The evolution of the fairy tale continues to this day. "The Little People" or Leprechauns were the another race of elves ( fairies ) from the folklore of the Irish. ( or Luchrupan ). They were master craftsmen and hoarded hidden treasure. Like the fairies, contact with them could either...
Name meaning: The name Merida is derived from the name Mairead, the Irish form of Margaret, meaning "pearl". Parents: King Fergus & Queen Elinor (living) Siblings: 3 brothers: Hamish, Harris and Hubert Pet: Angus the horse Antagonist: Mor'du Theme song: Touch the Sky Appearance: Merida ...
of magic. He wrote often of fairies and pixies and enchanted woods. And of course, the ghost he was most likely to see would be his son. As you can change one consonant from Hamnet and you have the name of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, it seemed like a good idea to ...
and we stayed up late to watch them. I only saw a few of the thirteen episodes, however – or at least, I only have memories of a few of the episodes. Two in particular have always stood out –‘Guardian of the Abyss’, in which a ...
Tengu shape-shifted into many forms over centuries but often appeared as a monstrous anthropomorphized bird ~ usually part woman and cast diverse kinds of spells and performed mischief, not too terribly unlike the Hobgoblin of Irish fairy folklore. Originally seen by Buddhists as disruptive demons ...
In New England, people call mischief night “cabbage night” because people used to throw old moldy cabbages at houses. Most of what goes on is annoying, but harmless. Kids often toilet paper houses, smash pumpkins, or grease doorknobs. It is common to wake up the next morning and find ...