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WHO ARE FAIRIES?

A BRIEF FAIRY HISTORY

TYPES OF FAIRY

FAIRY RINGS

EMPOWERING A FAIRY RING

FAIRY PATHS

MAKING A FAIRY PATH

MONEY RITUAL

FAIRY WISH RITUAL

A Brief Fairy History

In Norse tradition, fairies are believed to descend from the small, dark Neolithic people who escaped to remote areas from Iron Age invaders. Here they carried on their agriculture and hunter/gatherer way of life from their earth homes, using their flint-tipped arrows and flint spears and knives.

They carried with them the tradition of worshipping the Goddess and, because they became so elusive, tales grew up of their fairy kingdom and powers of invisibility. These peoples became known as 'The Little People', the fairies, and their reaction to the sword-wielding invaders is reflected in their legendary fear of metal, especially iron.

The deities of the Old Ways were also translated into fairies. The Goddess survived in myth and secret worship as the Good Fairy, the Fairy Godmother, or Queen of the Fairies, Titania (as described in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'). The Horned God became the Fairy King, Oberon.