I like the suggestion that Shakespeare was, courtesy of 'Midsummer Night's Dream', part of an Elizabethan black ops campaign to obfuscate the truth about the Fae for whatever reasons.
Given how brutal the classic Fae were, according to books like Katharine Briggs' Encyclopedia of Fairies, it'd make good sense to make sure that few people knew how to get their attention.
That was relatively simple, wasn't it? Iron, the cross, sometimes turning your clothes inside out. And of course 'mind your manners, always' which is good advice for anyone in pre-modern societies. Modern ones, too.
I've never thought about the differences between a tight and loose masquerade. What a great explanation! I need to think about this further...
I like the suggestion that Shakespeare was, courtesy of 'Midsummer Night's Dream', part of an Elizabethan black ops campaign to obfuscate the truth about the Fae for whatever reasons.
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Given how brutal the classic Fae were, according to books like Katharine Briggs' Encyclopedia of Fairies, it'd make good sense to make sure that few people knew how to get their attention.
Wiser, however, for as many as possible to know how to ward it off.
That was relatively simple, wasn't it? Iron, the cross, sometimes turning your clothes inside out. And of course 'mind your manners, always' which is good advice for anyone in pre-modern societies. Modern ones, too.
Perhaps the fae are running the masquerade in hope that people will forget.
Then it was horribly variable. Bells? Sometimes yes, sometimes the fae themselves wore bells.