It’s Faerie Friday! Last week we met the faerie king, this week make way for the Queen!For many of us today, Titania has become the archetype of the fairy queen, if not of female fairies as a class. Her origins seem to be Elizabethan. In 1590 Edmond Spenser made his Faerie Queen a descendant of Titania, but the character was most... See More » (4)
It’s Faerie Friday! And it’s none other than King Oberon today!Oberon is a legendary king of the fairies, most famously known from William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, where he is the consort of Queen Titania. Originating in medieval French literature, he is depicted as a powerful, often... See More » (4)
I can’t believe Friday was Faerie Friday and Halloween, and I’m just founding out about Nicneven being a fairy queen and a witch goddess a week later!Though many Faerie queens appear across various different texts and mythologies, none is quite so dark as the character of Nicnevin. The name most likely comes from the Scottish surname 'Neachneohain' meaning "daughters of the divine" or "daughters... See More » (6)
It’s a spooky Fairy Friday with something from the darker side of the Feywild for Halloween. 🎃Hags were horrible witches of wicked intent and ancient origin, dark fae tied to primal forces whose foul magic and mysterious malevolence haunted fairy tales and nightmares. Equal parts hideous and heinous, hags embodied what it meant to be ugly... See More » (6)
