2026-04-14 20:22 UTC
the new territory of fairy proved both hugely popular and able to accommodate a great deal of non/pre-christian material. for example the myth of orpheus becomes, in sir orfeo, a quest to retrieve a lover stolen away into fairy.
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@tholindeth@wizzzard.online 2026-04-14 20:25
in the 16-17C, after the literary model of fairy was more or less stable, interest in them and debate over their natures and whether and how they could be integrated into christian worldview only increased. around 1600 there were multiple court cases about con men who charged money for introduction to fairy 'kings' and 'queens'