Morgan Daimler
@morgandaimler.bsky.social
Independent folklorist, author of nonfiction about irish myth & fairies and fiction (UF & HF), amateur translator of old/middle Irish, general trouble maker
"Occasionally, indeed, acts of civil disobedience might invoke fairy protection, apperantly reflecting an instinctive association of fairies with other targets of oppressive regulation."
- R. Firth Green, 'Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church'
- R. Firth Green, 'Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church'
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
"Occasionally, indeed, acts of civil disobedience might invoke fairy protection, apperantly reflecting an instinctive association of fairies with other targets of oppressive regulation."
- R. Firth Green, 'Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church'
- R. Firth Green, 'Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church'
Are Fairies Exclusive to Europe?
Let's look at a very messy subject - are fairies only found in European folklore?
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Let's look at a very messy subject - are fairies only found in European folklore?
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Are Fairies Exclusive to Europe?
YouTube video by Morgan Daimler
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December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Are Fairies Exclusive to Europe?
Let's look at a very messy subject - are fairies only found in European folklore?
youtu.be/0UQiZh6V_Y8?...
Let's look at a very messy subject - are fairies only found in European folklore?
youtu.be/0UQiZh6V_Y8?...
Reposted by Morgan Daimler
Aca-Comic-Colleagues
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Aca-Comic-Colleagues
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
A terrific new CFP put together by the wonderful Julia Round, Shambhavi Singh and Eszter Szép for the Companion to International Comics Studies (Intellect Books).
Full details are in the photos below:
"Can you wonder that the People of the Hills don't care to be confused with that painty-winged, wand-waving, sugar-and-shake-your-head set of impostors?"
- Puck in Puck of Pook's Hill, Kipling 1906
- Puck in Puck of Pook's Hill, Kipling 1906
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
"Can you wonder that the People of the Hills don't care to be confused with that painty-winged, wand-waving, sugar-and-shake-your-head set of impostors?"
- Puck in Puck of Pook's Hill, Kipling 1906
- Puck in Puck of Pook's Hill, Kipling 1906
Reposted by Morgan Daimler
“Fairy is a real place that humans may interact with and which is the home of many different beings that may come into the human world.” So says Morgan Daimler in their 2024 book Fairy: The Otherworld by Many Names – and I agree.
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Fairy – The Otherworld
“Fairy is a real place that humans may interact with and which is the home of many different beings that may come into the human world.” So says Morgan Daimler in their 2024 book Fairy: The Otherworld...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
“Fairy is a real place that humans may interact with and which is the home of many different beings that may come into the human world.” So says Morgan Daimler in their 2024 book Fairy: The Otherworld by Many Names – and I agree.
www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...
www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbe...
Interesting aspect of fairy possessions i hadn't run across before from Scottish folklore. Sleepwalking explained as fairy possession, aligned with wider historic ideas that human souls wander around while a person sleeps & the idea fairies can possess a human.
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Are you a sleepwalker? Maybe you’re being pranked by fairies! Scottish mythology explained; noctambuli #scotland #scottishculture #folklore #mythology #fairy
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December 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Interesting aspect of fairy possessions i hadn't run across before from Scottish folklore. Sleepwalking explained as fairy possession, aligned with wider historic ideas that human souls wander around while a person sleeps & the idea fairies can possess a human.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrsrpMvB/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrsrpMvB/
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even if LLMs didn't take jobs and steal from people's work I still wouldn't be comfortable in companies using them unless they found a way for them not to eat massive amounts of resources at the expense of mainly marginalised people and just the planet as a whole, the results are not worth it.
December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
even if LLMs didn't take jobs and steal from people's work I still wouldn't be comfortable in companies using them unless they found a way for them not to eat massive amounts of resources at the expense of mainly marginalised people and just the planet as a whole, the results are not worth it.
I had written an article about racism in fairy folk belief for Witches&Pagans magazine in 2022, and as the magazine is no more and I've pulled my material from academia. edu I wanted to make sure it was still publicly available.
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The Winged Elephant in the Room: Diversity and Racism in Fairy Folklore | Morgan Daimler
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December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I had written an article about racism in fairy folk belief for Witches&Pagans magazine in 2022, and as the magazine is no more and I've pulled my material from academia. edu I wanted to make sure it was still publicly available.
(free content)
www.patreon.com/posts/winged...
(free content)
www.patreon.com/posts/winged...
Hilda season 3, episode 2
Hilda: "Why do you call them the Good Neighbours?"
Woman: "For the same reason you say 'good boy' to a dog about to bite you"
Hilda: "Why do you call them the Good Neighbours?"
Woman: "For the same reason you say 'good boy' to a dog about to bite you"
December 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hilda season 3, episode 2
Hilda: "Why do you call them the Good Neighbours?"
Woman: "For the same reason you say 'good boy' to a dog about to bite you"
Hilda: "Why do you call them the Good Neighbours?"
Woman: "For the same reason you say 'good boy' to a dog about to bite you"
Fairylore in Stranger Things season 1 | Morgan Daimler
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December 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I am conducting a survey of people who identify as changelings. Results will be incorporated into a book on changeling beliefs
If you identify as a changeling & are interested in participating please email me at Bancumachtachsi@aol.com & I will send you the survey & release form
If you identify as a changeling & are interested in participating please email me at Bancumachtachsi@aol.com & I will send you the survey & release form
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I am conducting a survey of people who identify as changelings. Results will be incorporated into a book on changeling beliefs
If you identify as a changeling & are interested in participating please email me at Bancumachtachsi@aol.com & I will send you the survey & release form
If you identify as a changeling & are interested in participating please email me at Bancumachtachsi@aol.com & I will send you the survey & release form
"The Battle of Moytirra, or Cath Maige Tuired, is perhaps the most pivotally significant of the medieval Irish tales in what has come to be known as the 'Mythologial Cycle'."
- John Carey
- John Carey
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The Battle of Moytirra, or Cath Maige Tuired, is perhaps the most pivotally significant of the medieval Irish tales in what has come to be known as the 'Mythologial Cycle'."
- John Carey
- John Carey
Corbat cara sluaig,
Corbat roga ríg,
Corbat cruithnecht chaem,
Corbat craebh co fín.
May you be a friend of hosts.
May you be the choice of a king.
May you be beautiful as wheat.
May you be a bough with wine.
- A Maccáin na Cí, Book of Leinster (Middle Irish)
Corbat roga ríg,
Corbat cruithnecht chaem,
Corbat craebh co fín.
May you be a friend of hosts.
May you be the choice of a king.
May you be beautiful as wheat.
May you be a bough with wine.
- A Maccáin na Cí, Book of Leinster (Middle Irish)
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Corbat cara sluaig,
Corbat roga ríg,
Corbat cruithnecht chaem,
Corbat craebh co fín.
May you be a friend of hosts.
May you be the choice of a king.
May you be beautiful as wheat.
May you be a bough with wine.
- A Maccáin na Cí, Book of Leinster (Middle Irish)
Corbat roga ríg,
Corbat cruithnecht chaem,
Corbat craebh co fín.
May you be a friend of hosts.
May you be the choice of a king.
May you be beautiful as wheat.
May you be a bough with wine.
- A Maccáin na Cí, Book of Leinster (Middle Irish)
Today's PSA
Seelie & Unseelie are Scots terms, coming from lowland folklore. Seelie, meaning blessed or lucky, is a euphemism for the Good Neighbours that dates to the 15th century. The Unseelie court (unlucky, ungodly group of Fair Folk) is a later addition which appears by the 19th century.
Seelie & Unseelie are Scots terms, coming from lowland folklore. Seelie, meaning blessed or lucky, is a euphemism for the Good Neighbours that dates to the 15th century. The Unseelie court (unlucky, ungodly group of Fair Folk) is a later addition which appears by the 19th century.
November 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today's PSA
Seelie & Unseelie are Scots terms, coming from lowland folklore. Seelie, meaning blessed or lucky, is a euphemism for the Good Neighbours that dates to the 15th century. The Unseelie court (unlucky, ungodly group of Fair Folk) is a later addition which appears by the 19th century.
Seelie & Unseelie are Scots terms, coming from lowland folklore. Seelie, meaning blessed or lucky, is a euphemism for the Good Neighbours that dates to the 15th century. The Unseelie court (unlucky, ungodly group of Fair Folk) is a later addition which appears by the 19th century.
Review of Pantheon the Irish
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Pantheon: The Irish
Review of Pantheon: The Irish by Morgan Daimler
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Review of Pantheon the Irish
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facingnorth.net/books/refere...
TED talk by dr Jenny Butler about Samhain
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Samhain and the origins of Halloween | Dr. Jenny Butler | TEDxTraleeWomen
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November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
TED talk by dr Jenny Butler about Samhain
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This makes me want to do a whole paper on, specifically, how we got from folkloric fairies to urban fantasy/ romantasy fae, but it would actually need to be an entire book or college course
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This makes me want to do a whole paper on, specifically, how we got from folkloric fairies to urban fantasy/ romantasy fae, but it would actually need to be an entire book or college course
Reposted by Morgan Daimler
As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.
Ive got a new class coming out through the Irish Pagan School, tracing belief in the Aos sidhe from manuscript material into modern belief
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irishpaganschool.com/p/aos-si
The Aos Sidhe: Real Irish Fairy Folk, From Manuscript to Modern Belief
Online Class about SEO FRIENDLY TERMS, with Jon O'Sullivan, the Dagda Bard (an Scéalaí Beag)
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ive got a new class coming out through the Irish Pagan School, tracing belief in the Aos sidhe from manuscript material into modern belief
irishpaganschool.com/p/aos-si
irishpaganschool.com/p/aos-si