading and
going over many different versions of the Dakini fairy I found that she to be quite interesting.
First of all the tantric concept of the dakinin figure is derived from the a figure of the medieval
Hindu legend. There are many other names too, but I thought it to be to confusing to but all of it
in this part of the dakini fairy. The dakini is a female imp in the train of Kali who feeds on human flesh - her masculine counter part being called daka. They are comparable to malevolent or vengeful female spirits,
deities, imps or fairies in other cultures such as the Persian
  Peri fairy
Peri Fairy
In this post I am looking into the Tiny Peri Fairies. These tiny faeries are known to be from ancient Peria. These tiny winged female nature spirits are so beautiful that it is said that they shimmer with all the colors of the rainbow.
Peris Fairies are usually always female too! Before the coming of Islam, Peris Faeries were held responsible for catastrophic nature events such as comets, eclipses of the sun and huge crop failures of land. 
With the advent of Islam, the Peris Faeries were deemed to be fallen angles, who repented of their transgressions too late to be restored into Heaven.
Tales are told how the Prophet Muhammad was sent to converthem to Islam. In the earlier Zoroastrian faith of Persia. The Peris Faeries were thought to represent the light and good forces of nature that constantly at war with the dark and evil forces called Deevs. 
There are tales of the Deevs that have captured these beautiful Peris fairies, and have locked them in iron cages at the very tops of old growth forest. They were sustained by eating the odor of perfumes that were brought to them by other Peris that looked after them, until they could figure away of releasing them.

As a key tantric figure, the dakini also appears in other forms of the tantric Buddhism such as the
Japaneses Shingon school from where she disseminated into Japanese culture, evolving into the
Dakini-ten or 'deva'' and becoming linked to the kitsune.
I know that this all is a bit confusing but I hope to make this all more clear by the end of this this;
It is said that the origins of the dakini figure are uncertain but she continues to this day
is a part of Indian folklore, generally in wrathful forms, and remains a part of Hindu tantra.
Dakinis are energetic beings in the female form, they evocative of the movement of the energy in
space. From this I figured the Sanskrit, is such a being that is called the dakini,
which is - space goer, celestial woman and cloud fairy. It is also said that the dakinis are
heavenly realm or pure land of the dakinis or Khechari. And from this
the Unenlightened dakinis are termed worldly dakinis because they are still termed worldly.
The unenlightened dakinis are termed worldly dakinis because they are still caught in the cyclic of
the world of the Samsara. Worldly dakinis are found in human form as well as in astral form. Which
makes them shapshifters. These dakinis could also have a beautiful form of a fairy which
mind you it isn't your typical nice fairy. The fairy is like a being or a demonic flesh eating nasty
fairy. So you see not all faries are nice!
Yet these faries are very good at disguise themselves.
An exmple of this worldly dakini are the 5evil Tseringma sisters Padma Sambhava who
tamed into a protectors.
The enlightened dakinis are the wisdom Dakinis. They have passed beyond the samsara into
liberation. And to understand their enlightment a dakini would be any one of the female yidam
or one of the female consorts of the five Dhyana Buddhas. There are five families of
worldly and wisdom dakinis; 1)Vafra Kakinis, 2)Ratna Dakinis,3)Padma Kakinis,4)Karma Dakinis
and finally 5)Buddha Dakinis.  They are all born spontaneously with enlightenment. In heavely realms
They all have various levels of inner realization too. So as you can see, there are many
different types and levels of the dakinis. Dakinis in general can be a guiding light along the path
and removing the physical and spiritual. Well the more i read the more I really was confused
but what I did understand was that the symbolism of the femine dakini and with the universe of the
budda familes seem similair with the enlightement mind matter and space.
It seems that dakinis can transform her energy directly through experiences like that of Buddha teachings.
I am truly sorry if I wasn't clear with the dakinis fairy It got a little over my head. but
I certainly tried to make understandable.
Dryads

Dryads & Oreides were the beautiful Nymphs of the trees, groves,woods and mountain forests. They
were the ladies of the Oaks, Pines Poplar and Ash trees. Also the Apple and Laurel trees. These  dryades, would spring up from the earth at their birth, their lives would be very closely tied to each and every tree that was born in the times of the Greek Gods. While these Dryads Nymphs were alive the tree that they were connected to would flourish, and bloom with no disease or fire. but when the tree did passed away, So did the beauty Nymph. This is how it was in the days of the Greek gods and their Beautiful Dryads Nymphs. 
There are many different kinds of Nymphs In Greek Mythology. In that time period many of them were water, lake, rivers, marsh, ponds fountains, waterfalls,earth, fire,blue nymphs, wood, underworld and even air Nymphs.
 Dryads Nymphs are just as beautiful and cunning as those above.  The Dryads Nymphs are the
beautiful ladies of the forest and woods who live in their trees and there around them. They are born in their tree and will died with their tree but there is so much more to these ancient deities than meets the eye.


The Vila Fairy
The Vila is a Eastern Europe Fairy, who are often depicted a beautiful winged tiny women. They are often naked or dressed in white thin cloth with very long flowing hair which is usually white or silver. 
The Vila is also a shapeshifter and can appear as swans, horses, falcons and snakes. They can 
also shapeshift into Natural Phenomena such as a whirlwind, Thunderstorms, and earthmoving. 
The Vila live deep in the ancient forest and are fierce protectors of the forest in which they live.  They are also very protective of the trees, plants and animals that live within her forest. 
They are revered for their deep knowledge of herbal healing, and will use their knowledge of healing powers in the forest if the human or elf is worthy.
Now if any human were to do any harm to the Vila Fairy's forest or her Creatures she might lure them into a magic fairy circle. Once the human is been lured inside the circle they are joyed with other fairies to dance and they will dance to their deaths. 
Another's have been  killed by a natural landslide or drowning in a lake in the Vila Fairy's forest. 
Various stories are told about the origin of the Vila. Some have said that they are the spirits of women who are caught between this world and the afterlife because of their frivolous habits on earth. 
Others say they are spirits of betrothed young girls who died before the wedding night and were unable to rest quietly in peace on either worlds, so they became the Vila.

The Nixie's
 Nixes are the water-people that inhabit all  lakes and rivers of Germany. 
Some say if they see any beautiful maidens dancing on the surface of either a lake or  nearby river, it means that someones has downed in the waterway that they are dancing on - These Nix maidens could be naked or with light clothing. In the any culture it is heartbreaking for all to lose a love one due to a downing and to have maidens dancing for joy because of this sad incident makes it that much harder to deal with. But I am sure there were some that took pleasure in seeing these maidens dancing naked or with very thin clothing on the lake or river. 
In German folklore the Nixie's are your typical mermaid. But they are very different in Germany. 
The males Nix have green teeth and wear a green hat, sitting on a rocks near the banks of rivers & lakes. They are probably scoping out the human women to see who looks to be easy prey to enchanted or trick them into coming with them down to their underwater palace, where the ladies are forced to marry these devious male Nixes and  have a lifetime of all eternity serving them.
 Interesting I thought and quite different than the Greek Merman. I did find a bit of information that
you might find interesting - The mermen are also have been depicted as having webbed fingers and toes, also they were said to have green beards and hair too.These Merman were able to breathe underwater like a fish and would rather stay in the ocean where they origins are, and they can cause the violent storms and sink passing ships. I thought this to be all very fascinating  for two reasons 1) because there really isn't much written on the merman - I had to really strength to find what I did on the Mermen 2) I had a very hard time finding any photo's that depicted the type of mermen I describe above.  I will show you the photo's I did find and you can make your own conclusions on this subject..
These are not my own photo's - They are of different fine Artist...
But I have gotten of track of the Nix, so I will continue with the Nixes counterpart the female~
Now the Female Nixes are very different than their male counterpart, the original Greek typical mermaid. 

Although there are few similarities with the female Nixes, you can usually see these beautiful young maidens on sunny days sitting on the river bank or the branches of the trees that over-hang the lakes. They are usually combing their long flowing golden hair and could be either clothed or naked. 
Nixie's Habitat ~
The Nixes live down in the waterways of lakes & rivers, in these magnificent  palace's below the deepest parts of the waterways.  Some say its an enormous castles with many other equally beautiful buildings stretched across the lakes and deepest parts of the rivers in Germany.

In the German folklore history there was a story about a young maiden who lived in a small German
village. She was the maid in the house of this small village and everything in her live there was wonderful for the exception of the food at time. She said that there were times that she would have to ask if she could have the food to not have any salt added to hers . I find this very interesting because in all legends, stories & actual true encounters of the mermaid it is always ocean - not fresh water mermaids and I have never heard of a story of a mermaid asking if she could have her food without salt. 
Another interesting fact about the female Nix - when they go on the banks of the lake & rivers they  always dressed in the finest clothes whatever period their in. This could be either the  1200's or 1900's. They are always in finest clothes that the human woman ware. The only way you might be able to tell if they were a Nix is, by the hem of their dress or some other part of their clothing that might be wet. This is the only sign that you might be able to tell if they are a Nix. But mostly they are never discover when on land. 
Now the male Nix is a very different story. They only go onto the banks of the rivers and lakes to  either enchant or trick a human female into coming back with them below the waters of the lake or rivers where they are usually force to marry and serve the male Nix for a eternity.   

Elf

'ELVHENAN LANGUAGE IN ANCIENT TIMES'

Before time, how did elves dominant the race on earth? 
They lived life as Kings and Queens, their magic & immortally was the norm. In the time of the elves was great glory of the dominant race on earth along with the faeries. They were very carefree by nature. Elves and their tiny friends - the faeries loved to dance and play stringed instruments. Music was a great part of their lives, as well as dance. 

Most lived in the thick dark forests where know one could find them. They could live freely out in the open with music, singing, dancing and lovely one another. There was a lot of sex and chasing about of both sexes. This was the way of the middle class elves & all other elves except,  the Kings & Queens Elves who were very posed about their actions & appearance's.Their children were expected to marry whom they choose. Some of the elves would live underground in the spring. They aren't bad but sometimes their pranks have been fatal to humans but never intentionally. Elves apparently came in several distinct varieties - though they are a rather mournful lot, one breed of elves was an invisible  kitchen helpers for good servants, the others the bringers of illness and misery. They can be of both sexes of sexless...

Yet the old tradition portray them as very different creatures, among the Norse, Teutonic and and Scandinavian peoples, Elves are tall, extremely beautiful and very powerful. 



A person may be said to have 'elfin beauty', when they posses fine bones, light and silken hair and large eyes. A Anglo - Saxon, there is a adjective - aelfsciene, that means 'as pretty as and elf.'
Elfin fact - The importance of elves in earlier western culture can be inferred from the number of words & phrases of that have survived into recent times. 

Here are are a few examples - of Early Elfin words & phrases - A changeling - is a elf cup is a stone with a hollow in it filled with morning dew, elf fir is another name for the will - o - the wisp, elf - locks maybe either knots in the hair, said to be caused by elves deliberately tangling it during the night, or short springy curls, elf taken is a phrase used to suggest those who are temporarily mad; elf - twisted - is used of a elf who has suffered a stroke. And elf blot is a disease in a farm animals, said to be the result of being shot by elf arrows.

In more recent times, there has been a general diminution of the elves. In Scandinavia they have become associated with the Hulder a small race, with kinship to dwarf's or brownies. They also aired a tradition of being mischievousness and spiteful at times. This just depends on the type of race to the elves.

In Germanic mythology, the forest Elves are called Schrat, while Danish folklore has Elev or Elle - Folk who have an unfriendly relationship with humanity~

Elvhenan was a place where elven language was reportedly at time time where elves were still the dominated race on the continent of Theda's. Elvhenan in ancient times covered all of Thedas and it wasn't an myth that elves were immortal and used magic. Their political, economical, cultural, activities & were in the heart of the city. Elvhenan was one of the greatest cities of its time. During this time there was much peace and harming with the elves of this age. Their homes were glorious ,  & high up in the forest tree tops. They had no war, disease and only peace and beauty of the earth, water , wind  & sky.  Arlathan or Arlath both have the meaning in elfin as ' I love this place'. Arlathan was located in a great forest in the North of Theda's not far from where the 'Tevinter Imberium' first emerged. Elvhenan is the oldest Elves found on record. Some go back before the dragon age.


Before the ages were named or numbers were used, the people were glorious and eternal and forever changing. They worshipped their Gods for months at a time. Decisions came after decades of debate and could last for years from time to time. Their  ancestors would drift into centuries of long slumber but this is not death as we know it. While the ancient elves did not die, the oldest of the elves were said to weary of life, Memories became too much to bear and rather than fade into complacency, they would voluntarily stand aside, and let the younger generation guide their people. This practice was know as Uthenera or 'The long sleep'. Elves would retire to a chamber that was one part bed and one part tomb. It was the Great Ceremony from all  the extended families, the eldest of the different groups of Elves would succumb to a slumber from which they would not wake for centuries and often never. In time the body would deteriorate and the elder would die in truth. All the while the family would continue to visit the chamber to pay respects to the one who made a great sacrifice.

Tylwyth Teg

These fairies represent humans who manifest in many different sizes. From the height of a mans
knee to taller and smaller. They are renowned as shapeshifters. These Tylwyth Teg Faeries
live in an organized society, with their king Gwyn ap Nudd rules over his maxed race of
spirits.These fairies dress in Green, but their kings' court wears blue and red silk clothes.
Living in remote places, such as the wooden areas of the mountains or upon the lonely islands within
lakes or even off the Welsh coastline. They are not nocturnal and make music and dance in the
moonlight in their fairy rings.
You might be curious what these fairies do? well they kidnap musicians and force them to
play music for them to play in the moonlight in their fairy rings. If a human is caught within the
boundaries of their fairy rings, the punishment for that human is - to dance for a year and a day
without stopping in their fairy ring, although carrying a rowan twig gives you free passage through
their territory. If someone was to plough through their fairy ring, even if it was an accident
they'd be cursed for life by the Tylwyth Teg Fairy's .
These Tylwyth Teg Faeries are among the fairies known to be accused of  stealing
human children and leaving changelings behind in their place. (note: a changeling is the result of a human child - usually a baby - being stolen by the fairy folk and replaced with a substitute. The name can refer either to the original child or, more commonly, the substitute. Although changelings are most usually associated with fairies the practice has also been said to be carried out by other supernatural creatures and fey folk including elves and trolls.
The theft of the baby would usually take place at night when everyone was asleep. The fairies always left something in place of a child. Sometimes this was just a lump of wood, at others it was one of their own fairy children. In the latter case the fairy child would be brought up by the human parents who - presumably thanks to a little fairy glamour - often failed even to suspect the switch.)
Some say that the Tylwyth Teg Fairy have long blonde hair, dressed in a thin lovely white dress 
and are very attractive. These faeries belonged to the magician Gywdioon while others have
said that they ruled the underworld. This is because they would steal babies and children with blonde hair and leave a changeling called a Crimbli in their place of the human child. 
These fairies can only be seen at night & are usually observed singing and dancing merrily in 
fairy rings, but can quickly turn to anger if one joins in their fun and merriment.
My advice is to be very cause if you ever happen to come across these fairies in the 
woods singing and dancing in a fairy ring. I would just turn the other way.. There are so many
other fairies in the world that are much more friendly and kind then these. 
Another thing about these fairies - they fly to markets and replace humans money with 
their own magick money that would turn into dry leaves or just disappear when the humans would 
get home. In my opinion these fairies are not very nice fairies at All!
I did find one interesting fact about these fairies but I would not trust them still all the same!
It is said if you light a fire at night for these fairies to dance at night this will please them and 
they will leave you a present. I myself would be very causes of what this gift might be?
Tunder Fairy

These fairies are very charming, beautiful and benevolent female spirits. They are wealthy beings and live
on the remote mountain tops in amazing castles that are surrounded by beautiful gardens. They
live in Hungary and have powerful magick powers. They own magick jewels & herbs with which they
cast their spells. These fairies were a bit hard to find any info on but the little that I have found
they are very rare and are very powerful fairies. Their bodily fluids have that of: Tears, Milk and a 
kinda saliva that has magick properties within. These are their tools of enchantment. 
The most prominent of the tunder known by her name is Llona which means Helen.
There are a few other names that the Tunder fairy goes by other than Helen - these are:
Maros, Rampson and Venetur. It seems that this fairy likes any one of these name to be invoked by
other than Tunder. So I wouldn't say Tunder around the woods, forest etc.  Another name that these 
fairies Adora and respect is the original usage of 'Ma Donna' or 'My Lady'. 
If you are curious what these fairies do? Well they protect the orphans of the world and save
the destitute, by giving them gifts of priceless pearls that they wear in their hair. They also love music
and dance under the full moonlight.

I hope that you Enjoyed my More about Faeries post
I have been working on posts as I have been slowly getting better
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