Moon Elves-2013

Moon Elves

The Moon Elves are also known as the Silver Elves. They are one of the more tolerant of the elfin kin towards the humans than any other of the elfin clans and their ancestors are the Eladrin Elves who are the original elves. 
In the early days of elves they lived a very peaceful life between our planet and their world, mostly living in deep forests where they made beautiful castles, living between our world and their own realm. During these times it would be very easy for them to walk through their own borders of parallel world and different planes back to our earth. 
As generation of elves continued to come to our earth though their borders of parallel planes back and forth to our world to theirs, they started to form different races of elves  one of these races was 
the Eladrin Elves then the Moon Elves.
Personality ~

The Moon elf's are very close in height to the humans, but more are a bit more slender and have a eloquence of unique beauty that no human could ever compare to the Moon elfin kin.  They have the purest pale clear skin, which often if not always has a icy blue hue to it. Their hair is commonly either  ebony black, blue, silver or white. And they usually ware it long flowing to the back of their kneecaps.    This is done with the female Moon Elf's, the male ware their hair shoulder length. 
The Moon elf's eyes are commonly green, although some are blue as

well. All Moon Elf's exhibit a characteristics of having golden flecks that speckled through their eyes in the iris of the eye. This is a special trait that not all inherited. 
Culture ~

Moon elves society is often loosely organized & few moon elves will only stay in one place for more than 1 or 2 seasons at a time. They preferred a nomadic lifestyle. The moon elves are generally comfortably living among other Eladrin elves particularly the Sun elves as well as all races of elves, gnomes, humans and halflings too. Most moon elves organize themselves into groups of a dozen extended families or so, each ruled democratically, Although often with leaders whose have more weight than anyone else within the group & are most often respected for either their age or their Martial Skill.

Whenever they live, the Moon Elves are unassuming , with homes just as humble if comfortable.
Homelands ~ 

Although nations that can properly be considered Moon elfin, still exist today - Moon Elves have fared relatively well on the whole compared to their brethren. Though the Moon Elves have not settled in vast numbers, this is less out of inability as lack of need. As the small bands that make up most of the Moon Elves, have been fairly successful at their life's for centuries. 
By and large, the Moon Elves have ignored the retreat carried out by their Sun Elf kin, preferring to either live among other races or wander the wilderness. The majority  exception to this has been the isolated city of Everska, mainly populated by Moon Elves. 
Moon Elves can be found most commonly in Daleland which is a very deep forest of Wizards. 
Their Magic ~

Moon Elves love to learn and use magic, in whatever form it takes. Both traditions of Arcane Magic & The Art of Magic. The Art of Magic is the direct manipulation of energy  - Arcane Magic is created out of manipulation of the weave which is the way magic is presents itself to being there for only for the use of the Moon Elves - It flows throughout the world touching almost every coroner or existence with exception of dead magic zones - 
Anyone who carefully duplicate the gestures and sounds  require of each of these spells, he/she can use a Arcane Magic - which is manipulating the weave, that can be done via magical writing. There is also the Divine Magic is for those Moon Elves who are highly encouraged to practiced the art of this Magic and those who partake in either are pushed to expand the knowledge or their race too. The pressure doesn't bother most Moon Elves who are out right delighted to become the Master of the Art of Divine Magic -

The Power is granted from a prayer with the Gods - Clerics, Paladins and Rangers who all use this type of magic.
Although often light hearted and at ease, The Moon Elves can leap into action if danger comes around. Like other Eladrin Elves, Moon elves make sure that nearly all of their numbers are trained to wield a weapon and also some small skills in magic.
The Goddess Mystra controls the weave which is the main medium for channeling the Arcane energies of the other Gods and the Goddess Shar has control of the Shadow Weave which flows in-between the normal weave and enables the use of the shadow Magic too.

I have love the Moon Elves just as much as I do the Drows - Although with the Moon Elves
I have a bit more of a passion because I hope in the future to share with you my readers a book that I have been writing for a number of years and it has a little bit of my favorite Magick Creature in this story... So I hope you all will stay with me on my blog until the time comes
Wendy. 
Note.. The Beautiful Images are some of my Favorites Images of the Moon Elves - 
They are not mind..

  
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The Nixies-2013

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.   

I found this to be a fascinating Magick Creature. And It was interesting to find that there was a fresh

water mermaids and mermen. I also found when writing this blog,  that I couldn't find  much information on the merman.  They mostly had the info on the mermaids which I found to be unfair & curious since it is the 21th century? 
These few photo's I have found of the female Nix 
I hope you enjoy! They are from a few great Artist that I found
Enjoy... Wendy

The Unari Elves-2013

The Unari Elves
These Elves are quite unique. They are a mix of the elf and the magic of the Unicorn, who's origins

are attributed to divine interventions. 
They share the elfin passion for song, dance and poetry, as well as maintaining close ties to their woodland heritage with the animal. The Unari Elves are a peaceful clan of elf's but not pacifists and will take up arms to protect those things that they hold dear to them.
Personality ~
The Unari Elves are a passionate race and are born performers. They like to do nothing better than to entertain an audience and move others elves or humans to the point to great emotion. They are far more excitable than their cousin elfin and are nearly always the eternal optimists. They know only selflessness and have a very giving soul.
A Unari Elf companion would not hesitate to sacrifice himself/herself or and Innocent and would travel to the next life with a contented smile in his/her face to help this person in need.
Physical ~
The Unari Elves are not much taller than their elfin cousins . They typically stand about 5' to 6' tall

and weight up to 135-pound to 250-pounds.
The Unari Elf male are noticeably larger than the female and both sexes are covered from Head to hoof in very soft white fur. Their hair is typically ranges in hues from silver to white to gold. Most all Unari Elves kept their hair in long flowing manes. Men usually have short beards on their faces-
A Unari elves legs are jointed just like that of a horse and move and like that of a horse too.  
Yet their face is similar to that of all the elfin cousin's. 
Though, their faces are a little bigger & longer than most elfin clan's, they still have the same pointed

ears and facial features as their cousins. They also have a ivory horn that projects from their forehead that is no more than 3 inches long, but this all depends on how old they will get. Some Unari elf's  can grow ivory horns to great lengths, it just depends on their heritage of the Divine origins of the Unicorns and how long the elf will live. The Unari foals mature at the age 60-years old and can life quite long into many centuries depending on their life-style and environmental conditions.
 They take great care in their grooming skills over the hundreds of centuries. These Unari elves have been known to live very long and happy lives due to their good grooming skills of caring for their ivory horn and the beautiful white, silver or gold flowing manes that they constantly brush and keeping their tails braided and clean. They are even known among the kin to be particular about grooming and keeping their manes and tails very clean and always braided neatly. They also enjoy clothing that is very loose and has flowing lines. This is probably do to the fact that they are half horse/unicorn. They also like bright and cheerful colors too.  
Relationships ~
The Unari elves get along well with all elf's and can be usually found among them for they are highly

valued as performers and entertainers.
These Elves and half elves share a certain bond for they are both half-breeds. They suffered the same predigest as it is still in the year how 2013- 
I found the Unari Elves fascinating and so refreshing. It was wonderful to find these elves that were both a peaceful, passionate, love of song - dance and poetry. And that they are a kinda divine elfin clan you might say..  In the earlier part of the blog I've mention that they are very selflessness and  giving souls . And would give their live freely to save another whether it being elfin or human.

  

Auric Wings

Auric Wings
In this Blog I will continue to talk about the faerie wings and the energy or light they have

Fairies aura's of light

within them~
Fairy wings are described by some people who have witness this delightful sight, as a wing-shape

Fairies orbs of lights 

aura's of light rather than actually a physical essences. The notion of auras or orbs of light gained widespread notoriety among most humans across Europe and Northern American with the 19th century spiritualist movement. 
They thought faeries were an aura, a subtle area that is surrounding the physical body, that only can be seen by those who are suitably attuned to the layers of colors and visual energy fields that is linked to other worlds and realms or forces of the huge universe that is never ending.
This notion of believe is both back in the 19th century and even today - which has inspired many writers like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who's uncle, Richard Doyle was one of the leading illustrators in many of the influential anthologies of faerie tales.
Sometimes and more times then not the aura of the faeries is not a visual one, but a flame, (candle

The Beauty of the Fairy 

burning intense blue)this was a common notion in Shakespeare's time or a distinct scent presence. 
In Cornwall an intense floral scent assails those who draw near a portal to faerie land, but its not always a pleasant as one would think. 
The Nuckleavee Faerie ~ 
There are Scottish sea faeries called Nucklelavee which are a type of fairy found in Scotland in the Orkney Islands. It is as far removed from your usual conception of a fairy as possible and its name is still considered unlucky in some parts of the Scottish Isles. 
He is a horrific demon of the seas, the Nuckleavee and a godlike horror

Nuckleavee Faerie 

that will intangible himself  and can be invisible while he's in the sea. Once he reaches land the creepy Fairy Nuckleavee will take a different form - it took was a kin to a living nightmare and was described as either a horse, a man or a fusion of both in both forms. The Scottish fairy was skinless with pulsating veins and muscles exposed. 
The Nuckleavee Faerie was gigantic in size yet its features were grotesquely mismatched with a head so horribly large it would roll to one side and its arms were so long they would drag along the ground. Plus his hands were monstrously huge, with a single cyclops like eye on its head and the horses legs he has had to be a kin to flippers too. 
The Nuckleavee has a gaping mouth, that his full of rotting fangs and a supernaturally putrid breath that could strike living being dead or infect them with disease at any moment.

 The Nuckleavee Evil Sea Faerie

The creature is responsible for the black plague in London, famine, drought and much more.. According to the nuckleavee's power and his legend, he has a undying hatred to humanity.
If anyone was to use the Celtic harvesting of burning and harvesting of the seaweed in the Scottish Isles, this is said to invoke the Nuckleave Faerie's wrath even more than usual and in retribution the evil fairy would inflict the islands horses with a deadly disease known as mortasheen. 
The only known ways of killing the evil fairy Nuckleave is with freshwater and the Sea Mother goddess of the Sea.
Being of Light ~
 Aura's and energy light force...  Shinning or opalescence is a form of light. 

Fairy aura's of light 

These all come from Ireland's legendary race known as the Luminous or Shining ones for their Magical knowledge and Worldly Grace. 
"White as the divine Snow in Moonlight" This is what a 19th century witness of a faerie sighting said.
Other people have testify to formless presences that show only as a whiteness, like some of the wailing Celtic death faeries. 
Spirits of the Sea ~
These sea spirit faeries tend to reflect the play of light on the oceans

The Sea spirit faerie - Maori Ponaturi  

surface. The most astonishing being is the Maori Ponaturi faerie whose skin has a phosphorescent glow at night.  
Fairy Lights ~
Then they are the Persian Devas and Italian Candelas which are tiny spheres of lights who appear as a group of tiny twinkles after dusk. 'Like dolls' and one Englishman describing his faerie sighting in 1842 "Dresses sparking as if with spangles but not sold, rather light and shadowy.
Fairy light might be the most apparent in the

eyes, for many can tell it is a faerie by eyes alone, which are strangely penetrating and bright often described as more shinning than ours. Like burning fire coals in a pale visage. 
They recall the intently staring illustrated in the wonderful books of someone who sees beyond the present world and other realms - 
These are the people that really see faeries and know they are really are faeries and some even have entered their World ~
Wendy

 Enter the World of  the Faeries Realm 

   

The Slavic Rusalka Fariy

Slavic Rusalka Fairies

As I continue my discover in the mythology & magical creatures, I've decided to branch out to different cultures other than my own. In doing so I have found the most fascinating creature. Some I have already blogged for you. And I will continue to look further in my later blogs. For this one I will be looking into the Russian folklore of the...
Slavic Rusalka ~

The Rusalka is a female mermaid, ghost, fairy,water nymph, succubus and a demon that dwells in waterways. According to most of the Slavic traditions, the Rusalka are usually a fish-woman who lives at the bottom of rivers, lakes and ponds. Then in the middle of the night the Rusalkas will walk out from the waterways on to the banks of the lakes etc. They will walk also the the meadows that are nearby the waterways and dance & sing the night away. If any of these Rusalka see a handsome young man or men around, they will lure them with their songs and dance. These Rusalka' fairies usually dance naked or with very loose flowing white or light colors long dresses which they are able to mesmerise the men very easily.
Once they had the men in their grasp, the Rusalka would lead the men back to their lake home's  to live with them forever. And the men would  never miss or know that they ever had a human family above the mucky waters of  the lake. 
The Vila ~

The Vila are the Slavic version of the nymphs who have great power over storms which they take great delight in sending down on either a lone traveler or men at sea. They live in the meadows, near  trees to protect, ponds, rivers & oceans. They can also appear as swans, horses wolves and beautiful women and young girls. 
They're also fairy - like spirits who live in the wilderness and sometimes in the clouds. They were believed to be the spirits of women or young girls who had been frivolous in their lifetimes and now float between here and the afterlife.
They to can appear as swans, snakes, horses, falcons, ravens, or wolves - that they shape-shift into  beautiful maidens that are either naked or dressed in white thin dresses with long flowing hair. The voices of the Vilas are quite beautiful and very luring to anyone who hears their songs - coming from their lovely voices. It is said if one does hear their voice they will lose all thought of food, drink or sleep for day on end. The Vilas beside being beautiful for their feminine charms, they are also fierce warriors too. When the earth shakes, it is the Vilas warriors doing battle against what ever magical beast that is trying to take their territories.

Another great power that the Vilas have is the power to heal and they have prophetic powers too! They willing to help humans (mostly handsome men) with their healing powers but its a very rare happening if it happens. 
If you ever come across a deep thick grass area with a small or large ring - this is a fairy ring left where there was a dance. These should never be walked upon or walked over, as it will bring you bad luck. As I found out in my readings so walk with your own risk if you see one!
You might left a offering for the Vilas consisting of round cakes, ribbons, fresh fruit and small vegetables . They like flowers too, left at the sacred trees, wells and fairy caves.
Slavic Rusalka Female ghost ~

In the Slavie folklore of the Rusalka, this is where the female ghost or demon dwells in the lakes or waterways.. 
She could be considered a being of evil force. These ghostly figures that float about the dark gloomy lakes are the souls of young women who had died in the lake or near one. 
The Rusalka is not invariably a malevolent but she will not be allowed to rest in peace until her death is avenged - This could be why these ghostly female spirit haunts these lakes. but according to legend most of these Rusalkas came to their deaths by a violent one so this is probably the reason why the haunting and sometimes turn into the darker more demon ghost within these lakes.
I hope you have enjoyed a bit of the different culture of Slavic Rusalka faerie... Wendy