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Tue, Mar 31, 2009
We humans are an inventive race, and create tales spun from dreams and fancies to help ‘explain’ the things we do not fully understand.
RdeHywll
On Faith and Faeries
RdeHwyll is a semi-retired gentleman (?) living a Pagan’s life in North-Eastern Pennsylvania, USA, near the Poconos Mountains region of the Appalachians.
He has been following his personal Pagan path in life for more than forty years, and has yet to truly find his way -- there are always new paths that intersect, join, and cross, so the way is always filled with new beginnings. He currently lives alone, except for frequent visits from unseen Fae.
Comments and Questions about what he writes are always welcome.
“I do believe in Faeries, I do, I do! Peter Pan, from the play of the same name by James M. Barrie --That pretty much sums up how I feel, too!"
(Photo by J. Corsentino: RdeHwyll at convention with Donny Ha and Ailynari of Enchanted Folk and Faezine - "Proof that he is, in reality, a Half-Giant!")
RdeHwyll has been a member of Enchanted Folk since November 2007
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Can You See Them?
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
In many folktales from the Celtic lands, it is generally supposed that the denizens of Faerie can present themselves to human sight if they wish to do so, but there also seems to be a number of methods, used at certain times, when the Fae may be caught unawares. So how does one manage to see the Fae?
The Origins of the Fae, Part 1: Danu and the Tuatha de’Danaan
Wed, Sep 30, 2009
The farther back in time that we seek knowledge, at present, the less we actually have that says what was 'real' and what was the imaginative fancies of a storyteller. History becomes Legend, Legend becomes Myth, and all that we claim to 'know' is based on murky and incomplete reconstructions derived from scraps of parchment, papyrus, and chiseled stone markings that may or may not have been correctly translated.
Tír na nÓg
Wed, Dec 30, 2009
Tír na nÓg is the fabled island off the west coast of Ireland "The land of perpetual youth" where the Tuatha de Danann (the Sidhe) resided. It also was home to a few mortals who were carried there by the Sidhe such as the Celtic hero Oisín who loved the ban-sidhe (fairy woman) Niamh and lived on the island for what he perceived to be a year.
Facts, Figures, Tidbits Pertaining to the Celebrations of Spring’s Arrival
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
There are holidays in March that have their origins in pagan beliefs. The most popular of these is The Spring Equinox, also known as The Vernal Equinox, or Ostara, one of four solar festivals every year, one of two when day and night are equal.