Faery Lore

We have all come to know and love the red bearded little trickster sprite that sits perched on a mushroom guarding his pot of gold. But the Leprechaun has not always been a wee humorous wizened old man smoking a pipe. (continue reading…)

A Celtic goddess of love, harmony and fertility, Aine of Knockaine is an Irish fairy queen and is associated with the great Celtic mother goddess, Dana.

She was once the wife of the Earl of Desmond, and promised to stay with him as long as he kept his word to never show surprise at any of their son’s antics. Unfortunately, the Earl of Desmond couldn’t help but to be gob smacked when he witnessed his son jumping in and out of a bottle, so Aine promptly left him and returned to the land of the fairy, Cnoc Aine (Aine’s Hill) in County Limerick. The Earl of Desmond didn’t fair quite so well, and was turned into a wild goose. (continue reading…)

Most of us have been taught that fairies are cute and gossamer. With beautiful butterfly wings, flitting daintily from flower to flower, they are as darling as they are delicate.

But if you were to hear something go “bump” in the night, would you ever imagine that it could be one of these whimsical little creatures? Of course not. But legend has it that the fairy folk can be as dark and dangerous as they can be beautiful and mild. (continue reading…)

Otherworldly beings, known as fairies, inhabit all the wild places of the earth. From the tops of the tallest mountains, to the depths of the oceans, fairies survive and thrive in many different forms.

Many tales have been told of the fairies of the water, for this is a realm largely unknown to mankind. The water is dark and mysterious, and imagination fills in the gaps between the peculiar and the unknown creating tales that bring but a vague understanding of the world beneath the waves. (continue reading…)

I can remember being a kid and hearing stories of the bogeyman (who lived in the closet or under the bed) and tales of Bloody Mary and Candyman (who would attack you through a bathroom mirror if you dared to say their name three times). I heard most of these stories from my friends at late night sleepovers. But did you know that tales of nursery bogies (monsters who threaten to “get” children who misbehave) have been told by parents for hundreds of years? (continue reading…)

From the helpful Fairy Godmother to the terrifying Baoban Sith, fairy women never cease to enchant, amaze and terrify us.

The night is dark and the hour is late, and you find yourself wandering a lonely country road with only the moon and stars to guide you. You are still hours away from home, and the darkness seems to be moving around you with a life of its own. You take a deep breath and quicken your step, but still have the feeling that someone, or something, is watching you. (continue reading…)