- What is a faerie:
- Origins -
- quote website... then say that the paper will focus on celtic origins
- http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/faeries.html
- Which countries are considered celtic?
- Tuatha De Dennan -> Sidhe -> faeries (use link in comparison blog)
- Fallen Angel Theory
- Otto theory
- Characteristics
- Glamour (quote Iron King)
- Iron
- Shape.... go into the wide variety (humanoid like elves, animalish like kelpie...sizes.... irish vs sweedish elves)
- Types
- Nature/trees - dryads, piskies - or just 1 from every country to compare
- Water - Selkies, merrows, kelpie
- Organization
- Courts (see if there is variation amung countries on courts.... or if it is just scottish)
- Seelie
- Unseelie
- Wild/Solitary
- House Faeries
- How the belief affects the culture
- olden times
- modern times (iceland article: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/world/europe/building-in-iceland-better-clear-it-with-the-elves-first.html?_r=0 )
- How the belief has evolved through religion
- Why would it be grouped into religion? - based off of definition of religion (i'll give examples that fit).... re-bring up Otto.
- pagan belief in faeries
- Christian belief in faeries
- ^^^ these two would involve my conversations with people... but they weren't interviews...exactly? just conversations.
- Conclusion
- restate what the celtic faeries are
- Why was the belief in them so important
- how is it still important now
I'm not sure what i want to put in here... so i'll put everything! :P
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Faerie Paper Outline
so here is what i'm thinking...
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