#faires

This brings me to the question of the antiquity of the belief in fairies and to the associated problem of the existence of strata or stages in fairy belief. The antiquity of the belief is revealed by the wide distribution of tales concerning fairies, while it is also indicated by the antipathy of the elves to iron and salt - ancient taboos both. Not only so, but many traits respecting fairies, especially shape-shifting and the belief in their semi-corporeal state, are eloquent of primitive notions. That the process of the fairy belief witnessed more than one stage of development in the course of successive ages appears more than probable. 'The fairies of one race,' remarks Wentz, 'are the people of the preceding race.' If this statement lacks a certain precision, one realizes the implication; that is, that the ghosts or gods of a preceding race may come to be regarded by their successors as fairies. ↗

— Lewis Spence

#fairy #pagan-gods #age

Mustardseed grinned at Bertie. "I was never any good at geometry, but you’re stuck in a love triangle, aren’t you?" "Shut up," she ordered even as Moth asked, "But what if there were four of them?" "That’s a love rectangle, and five people would be a love pentagon." "And what are six people in love?" Cobweb demanded. Mustardseed thought it over a moment. "Manslaughter, I suppose. ↗

— Lisa Mantchev

#cobweb #faires #funny #humor #love-triangles

They still don't want to admit to the world that this isn't the best and the fairest and most equal justice system. And that they are guilty of railroading people into jail. They don't want to, or never will, admit these things. ↗

— Leonard Peltier

#best #equal #equal justice #fairest #guilty

Time is the fairest and toughest judge. ↗

— Edgar Quinet

#judge #time #toughest

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#fairest #flower #manure #nature #roots

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#forms #government #hereditary #monarchy #present

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#brow #dissolves #fairest #flying #hours

Fairest and dearest, your wrath and anger are more heavy than I can bear; but learn that I cannot tell what you wish me to say without sinning against my honour too grievously. ↗

— Marie de France

#anger #bear #cannot #dearest #fairest

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward. ↗

— Silius Italicus

#her #herself #own #reward #virtue

Mirror, mirror, here I stand. Who is the fairest in the land? ↗

— Wilhelm Grimm

#mirror #snow-white #fairy-tales