Juleigh Howard-Hobson With England voting to leave the EU but Scotland voting to remain, it behooves us to note that not all Scots are so inclined. Case in point: the Ghillie Dhu. The Ghillie Dhu is native to the dark forests of Scotland. A tree guardian spirit that some call an elf and others a…
Juleigh Howard-Hobson
The Power of the Evil Eye
Juleigh Howard-Hobson The power of a gaze can be palpable—we’ve all experienced that weird sensation of knowing when someone is staring at us. Perhaps that’s not all we’re feeling. Perhaps it’s a little more darkly fascinating than that. While Medusa may have epitomized the power of the malevolent stare, Sumerian cuneiforms from 3,000 BC include…
Midsummer’s Wyrd Spectacle
Juleigh Howard-Hobson Generally considered to be any of a number of beings—ranging from hobgoblins to pixies—that live in a world apart from humanity, it is also said that fairies are a specific race of beings, the last of the original Irish Tuatha de Danann, the people of Dana, who once ruled Ireland but took up…
