It’s Faerie Friday! Post your fae folk!A gean canach (or gancanagh, pronounced /ɡænˈkænə/) comes from Irish folklore meaning "love talker". It is a solitary male fairy known for lounging in lonely valleys, smoking a short clay pipe called a dudeen, and seducing human women such as... See More » (+3)
It’s Faerie Friday! Post your fae folk!This week I have a video that touches on the history of the fae. (1)
It’s Faerie Friday! Post your fae folk!I wanted to talk about trolls. I may have mentioned them before, I really need to make a list of fae I’ve already covered. 🤔 But the reason is that if you google trolls you get a pretty standard explanation. Big, ugly, turns to stone in sunlight.... See More » (3)
It’s Faerie Friday! Post your fae folk!Yumboes are two-foot-tall, silvery-white spirits from the folklore of the Wolof and Lebou people in Senegal, often called "good people". They resemble European fairies, live underground, and dance in the moonlight. (3)
It’s Faerie Friday! Post your fae folk!Mimi (or mimih) spirits are slender, fairy-like beings from the Indigenous Australian folklore of Arnhem Land and northern Australia. Stories describe them as extremely thin, deeply connected to rock escarpments, and gentle yet mischievous. (4)
