I drink the cup he offers
the horn-rim cold against my lips,
Mead-Fire – A Poem
I drink the cup he offers
the horn-rim cold against my lips,
Category Archives: By Land Sea and Sky
Cu Sidhe
There are many different types of fairy animals, both the more intelligent beings like the puka who can take animal form and animals that are part of fairy. One of the more interesting ones is the fairy hound, or cu sidhe (pronounced koo shee).
The Roan
The Seal Folk, called Roan, Roane or Rón in Ireland and Selkies or Silkies in Scotland. Stories of these faeries originate on the coasts of Ireland and Scotland and persist today in these areas, as well as in any coastal areas where seals can be found. As ocean faeries, they are primarily associated with the sea and beaches, and their stories often originate with fisherman and people whose livelihood is tied to the ocean. Roan are creatures of the Between, existing between land and sea, between human and seal form.
Believing in Santa – a Pagan’s perspective
Today I’m linking to my blog over on Hartford FAV’s http://hartfordfavs.com/2013/12/22/believing-santa-pagans-perspective/ where I discuss Santa Claus in today’s(…)
Irish Winter Holiday Traditions
The winter solstice is nearly upon us again, and this year many people in the Celtic pagan groups I belong to are asking how to celebrate this holiday in an Irish pagan way. This certainly presents some challenges as the modern holiday has(…)
Land Spirits
Having blogged about the daoine sidhe and alfar we’re on to the third part, the spirits of the land. This is an important one for me to discuss because I find a most people conflate land spirits with Otherworldly beings; most popular authors I know(…)
Mine Fairies
Mine Faeries This type of faery can be found all over Europe as well as in countries settled by European peoples, such as the United States. Called Coblynau in Wales, Kobolds(…)
The Alfar and the Fair Folk
I’ve mentioned before that the main focus of my practice are the spirits of the Otherworld and I honor both an Irish and Norse/Germanic(…)
Daoine Sidhe – the People of the Hollow Hills
In my last blog I looked at the Norse concepts of the alfar and the related English elves and Icelandic huldufolk; in today’s blog we are going to look at the Irish daoine sidhe, the people of the fairy hills. This is a very complex subject and(…)
the Alfar, Huldufolk, and Elves
One of the challenges in understanding the Norse and Germanic material is that many different Otherworldly beings are translated into English as “elves”, just as many different Irish beings are called fairies. The Norse word Alfar appears in German(…)