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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Could you offer what you know?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can’t trick me into giving you all my knowledge, faerie!!

[–] Poik@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wanted to upvote this, but the score was too nice to change it...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

not anymore, upvote it to make it nice again

[–] Poik@pawb.social 1 points 5 months ago

True. Can we get it to 420 since we overshot 69?

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Off the absolute top of my head there's the redcap. Depending on the material it can be depicted as a gnome, goblin, or kobold with a jaunty looking red hat (generally long and pointy like a gnome hat or like Link's hat in Legend of Zelda).

It keeps the hat red by dying and regularly re-dying it with its victims' blood.

There's also a number of depictions of pixies as essentially flying piranha.

But this sort of mythology isn't some deep secret, it's everywhere outside of the kid friendly/disney filtered stuff. I'm sure a simple search will net you tons of content.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 22 points 5 months ago

Shoot, I was just referencing the modern interpretations of fae, but that’s absolutely fascinating! As recompense for unintentionally misleading you, here are a few of my favorite fairy artworks by Arthur Rackham

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 45 points 5 months ago

One of the best jokes I’ve seen is everyone with adhd accidentally answered yes to a fae asking “could I have your attention”