OT: Faeries in Wisconsin??

Yet another reason to perform the Land-taking and house-cleansing ceremonies of the old ways.

Are little land wights any harder to believe in than aliens? ghosts? the holy ghost?

Me, I'd go dig in the spot they saw the first one digging in. That coulda been a message...

I'll shut up now.

Keith
 
Keith--I've read several books that suggest that UFO's/Aliens are simply modern manifestations of Faeries. Sounds as plausible as any of the other explanations I've read.

I was also a bit surprised that they didn't investigate the digging site to see what was there.

--Josh
 
Josh...

Never forget that Harvey, the six-foot tall rabbit friend of Mr. Dodd, was a pooka!!! Very genial fellow, he was.

Growing up, when someone in the family lost something, or misplaced it, the family saying was that "what the pooka hides, the pooka finds."

Most of the Irish faerey folk are described as mischievous rather than malicious. Some are actually generous.

The Selkie People, the seal people, who come ashore and shed their skins, but must return to the sea by the next seventh sea (6 months, give or take), are said to bring bounty to those who find and care for them.

I've not had any experiences with any such, but I suspect that before science become our explanation for everything...that folks found some comfort in the stories...that there was a reason why things happened.

Dunno.


Kis
We have so much.
 
I'd have a shovel out so fast...

What do you suppose the little guy would've done had he seen me headed toward him with one? Maybe pull out a little tiny AK?
 
I talkked to some Astrobilologists in Iceland who believe that all gods are real, and that they are what we would basically call aliens riding UFO's. Kinda the "Chariots of the Gods" scenario. They have oodles of other interesting stuff to say, expecially about dreams being the key to the cosmos, and communication over time/space.

Iceland and the Baltic regions are still rife with these little land spirits, which they call Landvaettir or or land wights, unless they're manifestations of ancestry, which are called Alfar (male ancestral spirit) and Disir (female " ").

There is a large peculiar rock in Iceland that was in the way of a highway development project. The locals told the workers that it was a house of faerie kind, and that they requested it not be disturbed. Well, they decided to try and move it, and they split it down the middle...at that instant a worker was grievously injured. After that, they took the hint and mapped the read around the rock. (If you ever go to Iceland, this story is widely known and any Icelander can take you there or give you directions to do so--that's how i found it).

Keith
 
I too would have gone and got my shovel... and a scoped out Bushmaster set up for varmits.
Imagine what a balistic tip would do to those suckers! :eek:
 
Yeah, after the 1st incident, one armed thusly coulda had it out with them on the next two encounters.
:D

A tip: if any y'all encounter troublesome sprites, faeries, poltergeists, and wyrd stuff like that (or just have that weird skin-crawly feeling when in a certain room in the house), try this:
Take a glass jar (mason jar with screw top is ideal), fill it full of tacks, nails, razorblades, other sharp or mangled iron/steel products, add a bit of urine (from the homeowner), and bury it near yer front door or porch. Usually does the job.
NOTE: Only works for the house itself, not necessarily all surrounding property.
 
Take a glass jar (mason jar with screw top is ideal), fill it full of tacks, nails, razorblades, other sharp or mangled iron/steel products, add a bit of urine (from the homeowner), and bury it near yer front door or porch. Usually does the job.
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Umm... I dont understand, Why???
(Although, if you must know, the ballistic tip method sounds more interesting to me, but that is my personal opinion.)
 
To rid ones house of pests, the kind for which they don't sell traps or poisons at the market...some house-warding mojo.

some folk use alarm systems to guard a house, I use a system of sigils, wards, and firearms. To each his own, eh, SD?

Keith
 
SamuraiDave said:
I too would have gone and got my shovel... and a scoped out Bushmaster set up for varmits.
Imagine what a balistic tip would do to those suckers! !:eek:
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Don't go pissin off the Nvnahi!!!! Not good mojo!!!!
 
Speaking of faeries and Wisconsin, any of you read Clifford Simak's "Goblin Reservation"? He was a great SF writer from the old school who lived in Wisconsin and many of his stories have a definite pastoral feeling about them. This particular story has some really cool stuff, like goblins, bio-mechanical sabertooth tigers, time travel (with and without a machine), neanderthals, faeries, and much more. The main premise is that all of the supernatural beings actually existed in Earth's past, and some were brought forward using time travel.
 
Don't go pissin off the Nvnahi!!!! Not good mojo!!!!
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Well since Yvsa believes that Balistic Tips are a bad Idea I guess I will have to pee in a jar and bury it if I ever have problems.

Listen to Yvsa, he knows his stuff!

(Note to self: Felons are different than troublesome sprites, faeries, poltergeists, and other mystical stuff... treat them so.)
 
Dave, given the suggested other contents of the jar, be very careful while you add your contribution.
 
I talk to the 'Little People' all the time. A bit mischievious they are, hiding my glasses, dropping the watch off my wrist,(find it out in the yard, two weeks later).
I scold them, but don't cuss them as they can come back at you with their devious ways.

Must be the Irish in me.
 
yeah. Listen to the elders. (Glad ya came in Yvsa, I wuz gettin' some funny stares back here at the Tribalist/Polythiest table at the back of the Cantina).

LCS--yes the Irish are kown for their encounters with/ sensitivity to the wee folk. For those michievous but relatively harmless ones, leave a small cup of milk (sometomes mix in sugar or honey) or a crust of bread on you hearth, or kitchen, overnight. I am known to offer tobacco to outside land wights, as the nature/source of these spirits (especially in certain places) is often nDn (go figure:D).

Offerings are a great way to appease the 'Nvnahi' (new vocab word!), and make them more likely to help than hide.

The Vikings used the those fearsome dragon head prows on their ships when they were on raids to scare the local's land spirits away. They then took them down before sighting their own coasts on the return trip, so as not to scare theirs away. (So don't mount any dragon headed prows on yer property, you will drive the luck away:D).

Keith
 
Ferrous Wheel said:
The Vikings used the those fearsome dragon head prows on their ships when they were on raids to scare the local's land spirits away. They then took them down before sighting their own coasts on the return trip, so as not to scare theirs away. (So don't mount any dragon headed prows on yer property, you will drive the luck away:D).

Keith
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I've always been more a fan of the "shapely maiden" ship's prows. What kind of effect do those have on the wee wights? ;)


And, do the modern equivalents- automobile hood ornaments- have any effect? :D
 
hood ornaments and figureheads come from a different time, with different intent. Figureheads on ships were to provde protection/luck for the crew and ship, and hood ornaments are like fins on cars, in and out like the style dictates. Mebbe they're sights fer linin' up roadkill!:D

I think most of the old hood ornaments (and a few modern ones) would make good cane toppers. Sleek and solid.

Keith
 
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