Tag: faeries

• The Changeling—Swapping Life for Life

  

  Although found in many cultures, the Celtic changeling is a faerie that has been exchanged with a human child by other nefarious faeries. The motives for such a swap range from punishment, revenge, and jealousy to a complicated hoax in which the changeling is an elderly faerie who needs to live out his years in…

  Patti M. Walsh

  September 7, 2026

  Celtic, Faeries, Ireland, Monsters, Mythology, Uncategorized

  Bridget Cleary, Celtic, celtic mythology, Changeling, faeries, Loreena McKennitt, The Lost Child, William Butler Yeats

• Frightful Fantasies of Irish Faeries

  From banshees to vampires, frightful faeries comprise the mythology of both ancient and contemporary Ireland. Understanding Irish mythology begins with understanding the Celts and pre-Celts who inhabited the isolated island. When the Celts (also known as Milesians) arrived in Ireland between 500 and 300 BC from Central Europe, they found a diverse group of people…

  Patti M. Walsh

  January 2, 2026

  Celtic, Faeries, Fairies, Ireland, Mythology, Uncategorized

  celtic mythology, faeries, monsters

• Beware the Fae

  Faeries are not fairies. Fairies, generally speaking, are known in folklore as playful and delicately winged pixies—wee folk, good folk, fair folk. Faeries are not. They are elementals, similar to stereotypical ghosts rising from graveyards. As such, they belong to a realm not safe for human beings. Strange events—even madness—may result from encounters. Although not…

  Patti M. Walsh

  November 9, 2023

  Celtic, Faeries, Fairies, Ireland, Metaphysical, Mythology

  celtic mythology, fae, faeries