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Title: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Irishclover7 on June 01, 2009, 07:37PM
Hello! I've always believed in fairies, including those from Ireland, like the Banshee, the Dullahan, Leprechaun, Merrow, Changeling, Pooka, etc. In fact I actually wrote an Irish Fairy book using these fairies throughout the story, although I'm still hoping to get it published. (I'm a 16 year old author! lol)  I just wondered how much people in Ireland believe about these fairies, and whether someone might have had an experience with them. And if anyone has had an experience with ghosts too, please share! I love ghost stories.

I remember seeing three movies, which happen to be favorites of mine: The Secret of Roan Inish, the Magical Legend of the Leprechauns, and the Disney Classic, Darby O'Gill and the Little People. Many of these fairies are mentioned and portrayed in the movies in different ways. What exactly do the fairies really look like, if you had to make an accurate guess?


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: zankoku on June 01, 2009, 08:48PM
Don't know about the others, but I have always kind of believed as there is some truth in every legend


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Angie on June 02, 2009, 11:48AM
Well, I don't know A LOT, but if you have seen The Secret Of Roan Innish, you know what the selke looks like - a seal, that can turn into a beautiful lady who visits you in your dreams etc.  The Banshee seen in Darby O' Gill  is a lady dressed in rags (hag), who screams loudly when death is imminent, and of course the leprechaun is well-known, cute little funny-looking character in a hat with a shalele sp. dressed in green Irish garb, and has a red beard and hair, up to mischief usually, charming but tricky.  The others you mentioned I am not familiar with - BUT there is another thread around here somewhere where Maggie goes into detail on all of these legends - very interesting.  Look it up.


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Guardian of the Rose on June 03, 2009, 08:03AM
Have you read the Spiderwick Series or watched the movie?
I would certainly recommend it to you as well as the companion book: http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Spiderwicks-Fantastical-Spiderwick-Chronicles/dp/0689859414/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244037060&sr=8-1
It's a really neat book, and there are many drawings of different fairies inside. It includes an artist's depiction of Phookas, Trolls, Dragons, Banshees, Kelpies, Mermaids, Brownies, Elves and Pixies, Dwarves and Ogres, etc. as well as lots of "facts" about them. The series is a fictional story by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. It's fun and I'm sure you would enjoy it.


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Kyradriel on June 21, 2009, 05:36PM
(http://media.bonnint.net/seattle/1/143/14326.jpg)
*points up* I know of one real one.  ;)


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Jim M. on June 12, 2015, 10:35AM
The Fairies are Afoot! :)
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Fairies-Are-Alive-in-Ireland


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Emer Dreamer on June 12, 2015, 05:55PM
(http://media.bonnint.net/seattle/1/143/14326.jpg)
*points up* I know of one real one.  ;)
      :-*     Tink's  long  lost  sister.   


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Kimberly AJ on June 12, 2015, 06:33PM
I can put her on fake fairy wings.


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: ShiningBright on August 23, 2015, 12:49AM
I'm right now slightly (haha!) obsessed with Oscar Wilde.

Do you know what a fetch is? It's a supernatural double or apparition of a living person. When Oscar was in jail, his mother suddenly came in and when he said she should stay with him, she shook her head and went away. A few days later he got visited by his wife who told him his mother had died and he said "I know."

Fairies and other supernatural beings are commonly believed in in parts of Ireland, the UK but also Iceland and Scandinavia. Of course, no human being can know for sure, but these kinds of beliefs are less denigrated than they are in most parts of Europe or the USA. It's interesting.

By the way, if you are interested in books featuring mor traditional beings from folklore, instead of typical fantasy races, I'll recommend "Tamsin" by Peter S. Beagle. It's set in England and features some interesting creatures and magical beings.

Also, the fantasy books by George MacDonald, a Scottish fantasy author form the 19th century. Phantastes is highly recommended ^_^ It was what made C. S. Lewis a writer and Tolkien loved it, too ;) And it's about faeries!


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Emer Dreamer on August 23, 2015, 04:52AM
 I've  always  been  fascinated  by   selkies  ever  since  the  movie  "The Secret  Of  Roan  Inish" .  Meav  also  sung  about   a selkie  in the  lovely  song  "You  Brought Me  Up".    ;D


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: ShiningBright on August 23, 2015, 05:26AM
Selkies are surely fascinating, like all other kinds of merpeople, wether it be mermaids, syrens, Nixen (a German word), etc.

You know what I find interesting? The Billy Blind. Especially as portrayed in Beagle's "Tamsin". I'd love to meet one!


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Emer Dreamer on August 23, 2015, 05:42AM
Selkies are surely fascinating, like all other kinds of merpeople, wether it be mermaids, syrens, Nixen (a German word), etc.

You know what I find interesting? The Billy Blind. Especially as portrayed in Beagle's "Tamsin". I'd love to meet one!
  I'll  have  to  check  that  out.    8)


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: ShiningBright on August 23, 2015, 07:24AM
It's a young adult/teen fantasy novel :D Peter S. Beagle is - of course - most famous for his masterpiece "The Last Unicorn"! He's a magnificent writer ?


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Naraku_Diabolos on October 14, 2015, 06:45AM
There's a book at my local Barnes & Noble that is all about Faeries from around the world (in different cultures and mythology). I want to read it, but don't want anyone to think I'm weird lol


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: ShiningBright on October 14, 2015, 06:47AM
Has anyone ever read "Lud-in-the-Mist" by Hope Mirrlees? THAT'S certainly a different take on faerie.

Also, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell is very interesting.

Does anyone know the books by George MacDonald?


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Emer Dreamer on October 14, 2015, 07:16PM
  A  wee  off  topic,  but  I  own  and  LOVE  the  movie  "The Secret Of Roan  Innish"  which  has  a  character  of  a  selkie  named  Nuala  .   ;D


Title: Re: Ireland Fairies (Real or Myth?)
Post by: Naraku_Diabolos on December 16, 2015, 02:54PM
We have fairies on my online game. Well, two different online games that I played.

For starters in the first one, in Final Fantasy XI, in the game's story, way before the current timeline with the war that had happened, fairies used to roam the lands. A lot of the humanoid monsters, the beastmen, had trapped and killed the fairies in the past, making the fairies absent in the current timeline. However with the 4th expansion pack, Wings of the Goddess, you can travel into the past (the story is complicated; you'd have to read about it yourself) during the Crystal War and free the fairies. You fight and slaw the beastmen, and they drop the bottles that the fairies are in. If you release a lot of fairies in an area, they will appear in the current timeline! However, it is very WRONG to have you, as a player, kill the fairies by accident. See if they appear in the current timeline and you are trying to get stronger in an area, the fairies will heal you so that you are at full health and not sick with status ailments :)

In the second Final Fantasy MMO, Final Fantasy XIV, fairies are apart of the lore for the Scholar job. You can summon them in battle and they can heal you and your teammates, as well as giving you increased attack speed, magic defense, and spell speed. The 2 fairies we have are named Eos (the healing fairy) and Selene (the support fairy); both of them can heal you if you take damage, however they do defer in their abilities. Both Eos and Selene are actually a fair that has been split into two forms! Combined, their true name is Lily. You would have to play the game to actually know the story behind the Scholar job, as well as its origin in the Floating City of Nym.

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Faerie