Dreamtime
by Elizabeth Keimach
I walk with wonder
in the land of Fae,
The dreamtime of my childhood,
For there dwell faeries
Of magic and mystique.
So step silently and watch
As they glisten and fly
On silvery wing
To unknown destinies.
in the land of Fae,
The dreamtime of my childhood,
For there dwell faeries
Of magic and mystique.
So step silently and watch
As they glisten and fly
On silvery wing
To unknown destinies.
(http://www.carolineevans.net/images/lavender_fairy.gif (Link to picture shown )
(Keimach, Elizabeth Dreamtime. Poem: http://www.angelfire.com/stars3/larika/index2.html)
When you think of fairies, who are the first people that you think of? Cinderella with her Fairy Godmother or maybe Peter Pan with TinkerBell; either way, they fall under the same category. There are many different types of faires but we will just talk about them as a whole instead of individually.
I visited many sites but couldn't really find anything that was precise. I chose Wikipedia as my nesting ground for the fairies in general, but later on will go in depth. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy#Fairies_in_literature_and_legend
Fairies, or Faeries, Fae are said to be mythological creatures that are full of mischief. Some are good while other can bring upon death. They were first introduced in short stories that we would later on know as "Fairy Tales." But some time later, they would be replaced with wise women or motherly figures. Generally, FAiries are described as human in appearance but have magical powers. They were never depicted as having wings, for they flew with magic. Now in modern cultures, they have insect or butterfly wings. There were many different beliefs as to where they originated from. They were believed to be either dead, elementals, demoted angels, demons, humans, babies' laugh, or pagan deities. (Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy#Fairies_in_literature_and_legend)
Fairies have been mentioned in many stories, ranging from A Midsummer`s Night Dream by William Shakespeare to Cinderella by the Grimms Brothers. In one instance, the Fairy Queen, Titania, was mischeivious and caused trouble. In another instance, the fairy in Cinderella helped a young woman who was abused by her stepmother 3 nights of freedom & beauty. Thus in turn, she would be free from her prison of a home.
I liked using Wikipedia because it gave a look into the topic as a whole instead of seeing it as one-way. Many people always believed that they were just little creatures with magic and mischief, but they could also bring upon death and torments of kidnapping.
Mischeivious, deadly, beautiful and interesting, fairies are something that i believe will be a good topic for this course. For something that no one really puts any thought into, except as just winged creatures, I will bring forth what these Fairies are all about...
