How can you go through the Otherworld without bumping into Pooka? No, seriously, how? Fetch would like to know. Pooka (or Puca, or Pookha, or whatever spelling you want it seems) is a well established figure in Irish folklore. Depending[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Stone age burial mounds (tumulus you would call one; plural would be tumuli? tumuluses?) for Celtic royalty in ancient Ireland and other parts can be pretty impressive. The one Owen and Fetch pass through is rougher than some you might[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A new chapter has begun! Welcome to Chapter 4: The Stolen Child. The chapter takes its title from an old poem of the same name by WB Yeats on the habit of faeries carrying off children to the Otherworld, sometimes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The resemblance is uncanny! In Irish folklore, a faerie might take a shine to a baby and replace it with a changeling, a magical creature that sort of resembles the child, but is different enough for the parent to suspect[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The politics of Fetch’s version of the Otherworld are, like our politics, pretty local. Who rules the Otherworld? Well, it depends on whom you ask. There are several contenders. I like how Irish Central breaks it down by county: Finvarra[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We finally arrive at Fetch’s mom’s house. What else but a Banshee would you expect hanging around a sick old woman’s place? My portrayal here deviates a bit from standard representations of the banshee, as noted by Clanagh Design: The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here are the rest of the squatters: Brian, Fernis, a horned witch called Mary, and Izzy with delusions of grandeur. Brian is not a Red Cap, but the son of one, a malicious goblin who lives along among castle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meet Fiona. Even in the Otherworld a young punk can’t find love at home and has to look for it in the world at large. As I mentioned a few posts back, Yeats cautions: “Do not think the fairies are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Meet Fiona and her trooping fairies (pixies) Lydia, Bridget, Naida; as well as Hob. Plus a few others in the background you’ll get to know soon. Have I mentioned trooping fairies yet? Here’s W.B. Yeats on the topic from his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I launched a new webcomic strip today. Or I should say, I finally gave a name and a home to a sporadically produced collection of single and multi-panel strips featuring a cat who talks to a cartoon version of myself.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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