People,
Here is more evidence of the underground existence of fairies, from Mike
Mott's book:
"The Isle of Skye is famous for just such a legend of the 'willing' type.
The tale goes that the Lord of Dunvergan Castle, Ian Ciar, Macleod, entered
a 'fairy hill,' sithean, or knoll (a cavern-world entrance), where he met
and fell in love with a 'fairy princess.' One account states that she agreed
to marry him and live in the surface world for twenty years. At the end of
the twenty years, she left him (and presumably, their offspring), and
returned to her world, leaving behind a charmed "fairy flag" which the Clan
Macleod still has, and displays, to this day. Another version states that,
rather than a marriage, the situation was an affair, and after the birth of
a son, the fairy lady took her infant and returned to her underworld home
with a new genetic prize. The flag itself figures prominently in the lore
and legends of the Macleod clan, with many stories and mysterious happenings
associated with it. He is said to have received the flag "Am Bratach Sith"
in the 14th century, at a "fairy bridge" from whence his wife/lover
departed. The bridge has significance, as both potentially being above or
near an underworld entrance, and as allowing the fairy to "cross running
water," something that many types of underworlders could not do. The latter
myth is interesting, in that streams, brooks, and other fast-running waters
often generate a strong magnetic current, which ties right in with the
faerie aversion for some types of electromagnetism (as in iron). The castle
Dunvergan and the bridge also sit on the banks of Loch Dunvergan; and lochs
and lakes are traditionally portals into cavern-realms or fairylands beneath
their peaty beds."
Get Mike Mott's book, it is called Caverns, Cauldrons and Concealed Creatures. And it is available at Lulu Books, online.
Posted by Dean