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Monday, January 31st, 2005 12:17 pm
Baba Yaga. Stonefinger. Ogre. Troll.

Siren. Rusalka. Kelpie. Kappa.

Faery has jungles too.
Monday, January 31st, 2005 06:09 pm (UTC)
Baba Yaga!

I like the jungles. They teach you a lot about yourself. And lets not forget the fabulous spelunking oportunities Faery can provide.

::keeps eye out for rabbit holes::
Monday, January 31st, 2005 08:03 pm (UTC)
I wonder how much we really learn from the darkened reflections, however. How much we really explore that jungle, as a community.

Oh, sure, there are no shortage of self-identified "dark" or "unseelie" fae, but how well do they really stack up against the legends?

Where are the real monsters?
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005 05:49 am (UTC)
I could just say be careful what you wish after, but I think I'll say something much more accurate and potentially chilling because I think you deserve honest consideration.

Perhaps all of the "real monsters" are gone because we scared them away.
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005 06:13 am (UTC)
Actually, I think that they are still there, I think we just don't see and recognize them as such.

What difference is there in someone who pulls others down with their words and actions, and the spirit that drowns people? What difference is there in someone who deceives in order to tear down and attack others and the creature which tricks its way into a house to kill?

People who act like that are kin to these creatures, whether they acknowledge it or not. It may be in our best interests to acknowledge that and learn how to relate to them safely, rather than pretending they do not exist.

I wonder if there is a modern equivalent to holding the riddle game until sunlight destroys the beast...
Tuesday, March 15th, 2005 04:45 am (UTC)
I think we are the monsters and the angels. I don't think there's a huge difference. But that's me. Thin, thin lines. I mean, for me the experience of being an elf is something that aligns me with chaos, but for me it's a postive thing. I don't think that's so for everyone, but order isn't always a good thing either. And I know a lot of elves who align themselves with "order" the way I do with "chaos". It seems to me the difference is kind of academic, when it gets down to cases and specifics.

And so we must look at the jungle. Because there's only one way to tell the monsters for sure, and that's to walk up to them and ask. And refuse to look away, no matter what they answer.
Monday, January 31st, 2005 07:23 pm (UTC)
*swings from a tree by her tail*
Monday, January 31st, 2005 09:46 pm (UTC)
Most of the really nasty ones seem to be from Northern Europe. Scotland, Scandinavia... maybe its the cold weather that makes them cranky. ;)
Monday, January 31st, 2005 10:06 pm (UTC)
Not really. I'm just not as familiar with other mythologies. Stonefinger is native american. Wendigo is also native american and could have fit in this listing according to certain myths. Kappa is japanese, though its influence has extended to Hawaii.
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005 01:35 am (UTC)
Hehe, oddly enough noone ever talked about the faery folk in Southeast Asia? And not all of them are pretty.

I will add 'spider spirit' to the list.

Tuesday, February 1st, 2005 01:41 am (UTC)
....and we even have tropical paradises.:) Actually, I'm from one of the islands that is very junglish, so you just reminded me of home, thanks.:)