I saw a pixie once, as a kid with my sister's. It was small and humanoid looking but had an exoskeleton and wings. 4 arms, stood on two legs. It had one arm severed near the elbow but it was an old wound. While it was not a high fae( tribe of Danu) it was interesting and really stuck with, having grown up on faerie stories in Ireland.
Disguising oneself to look unhuman (or dressing the way an insane person would) helps go unnoticed by the fairies, so if you're out in the woods and aren't carrying a disguise with you, the next best thing might be turning your clothes inside out.
I was always told not to say thank you too the fae because once you say “thank you” it implies you owe them something in return which could potentially never have an end in the form of being basically a slave or indentured servant because of the well know fae trickery. Caught you live hit had to pause halfway through. Mom life..ya know! Love spending Friday evenings you you Scarlet!
I am half Scottish, a quarter Irish and a quarter English, brought up in England. My mother was a Scot and her mother and her grandmother were born Victorian. They were proudly psychic (so are my sister and me) and my mother was keen for us to believe in fae - including brownies, djinni, keplies and selkies. I had a spirit guide even as a small child and my father's mother, an Irish Catholic, was horrified that my mother was encouraging me at 4 years old speaking of him and of fae. "Believing in sidhe will condemn him to burn in Hell". My mother reassured me that this was not true and she spoke of the Tuatha danaan . It was impressed on me to be polite and helpful to anyone I meet, whether they were nice to me or nasty, as anyone could be a fae, who could be tricky. If I was nice and kind they might favour me but if offended could do me harm. My right ear is larger than the left and pointed so, I believed that I had fae blood somewhere in my family tree.
Native Americans have many beliefs in the fae. But they dont call them that. The Cherokee strongly believes in what they call the "little people" that lived in types of trees, rock cliffs, and caves. You only seen them if they chose to let you see them; and if you did you couldn't tell anyone for 7 years. Also you was to never talk about them at night if you did they would cause mischief and chaos around the home. Loved this topic for happy hour.
I think everyone who is Native (I'm Lakota) has seen or knows about little people. We had them appear when I was a student at Haskell Indian Nations U. in Lawrence Kansas. Unfortunately they usually appeared at night playing tricks on students walking from building to building. Whoever saw them said something right away tho' from being scared. LoL
I am of Irish and Cherokee decent myself. Also a Georgia native . I grew up being told of the little people and eating Arsh potatoes. There is such a rich history of the Cherokee throughout Georgia. Many of the counties here have visitors sites dictated too the Cherokee. Several of which include burial mounds , and other mound formations extremely similar to those of the fae . Welcome in advance to Georgia. I hope you get the chance to visit many of the Native American and Scott’s Irish historic locations. New Echota in Northern Ga. where the initial treaty of the trail of tears was signed is just one of the many many sites . Being Celtic Pagan has definitely not been easy in the South. Unfortunately many folks here still look down upon Paganism… Happy to have you a kindred spirit . I would love to know any other like minded Pagans in Northern Georgia.
Another very interesting pagan happy hour as allways. My sister's middle name is Fae and her first name is Hazel, so she's Hazel Fae which I think is so cool!
This was great! I really enjoyed the discussion about the Fae. I would love to see more content about elemental creatures/ fae 👌🏼👌🏼 Maybe a mini-series where you read out personal encounter stories from your audience that you find intriguing?
Spencer's The Fairy Queen is a tribute to Queen Elizabeth I, AKA the virgin queen. We studied it in depth in a Masters level literature class-it is very complicated. I believe he was given an estate in Ireland by QE1. BTW, Spencer was routed out of Ireland and his Big House burned along with his son being killed by those rowdy Irish folk.
A friend of mine lives out in the boons, and has a friendship with what she thinks are some pixies. But she'll usually sit in the woods to draw, and leave them tiny honeyed oat cakes while she does so
I am missing the live but still wanted to put my 2 cents worth in. I have had fairy experiences and I feel they are gate keepers in other realms. At least that's been my experience. What's perceived as trickery is them keeping you from places you shouldn't be. I have never met a fairy with bodies like in Disney. One had a body like a stick.almost dragon fly like.i heard banshee were Irish witches.
I became interested in the fae while doing research on what see as modern gargoyles. There seemed to be a cross over from the human body with sort of dog face grotesque statue that we know as gargoyles and the fae realm.
Fairylore in the British Isles dates back to the Celts, Anglo Saxons, and Vikings as well as deep into the medieval period, with various parts of these countries having their own particular Fairylore. In fact, there are a number of placenames in the British Isles that are named for the Fae. Erwin Saunders a UA-camr in England and Wales has a large following and a fun show about his adventure in the woods and moorlands tracking and spotting Fairies. Wish I could have watched your show live tonight but went to see the Green Knight movie.
@Your Drow Slimeologist Sort of, I came away with mixed feelings. Think at times it really dragged on without much really going on. The cinematography and special effects were good and did give it kind of a dark fantasy feel. Some of the actors were miscast in my opinion, and the crowns worn were more like something you would see on Aztec or Inca royalty, not European.
@@KingCatsTube the crowns have roots in Helios worship in ancient Greece. It was adopted by both the Zoroastrians and the Mithraism (cult of Mithras) and I think that's what they were going for with the design.
@@Bee-zr5pb You may be right about that but whether inspired by Persian and/or Mesoamerican art, they were not the kind of crowns worn by the kings/queens of Europe, including early medieval Britain (which is when/where this takes place). Even with some enhancements to make the story more interesting, I think when making a movie such as this it is best to stay as authentic as possible with the plot/story, characters, settings, costumes, etc, in my opinion.
@@KingCatsTube yeah, that's just what I'm assuming they were going for but given some of the weird choices in casting. As much as I liked it, it feels like a generous assumption. While there was a Mithraic place of worship in England it was active so long ago that the symbolism would be unknown to the anglo Saxons in the 6th century anyways.. I agree on staying as authentic as possible. I guess the crown was my lesser complaint in comparison to Morgan.
just saw this video. in my area of the world we have the wild hunt pass through quite regularly and if you know what to look for it definitely a sight to see
I so believe in the fae!!! One time I was talk n smack about faeries n didn’t do a faerie offering(honey) I said I was gonna do…I had the worst nightmare of a sock monkey looking faerie with button eyes almost like the Coraline movie(tho not exact more like sock monkey idk) the bn was floating above me (like above where I live was sleeping) their wings were cartoony, their gaze was terrifying!!! They said nothing! Tho I def got a message!! I woke up freaked bn in the same spot, didn’t go back to sleep! I haven’t don’t anything w fairies except admire from a distance!! unless I can keep up w the offerings hard no!!!!
a few good books/series about different types of Fae lore (all fiction but decent research was done): The Child Thief - Brom Krampus the Yule Lord - Brom The Iron Druid series - Kevin Herne Dresden Files series - Jim Butcher
In British celtic paganism a lot of our deities are faery kings and Queens and linked to the underworld and the wild hunt. It is absolutely fascinating
Very interesting and engaging happy hour! Look at those comments fly. xD I'm exploring Celtic reconstructionism, so I very much appreciate the topic--thank you for touching on this subject, and comparing the historical to the contemporary.
Another concept behind the thing about not saying thank you to the fae is because that phrase is an indebtting phrase, meaning you "owe them one" so to speak. Instead of saying thank you outright you would say it between the lines such as "your guiding me through the forest was done most expertly" (not the best example, but you get the idea). It was also thought that the fae would not say thank you to either each other or mortals because it could be misconstrued as owing that individual a favor, thus the beating around the bush in gratitudes.
I’d forgotten to mention fun asides like GDT’s (Guillermo Del Toro) frightening Pan’s Labyrinth on Netflix or even his Hellboy sequel, The Golden Army featuring a dying Fae-like Court! Lots of things to touch on in pop culture and all kinds of lore and literature! Also indie movie, Ondine, uses the legend as a trope in its story. And Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell on Netflix have a miniseries adaptation of the novel. And American Gods as well!
Just found your channel as I’m researching Paganism. I’m a fabric designer and working on a collection with fairies right now as I listen! More Victorian inspired TBH haha. I’m excited to watch more of your videos! You are so well read I think I’ll be able to learn a lot from you and your references!
Speaking of pagan-ish movies, the Baztán trilogy on Netflix (adaptation from the books by Dolores Redondo) is an interesting watch, the first set of movies I’ve seen in awhile with a variety of references and interpretations along the Basque countryside (sadly not positive ones but still interesting).
If you meet the Fae be cautious, don’t give them your real name, BUT, don’t be Rude. In just about every story where a human incurred the Fae’s wrath it was because of something that the human did not only because “oh be aware the fae are tricky”
Scarlett, you'll love Savannah! You should set up a walking tour business there. It has one the world's largest St. Patty's Day parades...lots of Celtic folk. It has legal drinking in the streets, which is very strange for a Southern town. Check out Flannery O'Connor's childhood home.
I'm autistic, and the idea that changelings could have been children with something such as autism definitely seems very possible to me. That would make a lot of sense. I'd heard of changelings before, but I'd never thought of that. I think it's very possible. Also back then there was no where near as much research, and knowledge on the brain, and the way autistic people's brains worked differently, or the way the brain worked in general, infanct I don't think the term autism was even created back then, but there where definitely autistic people, and I think that the children that where called changelings, could have very likely been autistic, and these days would probably be diagnosed with some sort of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Maybe people wore their clothes inside-out to avoid being led astray was because the fairies would think the people were "confused already". No need to lead them astray when they were already "lost/clueless". 😂 By the way, the leading people astray thing isn't exclusive to Western folklore. In Taiwan, there are stories of modern-day hikers meeting a mysterious stranger who points to a false path when they ask for directions. There are also stories of hikers being invited to a mysterious stranger's home or given/finding food, but days later people found them in the middle of nowhere with not much memory of what actually happened (This kind of reminds me of "Hansel & Gretel").
My dad, born in Philly in 1920, said that his NYC Irish born grandmother used to talk about the "Wee People." Was she referring to Fairies or gnomes or Leprechauns?
Let’s not forget the relationship between fairy circles & crop circles. And stories of aliens sharing food with humans and we have fairy stories that are very very similar. JUST SAYING.
I heard you shouldn’t thank the fae because that implies you are indebted to them and you never want to owe something to the fae. Also, you shouldn’t use your real name when interacting with them. I don’t remember why but again it had to do with them taking control or having power over you. Has anyone else heard similar things? 🤔
Thanks for another very happy hour... The topic was very enjoyable! Another reminder for me that while the Fae are most fascinating, should not be treated lightly... Should be respected aswell as a little bit feared. Definitely not to be triffled with! When working with them I've always had a somewhat eerieness about it even though the level of intrigue runs high...
I saw a pixie once, as a kid with my sister's.
It was small and humanoid looking but had an exoskeleton and wings. 4 arms, stood on two legs. It had one arm severed near the elbow but it was an old wound.
While it was not a high fae( tribe of Danu) it was interesting and really stuck with, having grown up on faerie stories in Ireland.
Disguising oneself to look unhuman (or dressing the way an insane person would) helps go unnoticed by the fairies, so if you're out in the woods and aren't carrying a disguise with you, the next best thing might be turning your clothes inside out.
I was always told not to say thank you too the fae because once you say “thank you” it implies you owe them something in return which could potentially never have an end in the form of being basically a slave or indentured servant because of the well know fae trickery.
Caught you live hit had to pause halfway through. Mom life..ya know! Love spending Friday evenings you you Scarlet!
Thank you, I keep thinking not saying thank you sounds rude, and being rude to the Fae is not good
I am half Scottish, a quarter Irish and a quarter English, brought up in England. My mother was a Scot and her mother and her grandmother were born Victorian. They were proudly psychic (so are my sister and me) and my mother was keen for us to believe in fae - including brownies, djinni, keplies and selkies. I had a spirit guide even as a small child and my father's mother, an Irish Catholic, was horrified that my mother was encouraging me at 4 years old speaking of him and of fae. "Believing in sidhe will condemn him to burn in Hell". My mother reassured me that this was not true and she spoke of the Tuatha danaan . It was impressed on me to be polite and helpful to anyone I meet, whether they were nice to me or nasty, as anyone could be a fae, who could be tricky. If I was nice and kind they might favour me but if offended could do me harm. My right ear is larger than the left and pointed so, I believed that I had fae blood somewhere in my family tree.
As to mushrooms forming in a ring, it is natural for a mushroom to release spores in a circle so it would grow in the shape of a ring..
How awesome! I just discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago, and I moved to Savannah about a year ago! Welcome in advance!
Native Americans have many beliefs in the fae. But they dont call them that. The Cherokee strongly believes in what they call the "little people" that lived in types of trees, rock cliffs, and caves. You only seen them if they chose to let you see them; and if you did you couldn't tell anyone for 7 years. Also you was to never talk about them at night if you did they would cause mischief and chaos around the home. Loved this topic for happy hour.
I think everyone who is Native (I'm Lakota) has seen or knows about little people. We had them appear when I was a student at Haskell Indian Nations U. in Lawrence Kansas. Unfortunately they usually appeared at night playing tricks on students walking from building to building. Whoever saw them said something right away tho' from being scared. LoL
I am of Irish and Cherokee decent myself. Also a Georgia native . I grew up being told of the little people and eating Arsh potatoes. There is such a rich history of the Cherokee throughout Georgia. Many of the counties here have visitors sites dictated too the Cherokee. Several of which include burial mounds , and other mound formations extremely similar to those of the fae . Welcome in advance to Georgia. I hope you get the chance to visit many of the Native American and Scott’s Irish historic locations. New Echota in Northern Ga. where the initial treaty of the trail of tears was signed is just one of the many many sites . Being Celtic Pagan has definitely not been easy in the South. Unfortunately many folks here still look down upon Paganism… Happy to have you a kindred spirit . I would love to know any other like minded Pagans in Northern Georgia.
Another very interesting pagan happy hour as allways. My sister's middle name is Fae and her first name is Hazel, so she's Hazel Fae which I think is so cool!
This was great! I really enjoyed the discussion about the Fae. I would love to see more content about elemental creatures/ fae 👌🏼👌🏼 Maybe a mini-series where you read out personal encounter stories from your audience that you find intriguing?
Spencer's The Fairy Queen is a tribute to Queen Elizabeth I, AKA the virgin queen. We studied it in depth in a Masters level literature class-it is very complicated. I believe he was given an estate in Ireland by QE1. BTW, Spencer was routed out of Ireland and his Big House burned along with his son being killed by those rowdy Irish folk.
A friend of mine lives out in the boons, and has a friendship with what she thinks are some pixies. But she'll usually sit in the woods to draw, and leave them tiny honeyed oat cakes while she does so
I am missing the live but still wanted to put my 2 cents worth in. I have had fairy experiences and I feel they are gate keepers in other realms. At least that's been my experience. What's perceived as trickery is them keeping you from places you shouldn't be. I have never met a fairy with bodies like in Disney. One had a body like a stick.almost dragon fly like.i heard banshee were Irish witches.
This is a subject near and dear to my heart as I am a fae witch. I'm so excited you are discussing this topic, thank you!
when i first started wicca when i was 15ish i met two fae during meditaion
I took an English class based on King Arthur. I read both of those books. It was the best English Lit class I have ever taken.
I'm on the spectrum and I did get lost in the woods as a child. Spending time in the woods and loving nature is helping me finally find myself again.
I became interested in the fae while doing research on what see as modern gargoyles. There seemed to be a cross over from the human body with sort of dog face grotesque statue that we know as gargoyles and the fae realm.
Fairylore in the British Isles dates back to the Celts, Anglo Saxons, and Vikings as well as deep into the medieval period, with various parts of these countries having their own particular Fairylore. In fact, there are a number of placenames in the British Isles that are named for the Fae. Erwin Saunders a UA-camr in England and Wales has a large following and a fun show about his adventure in the woods and moorlands tracking and spotting Fairies. Wish I could have watched your show live tonight but went to see the Green Knight movie.
@Your Drow Slimeologist Sort of, I came away with mixed feelings. Think at times it really dragged on without much really going on. The cinematography and special effects were good and did give it kind of a dark fantasy feel. Some of the actors were miscast in my opinion, and the crowns worn were more like something you would see on Aztec or Inca royalty, not European.
@@KingCatsTube the crowns have roots in Helios worship in ancient Greece. It was adopted by both the Zoroastrians and the Mithraism (cult of Mithras) and I think that's what they were going for with the design.
@@Bee-zr5pb You may be right about that but whether inspired by Persian and/or Mesoamerican art, they were not the kind of crowns worn by the kings/queens of Europe, including early medieval Britain (which is when/where this takes place). Even with some enhancements to make the story more interesting, I think when making a movie such as this it is best to stay as authentic as possible with the plot/story, characters, settings, costumes, etc, in my opinion.
@Your Drow Slimeologist You are welcome.
@@KingCatsTube yeah, that's just what I'm assuming they were going for but given some of the weird choices in casting. As much as I liked it, it feels like a generous assumption.
While there was a Mithraic place of worship in England it was active so long ago that the symbolism would be unknown to the anglo Saxons in the 6th century anyways..
I agree on staying as authentic as possible. I guess the crown was my lesser complaint in comparison to Morgan.
just saw this video. in my area of the world we have the wild hunt pass through quite regularly and if you know what to look for it definitely a sight to see
I so believe in the fae!!! One time I was talk n smack about faeries n didn’t do a faerie offering(honey) I said I was gonna do…I had the worst nightmare of a sock monkey looking faerie with button eyes almost like the Coraline movie(tho not exact more like sock monkey idk) the bn was floating above me (like above where I live was sleeping) their wings were cartoony, their gaze was terrifying!!! They said nothing! Tho I def got a message!! I woke up freaked bn in the same spot, didn’t go back to sleep! I haven’t don’t anything w fairies except admire from a distance!! unless I can keep up w the offerings hard no!!!!
a few good books/series about different types of Fae lore (all fiction but decent research was done):
The Child Thief - Brom
Krampus the Yule Lord - Brom
The Iron Druid series - Kevin Herne
Dresden Files series - Jim Butcher
As a Irish man I'm so excited to learn about the fea in this video . Not cheesey at all lol.
In British celtic paganism a lot of our deities are faery kings and Queens and linked to the underworld and the wild hunt. It is absolutely fascinating
Very interesting and engaging happy hour! Look at those comments fly. xD
I'm exploring Celtic reconstructionism, so I very much appreciate the topic--thank you for touching on this subject, and comparing the historical to the contemporary.
Another concept behind the thing about not saying thank you to the fae is because that phrase is an indebtting phrase, meaning you "owe them one" so to speak. Instead of saying thank you outright you would say it between the lines such as "your guiding me through the forest was done most expertly" (not the best example, but you get the idea). It was also thought that the fae would not say thank you to either each other or mortals because it could be misconstrued as owing that individual a favor, thus the beating around the bush in gratitudes.
Thank you, very interesting. It would be great if you would tell about King Arthur legend and its connections with celtic folklore.
Haha! There are two fairy rings in my back yard, I've warned my daughter not to play in them or the wee folk will take her away!
A fae has invited herself into my life through a vision I had, few weeks ago. Now I am trying to find out how to work with her in my practice
I’d forgotten to mention fun asides like GDT’s (Guillermo Del Toro) frightening Pan’s Labyrinth on Netflix or even his Hellboy sequel, The Golden Army featuring a dying Fae-like Court! Lots of things to touch on in pop culture and all kinds of lore and literature! Also indie movie, Ondine, uses the legend as a trope in its story. And Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell on Netflix have a miniseries adaptation of the novel. And American Gods as well!
@@andrew_037 and in GDT films, its own YT series, then it would have to be a film analysis channel. 😄
There is a story teller by the name of Eddie Lenihan from Ireland who is a gold mine of info on the fae. He is on UA-cam, Fascinating...
Thanks, I'll check him out.
Just found your channel as I’m researching Paganism. I’m a fabric designer and working on a collection with fairies right now as I listen! More Victorian inspired TBH haha. I’m excited to watch more of your videos! You are so well read I think I’ll be able to learn a lot from you and your references!
Loved this! Such an interesting topic and discussion
Speaking of pagan-ish movies, the Baztán trilogy on Netflix (adaptation from the books by Dolores Redondo) is an interesting watch, the first set of movies I’ve seen in awhile with a variety of references and interpretations along the Basque countryside (sadly not positive ones but still interesting).
If you meet the Fae be cautious, don’t give them your real name, BUT, don’t be Rude. In just about every story where a human incurred the Fae’s wrath it was because of something that the human did not only because “oh be aware the fae are tricky”
Scarlett, you'll love Savannah! You should set up a walking tour business there. It has one the world's largest St. Patty's Day parades...lots of Celtic folk. It has legal drinking in the streets, which is very strange for a Southern town. Check out Flannery O'Connor's childhood home.
Like the Yggdrasil plague!
Great streaming
I'm autistic, and the idea that changelings could have been children with something such as autism definitely seems very possible to me. That would make a lot of sense. I'd heard of changelings before, but I'd never thought of that. I think it's very possible. Also back then there was no where near as much research, and knowledge on the brain, and the way autistic people's brains worked differently, or the way the brain worked in general, infanct I don't think the term autism was even created back then, but there where definitely autistic people, and I think that the children that where called changelings, could have very likely been autistic, and these days would probably be diagnosed with some sort of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Maybe people wore their clothes inside-out to avoid being led astray was because the fairies would think the people were "confused already". No need to lead them astray when they were already "lost/clueless".
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By the way, the leading people astray thing isn't exclusive to Western folklore. In Taiwan, there are stories of modern-day hikers meeting a mysterious stranger who points to a false path when they ask for directions. There are also stories of hikers being invited to a mysterious stranger's home or given/finding food, but days later people found them in the middle of nowhere with not much memory of what actually happened (This kind of reminds me of "Hansel & Gretel").
but... but... what if you WANT the fairies to steal you away??? ngl i'd love that..
My dad, born in Philly in 1920, said that his NYC Irish born grandmother used to talk about the "Wee People." Was she referring to Fairies or gnomes or Leprechauns?
Asatrur here i enjoy your video's
Let’s not forget the relationship between fairy circles & crop circles.
And stories of aliens sharing food with humans and we have fairy stories that are very very similar. JUST SAYING.
Interesting!!!!
Ooooo fairies don’t like iron?? I’ve heard it was silver!!!
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Why didn’t I get the stream notification?! I’ve been waiting 😭😭
I heard you shouldn’t thank the fae because that implies you are indebted to them and you never want to owe something to the fae. Also, you shouldn’t use your real name when interacting with them. I don’t remember why but again it had to do with them taking control or having power over you. Has anyone else heard similar things? 🤔
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Thanks for another very happy hour...
The topic was very enjoyable!
Another reminder for me that while the Fae are most fascinating, should not be treated lightly... Should be respected aswell as a little bit feared. Definitely not to be triffled with!
When working with them I've always had a somewhat eerieness about it even though the level of intrigue runs high...