The Celts believed in fairies and other mischievous creatures, and the notion of Halloween trickery may have come from their reported activities on Samhain. There's also good reason to suppose that the Celtic New Year's Eve was something like our own New Year's Eve — a time when people ...
“Bad fairy – I’m very innocent at times so sometimes I need a push from my bad fairy to do something a bit exciting and risky.” I could use most of those fairies myself. Well, except for the bad fairy. I’m all over that once. Have been for years. Alas. One of the unexpe...
Each culture has its own concepts, ideas and terms that do not have an exact equivalent in English and other languages. But translators have a way to explain what they mean – by giving them a longer description so that they can make sense in the intended language. You can see some of ...
Midsummer Night’s Dream mainly depicted the baffling journey of four Athenian young lovers, and a frivolous group of actors who unwittingly interacted with the Duke, Duchess, and somehow fairies. Being that the story took place in an eerie forest in Athens, there was a fight betwixt the fair...
Fairies In A Midsummer Night's Dream Just as A Midsummer Night’s Dream could have easily ended in tragedy, Romeo and Juliet held the promise of a comedy until the point of collision. Romeo and Juliet promised their love to one another in secrecy, with the help of the Nurse and Friar,...
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Costumes for Halloween or other parties don't need to be limited to characters like fairies, devils and cowgirls. Some of the cutest, wittiest costumes are are objects like a cereal box, or a well-known toy like a teddy bear or Mr. Potato Head. You can make toy costumes at home with...
, The Smoke of the Soul, and Fairies: A Dangerous History. His best-selling book Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires has been described by historian Greg Jenner as 'a fascinating, shocking, and thrilling study of where medicine, culture, and the macabre were once interwoven...
captured a shooting star and transformed it into a dashing young man named Orion. Together, they painted the night skies with adventures until Lumina learned to find joy in her own light.","Once upon a time, in a bustling bazaar in the heart of the city, there lived a clever merchant ...
Fuseli’s attraction to sensational material, the supernatural in particular, was sanctioned by a growing critical consensus around the imaginative uses of superstition. Those who sought to depict ‘unknown visionary beings’ – witches, ghosts, fairies and the like – required a bold, unrestrained ...