#themudmothspeaks

Moths, Mushrooms, Moon

~Brooding yet loving Cottagecore mood board~

- MoodBoard based on my sleep deprivation hallucinations but “aesthetic” -

~Nymphs Moodboard~

Boil egg

Peel egg

Realize I’m going to run late to appointment and still need to brush my teeth

Hastily put whole egg in mouth

Fucking Snake Brain Activate

Swallow entire egg whole, no chewing

Question what I just did

I would like to preface with, sorry for the long answer. I got hit with nostalgia thinking about this and I wanted to be detailed, so I also had to ask my mom some things (she knows more than me lol). Anyways here’s a ridiculously long answer.

This is an interesting question that honestly just made me think of childhood. Aesthetically, I love the idea of fae, however I do have some mixed feelings about fae in general so this is a bit tricky to answer.

For context, you get a quick story. My great grandmother is an Irish immigrant. She came to America in her early preteens. Now in that time, not many people truly "believed" in any sort of faerie. When I was younger though, she would often tell me stories "fairytales" if you will, (yes that did make me laugh).

Now, a quick geographical/grammar lesson. Not everyone knows this but, Fae and Fairy are different. (I personally don’t even separate the 2 on my own page due to westernization) I had a hard time putting this in my own words so here’s something straight from google that says it way better than I did, "Fairy" is a word that has been derived from Latin word "fatum," which can mean "fate." Fairies are seen as pure spirits, kind and good.”

Faeries on the other hand, we know comes from European descent also however I’d also like to state that there is no definitive proof where "fae" originate (there’s stories of them all over the world), though many speculate it is Ireland. I’ve personally heard the story that the fae are actually Tuatha de Danann, one of the first tribes that showed up in Ireland. However, I’m not sure if this means a literal tribe of people who became fae or if they were already like that when they got there. I never got any specification. I could look it up but.... honestly just not feeling it right now (sorry, feel free to research yourself if you’d like.)

Faeries are different from fairies because... fae are evil and mischievous. My great grandmother warned me as a child: Never interact with the fae unless forced, never give them your true identity, don’t let them take you to a second location, never step into a faerie ring, NEVER EVER destroy a faerie ring, if you anger them be sure to give them the correct offerings for peace.

So now for my answer: My favourite fae, is strangely enough, the banshee. Not everyone considers this to be a fae but a lot of us do. It’s said if you hear her screams in the night, you or someone close to you will soon die. Now, I don’t inherently see this as evil, I like to think of it as a warning, but yeah. That’s it. That’s my favourite (evil) fae.

My favourite fairy though: This takes a bit explaining, So this fairy is from Scotland (so Celtic) but is actually good. So I personally consider it to be a fairy. It’s called a "Brownie." They come in at night and helped women (because as most us know, only women used to do house chores) clean the house. Which I think, is very polite of them. They choose a nice family and just do chores at night. That’s pretty cool to me. Though, they will leave and never come back if disrespected.