@c09f86d3 It does tend to be very rambly and confusing, mind. The same people (or people with the same name, it's hard to tell) crop up in very different roles, and the plots are often bizarre. I think the problem is that unlike Greek or Roman myths, which had Homer and Virgil and many others to shape the narratives, and Norse myth which was put in order by Snorri Sturlusson, nobody ever did that for Irish or Welsh myths. Or, Taliesin and his kin were all on the shrooms 😀
@983f49c9 maybe you have to be on shrooms for it all to make sense? 🍄
This confusion in tales is a point in my story. My MC discovers a lot of folklore is true, but the tales are told from human experiences/interpretations and usually with a lump of Christian editing and allegory. So the reality differs from the fairytales we’ve been telling.
@c09f86d3 A point Sir Pterry was very keen on. Although I never liked his Elves; they were actively malicious, whereas to me the best stories about fae aren't that they are bad - or good; just at right-angles to our world, with ethics of their own, and not really interested in us at all. Much as I imagine extraterrestrials will be, should we ever meet any.
@983f49c9 I’m still developing my elves. My fairy realm is predominantly matriarchal and humans at the bottom of the chain in regards to species. Those who know of the human realm go there either as refugees or opportunists. Many humans in the fairy realm are slaves so our realm is a good place to grab some. My MC discovers her late aunt searched for missing persons in the fae realm and brought them home. But someone/something has bumped her off so now it’s become a murder mystery.
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