Yet with autumn’s beauty comes the early dark. Long before electricity, this season meant a growing, almost sentient night. To the ancients, twilight was not merely the end of the day, it was a threshold. Fires were kindled, shutters were drawn, and people whispered stories to keep the shadows at bay. Today, we forget what it means to live on the edge of the dark. But the people of old had their own lights to guide them: the mysterious Will-o’-the-Wisp, the Hinky Punk, and th
Perhaps it is not a coincidence that incidents of UFO’s spiked at the same time as reports of fairies diminished. With the explosion of atomic culture and aliens in the wake of WWII, pop culture has ingrained upon modern people the concept of the alien.
Ah fairies, the benevolent wee creatures of the forest. How cute they are. Yet, historically, fairies have been described as fearsome creatures who not only cause mischief but also steal babies.
