Fairy Magic

Is fairy magic/ powers just another version of witchcraft and sorcery are is it something beyond spells, potions, and curses? An interesting idea I have conjured is that fairies are usually seen as light creatures and use there magic/powers for good. In turn, with this knowledge is it possible that they could also have a darker side and be driven by the dark forces of nature; black magic? It is believed that in these ancient Celtic times that fairies can have the same powers as witches or spirits such things include bringing disease to a mortal and even death (Evan Wentz).  In regards to my opening statement the Celts believed witchcraft, and all that it involves, was intertwined into the fairies magical beliefs. (Evan Wentz).  It is made evident through various myths and folk lore involving fairies that they share similar qualities in their magic and powers.  I have discovered that fairies do have a variety of powers. A most common one, I believe, is the ability to have control over both animals and plants.  Fairies have the power to speak to animals in their language so that they do what they ask and help them with different tasks (Fairy powers)Another power that they posses is invisibility. Fairies can hide themselves from mortals with the help of potions and certain charms. I think since can they can appear invisible that they can be tricksters (Fairy Powers). Fairies also have the power of eddy wind. This allows fairies to move in large groups that fools the human to eye to appear as a cloud of dust (Fairy Powers).

Evan, Wentz. The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries:  Fairies, Magic, and Witchcraft.  1911. Web. 20

       November 2010. <http://www.worldspirituality.org/fairy-magic.html>.

Fairy Powers: Monstrous. 1998-2009. Web. 20 November 2010.

       <http://faerie.monstrous.com/fairy_powers.htm>.

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Fairy Queens

I always thought that there was only one fairy queen that ruled over all the fairies but there are several different ones. However, there are fairy queens for different regions on the world. The queen of the fairies of in Munster, Ireland goes by the name of Aeval.  She is known for her various fairy powers.  Aeval can for tell the future,  predicting prophecies, and granting pleasurable satisfaction to women. (Fairy Queens).  So if there are fairy queens that are not among Celtic regions where do they live? Well it so happens that they in a magical land called Tir Nan Og (Celtic Attic). I think that it is interesting to find that in this place where fairies queens and kings rule that the time there is unlike that of the mortal world because it passes at a much slower rate; years in our world would only be minutes in theirs. Another fascinating fact that I have come across is that once any human enters this fairy kingdom they cant usually enter back into their world. (Celtic Attic).  Another fairy queen of the Celtic region is Mab. This particular fairy queen i think is unique because she evolved from a goddess in Wales known as Mabb.  She is a fairy of the night and dream. Therefore, this puts her in control over people's dreams at night causing them to have nightmares.


Celtic Attic: Fairy Lore. Web. 19 November 2010.

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Fairy Queens: Angelfire. 20 June 2006. Web. 19 November 2010.

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Fairy Queens Photo. Photobucket. 2010. Web. 19 November 2010.

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Celtic Fairy People

I think it is a common misinterpretation that there is only one type of fairy such as the the,well know Tinkerbell.  I have recently discovered that there are at least three different kinds of fairy people. One type is a creature that goes by the name of a changeling. This is interesting because until now I had no idea that was such a mythical creature existed in fairy tales.  A changeling is when a fairies baby that has ,unknowingly by mortals, been replaced that of a human baby. In turn the humans baby is taken by the fairy(s) ( Celtic Mythology). I believe that  these particular fairies are unique in that they must resemble  human like characteristics in order to stand as mortal baby. The second kind of fairy is a social fairy. These fairies lives in rather large groups almost like native American tribes; also called clans (Celtic Mythology). It has also been believed that social or trooping fairies are fallen angles who are here to do the work of the heavens in making sure that good is brought to the good natured and evil stays among the evil hearted (Yeats). The third type of fairy people's is the solitary fairies. These fairies, In my opinion, wanna remain in isolation, keep to themselves, and not be part of a clan or group of fairies. Through out my research I have stumbled upon the facts that these fairies wore red jackets to distinguish themselves from the trooper fairies (Yeats).

 William Butler Yeats. Fairy and Folk Tales of Irish Peasantry. Dover Publications. 1991. Web.

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Fairy and Folk Tales of Irish Peasantry: Notes. Samuel Butler Yeats, Web.

         http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/fip84.htm.

The Fairy Saddle Legend. Web. 16 November 2010.

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Timeless Myths: Celtic Mythology. 6 March 2005. Web. 16 November 2010

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Orgins of Fairies

Fairies have been seen throughout many fairy tales over time. I think that it is  interesting  see where fairies have descended from and how they came into different regions of the world. In Celtic mythology there seems to be a unique place for the world of fairies to come alive within in these tales. I have discovered that fairies came from some of the earlier traditions of the Celts people. These fairies originated from the previous Welsh God and Goddesses. It is interesting that these fairies didn't have what we consider to be the norm appearance of fairies today. They had resembled humans with the exception that they a source of power. (Celtic Mythology).  It seems that fairies did not just originate through someones fantastical imagination but through story telling, myths, and legends that were developed by the Celtic people as well. I have discovered throughout my research were fairies come from, regional, but who do they come from? It has been said, according to some Celtic myths, that fairies are derived from Goddess's. A Irish mythical race, Tuatha De Danann is one source of who fairy people came from.        Ursi's Eso Garden: Your Competent Esoteric Guide. 19 March 2007. Web. 10 November 2010.               http://www.eso-garden.com/index.php?/weblog/lighted_fairy_houses/.       Celtic Mythology: Timeless Myths. 2005. Web. 6 March 2005. 10 November 2010.               http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/faeries.html.    Celtic Mythology Fairies: Tuatha De Danann. 3 January 2008. Web. 11 November 2010                          http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/tuatha.html.