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To: alt.magick From: Jared BlackburnSubject: Re: Elves and other related legends Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 00:52:32 -0700 In article <4useoj$hup@news.interlog.com>, scorch@interlog.com (Rob) wrote: > > ANyone have some info on Elves, Sylphs or any related legends that is not > > commonplace? I'm interested in the changeling stories common in GB and > > Ireland In hermetics: Sylphs are air elementals and are ruled by king Paralda. Undine are water elementals and are ruled by queen Nichsa. Gnomes are earth elementals and are ruled by king Ghob. Salamanders are fire elementals and are ruled by kind Djin. Otherwise: Brownies are friendly, scottish, little people that sneek in to clean peoples houses in the middle of the night. They should be left cookies as a reward. Ancient writing potray eleves as human sized, powerful, and charming, but often dangerous. The Banshee carries of the souls of the dead, that's all I know. Some RPGs claim banshees are the spirits of dead female elves, but probably just made that up. Most fairies are thought to be, at least in part, a remeberance of Pagan (mostly Celtic) deities. Hermetic Kabbalists claim these beings are a special type of nature spirit, and their world is related to the Sefirah Netzach. Leprachaun's are thought to be a recent concept by anthropologists. Nyphs and fauns (sytars) are greco-roman imports, and most popular demons are of middle eastern origen (mostly local Pagan deities). I hope that helps! Love in Light, Jared. http://www.planetc.com/users/blackjar/
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