Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and my page 1 edited and/or translated by D. Return to: Abducted by Aliens. Bald Stories: Folktales about Hairless Men. Cain and Abel. Dancing in Thorns. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Fairies' Hope for Christian Salvation. Welcome to Faeries and Enchantment | FAE Magazine ® Three Types of Faery Lovers Faery Lovers Faeries are said to be a lusty bunch, and their habit of taking human lovers is well-documented in European folklore: Thomas the Rhymer and Tam Lin are two of the most famous stories featuring human-faery liaisons. Sadly, the majority of these unions turned out badly. The medieval Church frowned upon all things Fae, preaching that faeries had no souls and no hope of salvation, as they are not "children of Adam." A human who took a faery lover was seen as endangering his or her own soul, and many of these stories do double-duty as warnings to avoid the Fae and metaphors for the problems created by extra-marital sex. Sexual encounters with faeries seem to fall into one of three categories: Procreative: A faerie marries or abducts a human and has children with them, possibly because humans are said to be more fertile than the Fae. Passionate: A faerie and a human fall in love. One of the most famous stories in this category is the Irish legend of Connla and the Fairy Maiden.
Ishtar and the Morrigan Inanna. Ishtar. Anat. These goddesses of love and war were the original kick-ass heroines: the Buffys and the Anita Blakes of the ancient world. The similarities between Ishtar and Morrigan are many: Both are warriors in cultures when men dominated the battlefield, and both were lusty in nature, taking lovers as they pleased, before and sometimes after marriage. Is it a coincidence that these goddesses from such different parts of the world have so much in common? Jungians might argue that Ishtar and the Morrigan are similar because they're both expressions of an archetype that's embedded in the human subconscious. There are several different points in history where the Celts could have been exposed to Ishtar: The people who eventually became the Celts originated in the steppes of Russia, migrating westward into Europe. Who's your favorite kick-ass heroine? One lucky commenter wins their own copies of Blood Hero and Faery's Bargain! Blood Hero: She's Sex, He's Death Faery's Bargain
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Here is a couple of pages about the Australian Myth/legend of the Yowie ( Bigfoot ). by arch Jan 14