Tag Archives: folktales

The Faerie Taboos ~ Neil Rushton

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Dead But Dreaming: taboo [ta·boo | tə-‘bü] NOUN A social or religious custom prohibiting or restricting a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing. Taboo motifs are common in both traditional faerie-tales and … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Paul Andruss – The Fairy Maid – (and free ebooks!)

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Sue Vincent

There is a folktale found among the Celts. Here is my retelling… A young farmer fell in love with a fairy maid who lived beneath the lake on his land. Though she loved him too, his entreaties fell on deaf … Continue reading →