tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post3709270688351932463..comments2024-03-26T21:23:37.253-04:00Comments on Living Liminally: Why Do We View Fairies As Nature Spirits?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-46985490938150637942020-07-05T17:31:29.635-04:002020-07-05T17:31:29.635-04:00I'm not understanding your comment here, to be...I'm not understanding your comment here, to be honest? I don't see how a full listing of the Irish, Scottish, and Norse fairies by specific type would add anything here, and it would certainly be more than could easily be included in any one blog. There are some beings, like the Norse landvaettir, which are arguably a type of nature spirit but if we look across the breadth of fairylore atM.A.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16406876376042247389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-15939127448890167742020-06-10T14:42:08.096-04:002020-06-10T14:42:08.096-04:00Only problem..You are leaving out the Irish countr...Only problem..You are leaving out the Irish countries full species list of fae, as well as Scotland, Norse and more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797474965339337531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-73763520371047620972020-03-29T20:13:50.222-04:002020-03-29T20:13:50.222-04:00I just read through the comments and saw that you ...I just read through the comments and saw that you already addressed my question about Shakespeare. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248860401844127495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-80471364869971942192020-03-29T20:12:36.582-04:002020-03-29T20:12:36.582-04:00This made me think of the fairies (for entertainme...This made me think of the fairies (for entertainment) in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania, Oberon and Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed. The name Peaseblossom seems like a flower-fairy name.aybe the views of fairies in entertainment during the Elizabethan era were precursors to those nature-spirit Edwardian fairies? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248860401844127495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-84532018603779597422019-05-17T20:46:28.901-04:002019-05-17T20:46:28.901-04:00We could probably trace diminutive fairies back to...We could probably trace diminutive fairies back to Elizabethan culture, but while A Midsummer Night's Dream does name Titania's attendants after natural items/plants and depict the fairies lingering in the woods it (along with Spenser's Faerie Queene) still shows them mostly in line with older folklore that included for example taking human lovers, stealing children, and in the case M.A.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16406876376042247389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-79987838042664771992019-04-11T01:40:23.305-04:002019-04-11T01:40:23.305-04:00This article seems academic(in a good way), but I ...This article seems academic(in a good way), but I would really have liked to see some citations and references, or a link to a bibliography, because I am interested in learning more about the subject, and exploring the ideas.PickledPlumshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451176601601033582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-4269472654619918782019-04-01T19:49:29.927-04:002019-04-01T19:49:29.927-04:00I'm curious why you start your timeline with t...I'm curious why you start your timeline with the Victorians? Elizabethan literature, such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, also appears to present fairies as natural as well. Do you think there's a distinction between the faeries of Shakespeare and those of the later period?MatttyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12064581066890771399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-8383253277450622322019-03-30T21:16:53.070-04:002019-03-30T21:16:53.070-04:00Its a tough passage to parse. The Fate of the Chil...Its a tough passage to parse. The Fate of the Children of Tuirenn is a much later story recorded iirc in the 16th century so its possible that its referring to the Tuatha themselves coming from a point where they were already culturally considered one with the aos sidhe. Its also possible given the appearance in other myths of a distinct Otherworld separate from the Tuatha (for example Mag Mell M.A.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16406876376042247389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-2404889676642177462019-03-30T21:11:18.106-04:002019-03-30T21:11:18.106-04:00thank youthank youM.A.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16406876376042247389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-82059649794676391372019-03-30T14:15:25.736-04:002019-03-30T14:15:25.736-04:00Nymphs are not spirits. They are demi-divine bein...Nymphs are not spirits. They are demi-divine beings, not immortal like the Gods. However, we do not know how long they live (hundreds or thousands of years?). There are a variety of them who dwell in various locations (water, fresh & salty; forests; mountains; clouds; etc.). A specific nymph could also have a particular nympholept to raise a cultic practice for her. I hope this helps a Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1111542293355322668.post-53285497882996465542019-03-28T13:33:30.566-04:002019-03-28T13:33:30.566-04:00Tlking about different types of fairies, how do we...Tlking about different types of fairies, how do we interpret Lugh's line in the Fate of the Children of Turen where he asks his father and uncles to "gather the Riders of the Sidhe to me from every place where they are." ? After the Milesian defeat did the Tuatha join the Sidhe or is this use of Sidhe mis-translated?<br />Woods Wizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953687847372230721noreply@blogger.com