>>I read somewhere of another Christian explanation for fairies which is
specific to Norway. In Norwegian, they're called the Underjordiske Folk,
'Under-the-Earth People'. Well, one of Paul's epistles states that "at the
name of Jesus every knee shall bow, both of those in Heaven, on earth, and
those under the earth." So there you go -- that PROVES fairies exist, and
are properly reverent towards Jesus.
Jacqueline<<
And being "under the earth" might link them to The Dead - maybe Paul was
refering to the actual dead, and maybe the Norwegian interpretation assumes
this means fairies... maybe. Fascinating stuff anyway. Fairies are under the
earth in Ireland too (in raths, as I gather from reading "The Good People"
by Peter Narvaez (ed), Uni of Kentucky Press and "The Burning of Bridget
Cleary" by Angela Bourke...). I used to be quite manic about researching
fairies - mainly in regards to Scottish witches who mentioned fairies in
their confessions, but my research efforts seem to have lapsed in favour of
other topics, although I'm still extremely interested in them, and fairy
healers too, like say, Biddy Early.
So many great topics... I need an assistant.
~Caroline.
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