The fae of Altearth

[sknox]

I just posted a short article on the fae peoples of Altearth. Those interested in such things are welcome to have a look. I welcome all comments and questions!

The Fae - Altearth

The word “fae” comes from elvish, as far as anyone has been able to determine, and has entered unchanged into all the Europan tongues. This is a little unfortunate because several different kinds of peoples are grouped together as if they were all related. Among the elves, the word means, more...

www.altearth.net

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I just posted a short article on the fae peoples of Altearth. Those interested in such things are welcome to have a look. I welcome all comments and questions!

The Fae - Altearth

The word “fae” comes from elvish, as far as anyone has been able to determine, and has entered unchanged into all the Europan tongues. This is a little unfortunate because several different kinds of peoples are grouped together as if they were all related. Among the elves, the word means, more...

www.altearth.net

Very interesting. the Irish fae are very different to that described here - much darker and nastier. It’s nice to read a different take

 

[Karn's Return]

Well, as far as I know about fae-or faerie-folk-is that there's the Seelie court-the light, happy, good ones. Pixies, elves, hobbits, brownies, those would be examples of Seelie court.


Then, the darker ones would be the Unseelie. Dullahans, goblins, changelings, banshees, examples of Unseelie. There's also been tales I've come across that if a household had a brownie helper working the chores that was mistreated by the owners of the home, it would become vengeful and angry and turn into an Unseelie.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

The seelie court is separate to the Celtic mythology

 

[sknox]

One of the central aspects of Altearth is that I get to play around with types. I've tried hard not to change things just for the fun of it. Most of the changes come from a few core assumptions, working through the corollaries, then trying to find where in Europa to place those particular creatures. I like to think that all the nations of Altearth are recognizable even as they are different.

I've got one novelette with a sprite in it, and a short story with pixies, but the fae are very much on the periphery of the civilizations of Altearth.

I'm glad folks found the pseudo-historical essay on the fae worth reading.