#glaistig

[wolfhidewinter]

It's that time of year where Hattie regrets not eating Bastian

[the-king-of-tealeaves]

//GLAISTIG MENTION MOD’S SCOTTISH ASS IS LOSING IT

[chibichangas]

Grief of the Green Maiden

[rachelillustrates]

Faebruary day six!! Glaistig 👻

@tockthegnome context: Glaistigs who manifest in this realm tend to be those who have been grievously offended by mortals in other places, and have come further into Faerie in order to get literal space from the insults they've endured. They appear here with cow's hooves instead of goat's hooves as an echo of the herds they used to watch over, and live mostly solitary lives until they feel ready to help others again and (usually) move on.

They do sometimes break this solitude if a child tries to befriend them, or if there are families of faerie cattle or faerie deer nearby that need assistance, temporarily taking them into their care. If necessary, they may turn those charges into stone to protect them from extreme threats, as seen here.

Sometimes, if treated unkindly by anyone who comes across them in this new space, they return to the punishing ways they would have taken up against their former harassers, playing tricks, ruining food by way of poisoning it with ashes, cursing the person with rapid age or other misfortune, etc.

(As such, the Taefelnes and the Fox Spirits greatly appreciate them, and being aware of one who is nearby and in bad spirits, but take pains not to draw their attention themselves.)

Other than the change of hoof type, they appear as they do on Earth - tall, with grey skin and long blonde hair, usually feminine-presenting in form and dress. And in this case, surly, but their demeanor returns to happy and welcoming the more time they take to heal in the quiet afforded them.

(Sidenote: My perception of them has absolutely been impacted by the malicious Glaistig at the beginning of Holly Black's "The Stolen Heir" Duology, and now I wonder SO MUCH what happened to her to make her Like That.)

(Sidenote two: It being a Friday, this is usually Gnomish Devotional Day, aka "Thank Gnome it's Friday," but I drew forward for this challenge due to the busy-ness of my week and didn't realize what day-of-the-week was what. Expect some Gnome+Selkie friendship vibes tomorrow, thusly!)

Prompt list from Brett Manning 🧚

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[kettle-bird]

Born of unholy congress between a vampiress seeking power and an unknown otherworldly being, Mosquito was abandoned by his mother early in his childhood for his inhuman appearance. Left to die in the woodlands of the blueridge mountains, a young Mo was found and taken in by a coven of witches who saw him as a conduit to the world beyond the veil.

Now an adult, he wanders the wide range of the Appalacian region, leading hunters astray with his song so he can feed upon their blood.

He has never forgotten the woman who abandoned him- and as he grows stronger, so too does his desire for vengeance...

A last minute AF ref of my oc Mosquito, who desperately needed an update. He's the maternal half-brother of Felix, sharing the same vampiric mother.

I also have an unclothed ref of him up on FA, for those interested.

[clumsybearstudio]

This Screenshot Saturday I want to share with you all more UI updates, here is Princess vs Glaistig.

[thecorpselight]

The Glaistig was regarded in the Scottish Highlands as a woman of human race who has been put under enchantments and to whom a fairy nature has been given. She is described as "a little woman, with long yellow hair reaching to her heels and usually dressed in green". She haunts farm-steadings, and is sometimes engaged in domestic duties, or in tending the cattle in the byre. She is also said to have been, while in life, a woman of honourable position, a former mistress of the house. Her character and appearance vary somewhat with locality, but on the whole she was regarded as a fairy by adoption rather than by nature and thus a species of link between the human and the supernatural.

[jackdelgado]

Another Scottish one, the Glaistig: in some tales she protects herders and their families, in others she drinks all your blood, so who’s to say #HellaWieners