There is a fairy called the Cat Sith. It was in the shape of a cat. People would leave offerings to them, so they did not take the dead when someone passed away. When someone died, they would make sure no cats were around as it could be the Cat Sith in disguise #FairyTaleTuesday #cats #fairylore #scottishfolklore

In fairy lore, there is the concept of the Otherworld, which is where the fairies live and the Sidhe. You can get there many ways, but if you suddenly see mist or fog come from nowhere, it could be a opening into the fairy realm. #Fairylore #fairies #folklore #mythology

In fairy lore there is the concept of fairy gold. It is money given by the fairies. At first appearance it looks usable but it isn’t. Some stories it turns into leaves when the fairies depart. #folklorethursday #folklore #mythology #fairies #fairylore

Ghillie Dhu was a type of fairy from Scottish Folklore. He was covered in moss and lived in a birch wood. He would be very aggressive to adults but had a very affectionate and gentle nature to children. #fairylore #myths #scottishfolklore #fairies

One interesting bit of lore that you see in fiction a lot that tends to be really inaccurate is the classification of fairies.

In a lot of popular fiction and fantasy novels tend to classify fairies as Seelie and Unseelie. Seelie meaning fairies that tended to be more “approachable”and unseelie meaning more violent and dark.

However this classification only ever comes up in Scottish folklore and no where else.

#fairies #mythology #folklore #fairylore

I had a silly idea this morning. What if... pay-what-you-can midsummer fairy folklore writing workshop? 🧚‍♀️😮🧚‍♂️

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fairy-folklore-writing-workshop-tickets-614580014367

#WritingWorkshop #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Fantasy #FairyStories #Folklore #FairyLore

Poem "The Sheerie" originally published November 2009 in the webzine Aphelion:
http://www.aphelion-webzine.com/poetry/2009/11/TheSheerie.html
Poem Copyright © 2009 Richard H. Fay
Background digital manipulation of image by NakNakNak from Pixabay:
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#poem #poetry #cinquain #darkpoem #darkpoetry #horror #horrorpoem #horrorpoetry #fairies #fairylore #thesheerie

"I have heard but little reference to fairies among the people. There are vague references to men being pursued by fairies, who would ride on their horses behind them, or on the cart tail.

"Those over eighty tell me that in their young days grown up people and children believed that the fairies held their moonlight dances in an avenue of ash trees near the village, where there were well defined fairy rings in the soft turf, and aged people of that time were so convinced of the existence of these beings, that they would affirm that they had seen the dances going on, and that when a human being approached the fays would disappear.

"An old woman relates that in a field on a farm where she worked there was a deep hollow in the ground from which they said the fairies used to come, and the people at the farmhouse told her the fairies used sometimes to come to them from that place 'to borrow a sieve to sift their corn'."

- Hastings M. Neville, Rector of Ford, Northumberland, 1909

#folklore #fairies #FairyLore #OldBeliefs #Northumberland #FairFolk #CountryBeliefs @folklore

Fairy Belief Narratives, Indigenous Knowledge and Connection to Place: Irish folklorist Dr Jenny Butler is giving a lecture online - details here:
http://isfnr.org/online-lectures/schedule/
#Ireland #IrishPaganism #FairyLore #Sidhe #Folklore #Iceland #Newfoundland

The Henhole, deep in the Cheviot Hills. Where waterfalls blow backwards, peregrines fly overhead, and fairy music drifts out of the hills.

It's said that once a hunting party chased a white hart all the way up the College Valley, only to be entranced by the beauty of the music and disappear forever underground.

#northumberland #folklore #folkstories #northumbrianstories #storyteller #fairytales #fairylore #lore #strangetales #cheviothills