#faerie folklore

[elmfae]

[magiesheartlove]

I normally don't promote my projects on Tumblr (at least not my original works) but, leap of faith, right?

For years I've been developing a fantasy series inspired by an assortment of myths and folklore as well as my childhood nostalgia.

Seelie Legends tells the story of teenage fae-like beings who are chosen by the sword Excalibur. Problem is, they don't entirely know what that reason is yet. As they try to unlock the mystery of the sword, The Seelies will not only face new foes, but also discover hidden truths about themselves and the world they thought they knew.

I like to think of it as My Little Pony meets Winx Club meets Avatar The Last Airbender, since the characters are elemental fae.

I plan on making it an illustrated novel, seeing as they're supper rare these days. Like I said, nostalgia played a big factor in the creation of this series.

I also made a short animatic staring the twin protagonists, Jericho and Jelaina

More info will come, so come and step into the faerie ring.

[teatime-tangents-and-toys]

Photos with Living Dead Dolls Series 27's Banshee. Series 27 was based on world folklore, and the Banshe represented Ireland. Read her review within this post here.

[runorimmastartdrawingyouugly]

Not to be a dumbass when it comes to faefolk, but WHY,God,WHY Do the Fae kidnap kids?? What's the purpose of changlings??? What type of power do they have over you if they know your name?

And most importantly WHY do we depict them as humans with pointy ears and wings. Like last week I saw a dream about fae (I was reading stuff about them like 2 minutes before I fell asleep) and they were vaguely human shaped, gigantic (like 8ft (210 or smt)) and green with moss all over them and they were exactly how they should be portrayed because they are the forests' protectors and Residents. They are ancient. They are so much more than us. So why do we depict them like we're equal?

[liliths-den]

Spudrick the Moss Goblin King: Keeper of the Lost Harvests and the Moonroot of Infinity

In the deepest heart of the Whispering Woods, where twilight stretched eternal and the air was thick with magic, ruled a fae creature unlike any other. Small in stature but grand in presence, Spudrick, the Moss Goblin King, presided over his leafy domain with a curious blend of gravitas and mischief. He wasn’t just a monarch of his peculiar people but also a guardian of the wild mysteries that…

[rosieandthemoon]

Takeo Shrine in Japan

[sparks-and-sparks]

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 1888-1960

Elves and Fairies

[faeriesandfolklore]

A banshee who has come to tell of your fate. One of great tragedy and misfortune, her spirit having haunted your household for as long as you can recall. No one else in your family has ever seen her- yet her wails haunt the night, have chilled your dreams since you were a girl. 

Your household, once glorious, has slowly come to ruin. You have lost all of your fortune to your uncles, gambling it away in an effort to bring more glory upon their household. But they’ve lost it, and as such, your last resort is to marry an ancient ally. 

But the evening of your betrothal, the banshee begins to appear. It begins with her wailing, a shrill sound that echoes through the halls of the keep. Then comes the pounding and raking- on doors, windows, anywhere she can reach. It becomes so sharp that you can no longer sleep at night, your eyes growing dark bags and your limbs weak. 

Then, on the eve of your wedding, your older cousin reveals a plot by your betrothed’s house. To have your wine poisoned at the feast following your wedding, a chance to inherit the rolling hills and thick heather that make up the landscape of your inheritance. 

You realize that the banshee has been warning you of this, and in doing so, she saved you. 

Once you return to your rooms, all is silent. In the quiet, you plead with the air for her to appear to you, so you may think the savior of your house and home, your life itself. Minutes pass before a blurry figure appears before you- long white hair, a torn ball gown, her face the loveliest you have ever seen. All you can do is stare at her for a long moment, in awe. 

“You have saved me,” you whisper, kneeling at her feet. She takes a hand and tangles it softly into your hair, expression fond. 

“Yes. I have.” Her voice is like ice melting into snow, solid and watery all at once, everything that ever was. “I would not let harm come to you.” 

A moment passes before she speaks again. “I have never seen such beauty, as I have in you.” 

The compliment warms your cheeks, sending a flush through your body. You have never been graced with such a compliment before. You laugh nervously, meeting her sharp eyes. “Perhaps I should put off marriage for a while longer,” you say absentmindedly. “After all, someone must guard the keep.”

Her expression revealed nothing, but there was the slightest tip of her mouth. “Yes. Perhaps that would be the intelligent thing to do.” The hand moved to the column of your throat. “After all… You cannot be left in the hands of another. Who will protect you as I do?”

[whereserpentswalk]

Fae do not have a concept of good and evil. But they do have a concept of fair and unfair. They are creatures of politeness and impolitness. Even when they're doing things that would be horrifying to humans, they do these things with a specific set of rules around them.

Most of their weaknesses are only weaknesses because they see them as making things fair. Fae are physically capable of lying, but they consider it cheating to lie to someone who isn't familiar with the fae. Likewise, fae can create unbreakable curses or unsolvable puzzles, but it's considered improper to do so. Even their material weakness works this way, if a fae is cut by an iron sword they'll but hurt by it because it was the polite thing to do.

They'll also always match the power level of any human who wanders into the fae realms, so the human in question never meets a challenge they can't overcome. When a knight of the Holy Roman Empire and his men tried to conquer part of the fae realms in 1126 the fae fought like medieval soldiers, using tactics and strategies that would be clever and strange but understandable to him and his men, the numbers of warriors never being too much for him to defeat, even when he could. And when the D.T.L paranormal containment organization sent in modern soldiers with firearms and gas masks to assassinate the fae Queen of Winter Dawn in 2004, the fae responded accordingly, with ranged weapons, and hit and run tactics, that a modern commander could play off of. And, in 1873, when three children got lost in the fae realms, deeper then any human who had been lost there before or after, the fae filled their path of peril with puzzles and traps that the children could solve. One of the children ended up having her eyes turned into spiders, and all of them were traumatized, but it's the fairness the counts to the fae. When you're billions of years old you just care about different things.

And of course. There are some fae that break the rules, fae who will truly do everything in their power to affect the world. These fae are useally exiled from the fae realms, to far off and desolate planes, where they wander and seek power. They are truly terrifying creatures, though in the places they are sent they can rarely use their power. Few who encounter them who aren't their loyal servents escape with both their lives and their humanity.

And of course, fae politeness isn't universal. It applies to humans, and to other fae, and to some other entities. But when there's a true threat to the existence of the fae they will use everything in their power to stop it, polite or impolite. When the star spawn and the great old ones attempted their invasion of the fae in 700MYA they were very promptly destroyed, and pushed back using horrors humanity can't comprehend, horrors the star spawn could barely comprehend. And when the demons on the 8th abyss attempted their invasion in 10MYA they were given almost an equal horror, spared only from pure destruction because they fae found such creatures to be useful.

[letmeinimafairy]

An old work, from about nine years ago. I had an idea about someone trapped in a lantern for some time, and it finally transformed into a story while I was reading JSAMN. A changeling luring someone with light, then trapping them in a lantern and leaving it on a tree, while stealing their face. Thorny branches morphing into a silhouette, spiderweb weaving into a face.

[elmfae]

I wish I knew where this came from😭

[grimalkinscribbles]

Twilight tea with the tide crone

Cinnamon and sugar sand dollar cookies, with slivered almonds arranged just so. Fresh from the hearth of the sea witch’s shore cave home. Paired nicely with a steaming pot of black tea smelling of vanilla and bergamot.

[astra-ravana]

Looking Into Hag Stones

A hag stone, also known as a witch stone, adder stone, holey stone, or eye stone, is a naturally occurring stone with a hole running through it, usually created by water erosion. These stones have been revered in folklore and magickal traditions for centuries due to their unusual appearance and the belief that they hold protective and mystical properties.

History and Lore

• Ancient Origins: Hag stones have been found across many cultures and continents. In Celtic regions, they were often associated with Druids and used in rites and protection rituals. The Welsh called them glain neidr or “adder stones,” believing they were created by serpents.

• Medieval Europe: During the Middle Ages, hag stones were believed to ward off witches, curses, and evil spirits. Farmers would hang them in stables and barns to protect livestock from being “hag-ridden” or attacked by malicious spirits.

• Maritime Tradition: Sailors used hag stones as protective talismans against storms and sea monsters. They would tie them to the rigging of ships or carry them as personal charms.

Uses

• Protection: Traditionally, hag stones are hung above doorways, tied to keys or bedposts, or carried as amulets to ward off negative energies, curses, or the “evil eye.”

• Seeing the Unseen: A common belief is that looking through the hole of a hag stone allows one to see into other realms—such as the fae world—or to spot spirits and magical beings otherwise invisible.

• Dream and Sleep Protection: Tied above beds, they are believed to prevent nightmares and protect against sleep paralysis or spirit visitation.

• Fertility and Health: In some folk traditions, hag stones were believed to cure illness or enhance fertility when worn close to the body.

In Magick and Witchcraft

• Tool of the Craft: In modern witchcraft and neopagan practices, hag stones are used in spells and rituals for protection, clairvoyance, and elemental magick, especially water and earth-based workings.

• Fae Magick: Hag stones are particularly potent in faerie lore, believed to be keys to fae sight or gateways to the otherworld.

• Charging and Consecration: Many practitioners cleanse and charge hag stones under moonlight, particularly during the full moon, to enhance their magickal properties.

• Divination: Some witches use them in scrying or as focus objects in meditative practices.

The hole in the hag stone represents a gateway or portal—a liminal space that bridges the physical and spiritual worlds. It symbolizes perception beyond the veil, spiritual insight, and protection through awareness.

[michaeladrianwright]

Aos Sí - The mischievous fairies or 'wee folk' of Celtic folklore and mythology.

The Alp-Luachra (Joint Eater), Fear Dearg (Red Man), Leprechaun and Púca.

[mossypidder]

Bet you didn’t think you’d learn what human and 100% troll Fass looked like today, did you? Or what his parents looked like. Or what he looked like as a human kid. Nope, betchu didn’t.

But anyway. A bunch of miscellaneous troll/changeling information just because. Also trolls are born as beans like bears. Just so everyone knows. Female trolls are called sows and males are called bores. That’s all.

[rosieandthemoon]