Origin: Papau New Guinea
Description: Water faerie.
I know, another freaking water faerie.
The world is overrun with them. What can I say?
Dispostion: Lures men into the water using their
beautiful singing voices. (I know I
could never be a Yara because I can’t carry a tune in a bucket.) Surprise, surprise, once in the water she
drowns him like she should have done to the lying bastard that
murdered her.
A
man can protect himself by wearing a seashell necklace. Catch - his love most sing into the seashell.
Oooo... I like the lore of the love singing into the seashell. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat photo is great too!
Happy Saturday!
Very romantic!
DeleteLike Tracy, I like the twist of singing into the seashell. What if he's unattached? I guess he's a goner.
ReplyDeleteOr he has to be able to say no to a beautiful woman. So my guess is yes, he's a gonner!
DeleteThese water faeries are tricky creatures aren't they? Almost diabolical at times! The part about the lying bastard that murdered her...is this part of the tale? Going to have to research this one. My interest is piqued. Another great post Buffy!
ReplyDeleteI think this belies a fear of drowning that must have been inherit for primative peoples. Glad you enjoyed the post!
DeleteMust the yara's be murder victims? How tragic. If that's the case, I suppose I, too, would be on the hunt.
ReplyDeleteThis a young a woman lured to some secluded stop by the promise of love. Only she is murdered instead. I'd be pretty upset!
DeleteGreat post! You've got me hooked!
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed it!
DeleteHi! Just popping in from the A to Z Challenge. Great theme! The world truly is full of faeries!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
DeleteThe thing I'm most wondering is ... how do you know pixies don't have wings?
ReplyDeleteThe lore. Pixies with wings is a relative new convention. Please feel free to check out my post on pixies.
ReplyDeletehttp://pixiesdonthavewings.blogspot.com/search/label/pixies