Air Fairies ~ The Seven Ravens

What do you consider an Air Fairy???

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Think about that for a few minutes ~ allow your mind tooooo uuuuum flutter around ;)

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Allow your mind to morph ~

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BAAAM there it is... = Beauty

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I am blessed enough you get to gently touch and hold them until they fly away to freedom :)

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And here she goooes :)

Now on to the story of The Seven Ravens

writings from "The Fairy Bible" by Teresa Moorey

This Grimms' fairy tale is about the powers of Air.  There was once a couple who had seven sons, but they yearned for a daughter.

Eventually a girl was born, but she was sickly, so the boys were sent urgently to the well for water.  While there, they argued and dropped the jug.  They took so long that their father complained about them and said he wished they were all ravens, whereupon they turned into birds and flew over his head, away into the distance.

Distraught though the couple were to lose their sons, their beautiful daughter gave them joy as she grew.  At length, however, she wanted to search for her brothers.  She turned to the power of the elements and asked the Sun for help, but he burnt her; she asked the Moon, but he deceived her.  She asked the friendly stars, and one gave her a chicken bone, to release her brothers from the glass mountain where they were captive.  Sadly the girl lost the bone, so she bravely cut off her own finger to use as a key.

Once inside, she spotted seven dishes of food and seven cups.  She ate and drank a little from each one, and in the last she dropped her mother's ring.  Then the air was filled with a whirring sound.  She hid behind a door as the ravens returned.  "Who has eaten from our plates?" they demanded, "We know it is a mortal."  Then one of them spied the ring and cried, "God grant our sister may be here, and we are released!"  The girl then stepped out, the boys became human again, and all went home to a reunion and great rejoicing.

This story is more complex in its full-length version, with many different symbolic meanings.  One thing is clear:  we should be careful what we wish for, in case the sylphs hear us!  The father's wish was made in anger and was misguided, and for this he suffered the loss of his sons.  However, the wish of the raven-son was wise, so he and his brothers became human again.  The bravery and resourcefulness of the sister appealed to the fairies, and the ring signified memory - the unseen, enduring thread that the sylphs help to spin.

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And the caterpillar goes home to start the cycle of life all over again and again and again...

)O( BLESSINGS )O(