Will the Fairies be Redeemed?

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Faeries are cute, diminutive, winged sprites, right? Not so fast. Some call them nature spirits, while others consider the “Fair Folk” to be the fading memory of Celtic pre-Christian gods. At the turn of the 20th Century, a number of rural villagers reported that faeries are really fallen angels! Of curious interest: multiple tales reveal the fey inquiring into their eternal destiny. Two Celtic folktales will be presented in an oral storytelling performance, followed by a discussion informed by our Orthodox worldview to answer the question posed by these tales: “Will the Faeries be saved on the last day?” Cynthia June Long is a librarian, writer, storyteller, and Celtic folklorist. She has published poems and fiction about the faeries and has written for Orthodox Christian Network’s “The Sounding” blog. She presented “Old Enough to Start Reading Fairy Tales Again” at Doxacon 2017. She blogs about faeries, saints, folklore, and literature at cynthiajunelong.wordpress.com and attends St. George Church in the Philadelphia suburbs.