J - beau-tiful story. I think I’m jealous too. Like always, I have a couple of questions (which now makes me think I should change my username to “The Grand Inquisitor”).
1. Did you feel safe while you were with the Fae?
2. Are you able to recall and share more about the visible form of the “little golden glowy people”...details, features, etc.?
3. Any musings at all on what might have happen had you been offered the chance to stay with the Fae?
Hiya,WandZ!!
1. I certainly felt safe with the old gnome couple which is why I didn't hesitate walking with them up to the faery hill I think in Scotland it's called a Sidhe mound ? As far as the Ball I was kind of standing there with my mouth open trying to take it all in. I didn't feel unsafe at any point, just dazzled.
2. Hard to determine what garmets they were wearing. Everything felt quite medieval formal. Pretty sure they were wearing something but they all were emanating such a golden glow-like aura, it overrode the clothes. I want to say the beings walking around with trays were dressed formal but more like a uniform. I think I saw a picture of an entourage of the Queen of the Faeries at something like a fairy ball that seemed to be reminiscent I'll try to find the picture. I don't remember wings, per say, but some beings were definitely zipping around. They were moving pretty fast , kind of like the movements of a hummingbird. They were all in human proportion and the same size as me. Either I was their size or they were mine but they definitely looked small when I looked down from the top of the Sidthe hill into the big banquet hall. Little golden medieval people. Music definitely celtic/middel ages.
If I wouldn't have heard that big voice I would have definitely eaten Seemed more women than men and I had a definite feeling of royal or nobility, no peasants or working class folk dressed in sunday best, this was a noble group.and drank the wine,maybe it was mead? I want to say they were offering goblets of wine/ mead and small pastries-cookies or h' orderves . It wasn't like I got offered a ham hock. Not sure but all the drinking, serving trays were a very polished yellow gold.
3. I'm not sure what would have happened if I had been asked to stay with them. I think I certainly would have tried to work a deal where I came to visit a couple weeks a year. i wish I had asked them but as soon as I refused the food, I popped right out. I didn't feel they were trying to seduce me but I do recall a couple of them watching out of the corner of their eyes to see if I would take a bite or drink.
UPDATE:
Ok, guys, my mind is blown. I was looking around for images reminiscent of what I experienced and couldn't find anything. These folks did not look like pixies, Tinkerbell faeries,Pan-like etc. These were a different race. Soooo....I Googled the word Sidthe , which was the name of the mound I had been sitting in front of and later was led to the door by the gnome couple. Annnnd...here is what the definition of Sidthe is. This is EXACTLY what I saw!!!
"The Sidhe (
shee) are considered to be a distinct race, quite separate from human
beings yet who have had much contact with mortals over the centuries,
and there are many documented testimonies to this. Belief in this race of
beings who have powers beyond those of men to move quickly through the air
and change their shape at will once played a huge part in the lives of people living
in rural Ireland and Scotland.
When the first Gaels, the sons of Mil, arrived in Ireland, they found that the Tuatha De Danaan, the people of the goddess Dana, already had control of the land. The sons of Mil fought them in battle and defeated them, driving them 'underground' where it is said they remain to this day in the hollow hills or sidhe mounds.
"For all the hillside was haunted
By the faery folk come again
And down in the heart-light enchanted
Were opal-coloured men"
The Sidhe, also called the Fairy-Folk or “little people” are still said to populate Ireland today, practicing magic and mischief in their glorious, glittering kingdoms in the fairy mounds dotting the landscape of the Emerald Isle. (The Isle of Iona, where this occured,has a very strong Irish Celtic connection)
A notable feature of the sidhe is that they have distinct tribes, ruled over by fairy kings and queens in each territory. It would seem that the social order of the sidhe corresponds to the old aristocracy of ancient Irish families,which is in itself a reflection of the ancient Celtic caste system.
It is interesting to note that many of the Irish refer to the sidhe as simply "the gentry", on account of their tall, noble appearance and silvery sweet speech. They have their own palaces where they feast and play music"
WOW. just...WOW