Faeries(Fairies) and Other Folk



	Fauni (Lindsey Stakoe): A Guardian of the forests, fields, and Faeryland. She is a wood spirit and an Earth elemental. Whenever she is near, she offers you the protection of grounding, and helps you to trust your instincts and to find your hidden beauty and treasures from within.
	Princess Penelope (Kate Huffman): A faery of the Twyleth Teg a Faery Family of Wales. Her people are known for their love of the earth, particularly mountainous islands, and her ancestors were responsible for the construction of the ancient stone megaliths of Ireland and Wales. Penelope herself has been entrusted to keep and protect the Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny, which cries out in the presence of a wrongful ruler, but gives a roar of joy when a righteous leader is nearby. More on the Lia Fail? Click here Lia Fail.
	Noll the Troll (Ronnie Sperling): Very smelly, like the smell of your feet after wearing your hiking boots all day. He is a hillspirit, which is why Trolls are called Hillpeople or Hillfolk. He is immensely rich, which he hides from supposed thieves in his confiscated dusky–footed woodrat’s home in the hill near Heavenly Pond. The dusky–footed wood rat is also known as a "pack rat," which makes a very fitting abode for Noll, a hoarder of his cache. He especially dislikes noise. An unlikely friend, but once he is charmed by the faery song, he proves to be an ally. (‘Anyone can speak Troll,’ said Fred dismissively, ‘all you have to do is point and grunt.’ “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” – J.K. Rowling (2000)
	Isfandiar, the Simurg (Chris Halsted and Jason Hayes): The Simurg is a jewel–like creature whose feathers have powers of healing. He once was a Scottish knight who scorned the love of a woman who had powers. In her anger, she transformed him into this half–man, half–bird. Ashamed of his disfigurement and trapped in the loathsome body, the knight hides himself by the Majestic Redwood in the darkest part of the forest. For more information go to Isfandiar.
	Lí Ban (Paula Tracey Wilson): Sister to Queen Fand, Princes Lí Ban was once a faery and lived with her sister on the faery island of Lough Neagh. She loved the sea more than anything, and her happiest times were spent playing in the ocean with all of her undersea friends. She wished – she wished –– she wished she were a fish! And one day, the Hedgewitch Althea Root granted her wish, and she became a mermaid! Sometimes, Althea Root gives her back her feet instead of her fins, just for a visit. For more info on Lí Ban, go to Lí Ban.
	Aeracura (Kerry Bishop): An earth faery. Aeracura is the protector of life’s journey. Whenever you are feeling stressed or overwhelmed, think on her, and she will help you put your goals and challenges into perspective. She reminds us that the journey is part of the adventure not just the destination. She especially looks over artists and inventors, and gently encourages them to have patience and tenacity. Whenever you feel you have lost your dreams, you can call on Aeracura to help guide your on way.
	Fand (Michelle Merring–Hayes): A water faery queen of the Sidhe and now a guest in the court of Queen Ainé. She is the daughter of Aed Abra, the ruler of the fire of the eye. You can find Fand in a tear that runs down the cheek from your eye, tears of joy and tears of sadness. If it is tears of sadness, she will help cheer you up. And if it is tears of joy, she will join you in your happiness. More on Fand can be found at Fand.
	Boon (Jackie Nico): She is the faery of friendship. Sometimes when you see children talking to an imaginary friend, it is really Boon. She is a true friend, and once she befriends a child, she will always be at their side, through the good times and the bad times.

	Grundle (Nathan Andy Cambridge): Grundle is a trow from the Shetland Islands. Related to the trolls from Scandinavia, he is smaller in size than his Nordic cousin, but similar in humor. He loves to tell jokes to create laugher and applause. He has a odd penchant for performing a strange lopsided dance called the Henking. He is humanlike in form, with huge ears, hands and feet. He likes to live in the forest – mostly underground in hills or mounds called “howes” or “knowes”. For more info, go to Grundle the Trow.
	Sparrow (Ben Hayes): A wood elf from the queen’s court. Even though he appears small, his job is a mighty one. It is his honor to guard and protect all the tiny creatures of the forest and help them so that their spirit can grow strong.
	Roseabella (Jaz Hayes): She is an earth faery and a princess of the Seelie Court –– a group of beneficial spirits who are faery friendly towards humans. Her good friends call her Rose for short. She is a nature spirit that provides a link between the sun’s energy and the soil’s minerals. She protects the new plants and helps them find their sunlight.
	Cletus Custus Domesticus (Jason Hayes): He is a common house Brownie. He is fond of living in barns and sheds. He hangs out with Grundle the trow because his house smells like the barn he grew up in and he has cable. He is happier than a pig in slop.
	Frances Griffin and Elsie White (Debbie Rothstein and Ann E. Chatterton): The story about Frances Griffith and Elsie Wright –– the girls who took the pictures of the Beck Faeries –– inspired my cousin and I so much, that we, too, have devoted our lives to the study and research of faeries and other elementals. Not to mention also that our names were strangely similar! When Frances Griffith was visiting her older cousin Elsie Wright in the summer of 1917, in Cottingley, England, they photographed actual fairies in woods behind the Wright’s home. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle later proved the photos to be genuine by getting them authenticated by the Kodak Company. He later wrote an article in “The Strand” based on Frances and Elsie’s stories. These discoveries brought hope of the magical to a disheartened World War I England. (For more information go to Cottingley Fairies and Frances and Elsie.
	Ileana Cosanzeana (Heather Zavala): Ileana is a flower fairy from Romanian folklore. She is the fairy who puts the perfume into every flower. Ileana is beautiful and everyone loves her –– her eyes look like the ocean, her hair is the color of the sunset and her garments are made of summer flowers. The elves love Ileana. The flowers love Ileana. Even the wind loves Ileana, but he can never catch her. For more info, go to Ileana Cosanzeana.
	Queen Ainé (Paula Davis Wynant): She is an Irish fairy queen, and a member of the Tuatha dé Danann. She is a woman of the Sidhe, the faery folk of the mounds. The fairies from the Tuatha dé Danann are known for their power, beauty, intelligence, and grace. She can become visible or invisible and shapeshift at will. Queen Ainé is famous for her kindness and concern for human children. With her magical faery light, which she wears in a beautiful necklace, she guides the human children from their sleeping and dreaming state to the world of awake. Since she had lived for many years by the banks of Lough Gur in Ireland, she is quite comfortable now living in the gentle radiance of Heavenly Pond. For more info on the Tuatha de Danaan go to Tuatha de Danaan.
	Puckle (Pasha Wynant): Puckle is a pooka and is known for her mischievous tricks on unsuspecting humans. She is a shapechanger and can become a faery, a dwarf, an elf, a brownie, a pixie, a gnome, an animal or human at will. She loves Princess Penelope, and is often found by her side.
	Henny Hawthorne (Karen Christie): A hedgewitch and magical practitioner, who lives at the edge of Heavenly Pond in an area surrounded by hedgerows. The hegderows perhaps represent the veil between the world of the material and the spirit for she is able to keep one foot in the world of mammon and the other in the world of the elementals. Henny lives in harmony with nature, and uses her knowledge of herbs, flowers, roots and leaves to make up concoctions for such purposes as healing, clearing and protection. © Debbie Rothstein. All rights reserved.
	Brigit (Spice Williams–Crosby): The Mor Reegu, the Battle–Queen and Healer of the faery people of the Tuatha dé Danaan. Known for her healing powers on the battlefields, she now uses her gifts to help the children in the Kingdom of Lost Angels to ignite their own healing powers from within themselves. She is a cousin of Queen Ainé and also a woman of the Sidhe. Brigit is also renowned for her therapy, metalworking and poetic inspiration. She is greatly regaled for her contribution at the Great Battle of the Sacred Land. Brigit shook the crystal drop from her mantle, and when it fell to the Earth, it became a lake from Tir–na–Moe. There was healing in the Waters for all who were weary and battle–wounded, and the Waters gave back life to the dead. When the battle was won and the People of the Fomor defeated, Brigit cried out to the hills, lakes, rivers, woods, valleys, and plains of Ireland the great news of victory: “Peace up to Heaven, Heaven down to Earth; The Earth under Heaven; Strength to everyone.” She is the same Saint Brigit in Catholicism. For more about the Great Battle, go to Brigit.
	Periwinkle (Perry Lambert) : A boy faery and friend of Darrig the Troll. He is a type of gnome, and related to the yeti of the Himalayas. He has very large feet, which enabled him to move easily and quickly through snow and ice. But here in the forest, his large feet just make him clumsy. Periwinkle lives within the tunnels and caves in the mountains. His call can be heard echoing through the mountains as he calls to other beasts in the forest. He generally is very shy and steers clear of humans, disappearing before being spotted. Being new to this country, he speaks his own language, which sounds like gibberish to the human ear. For more info go to Yeti.
	Ash (Ashley Brooke Moore): She is a fire faery, and the ignitor of dreams. You can find her in the flames of your campfire and in the rays of the sun as it warms the forest. At night she likes to take the form of a firefly. If you lose your way, think on Ash, and she will guide you. For more info, go to Ash.
Images by Ray Samuel, John Michael Ferrari and Walter Robles. To view more John Michael Ferrari scenes from A Faery Hunt, click here.
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