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Do you believe in house fairies,brownies,borrowers etc? If you do how do you go about keeping them inline or happy?

I've had my own little experiences with some little critter or creature in my home. Hearing the pitter-patter of little feet at night or shuffling when all else is still and the occasional item going missing and then returning to a place that I had already searched or out in the open where it has no business of being.

i've actually been thinking more & more about this lately. i remember as a kid being OBSESSED with fairies. my friends & i would pretend to be fairies, i would check out ANY picture book from the library with fairies in it, i would play in the garden & look for fairies, etc etc.

as an adult, i'm thinkin' i was on the right track. i definitely believe in Nature spirits -- so why wouldn't they take the form of tiny pixies or elves?

i've read that fostering a playful & loving relationship with the fairies in your area is a good idea for witches. leave them little gifts, talk to them, don't get mad if they play little tricks on you, etc. i've heard witches talk about fairies aiding them in magical workings, but only after they spent time getting to know the lil spirits living in their household. think about it: the land your house sits on was once "wild." those spirits didn't go anywhere!

I've had things disappear for a time (mostly toys) and even if I scoured the entire house, they'd be missing. Oddly enough I'd find them OUTSIDE as soon as I stopped bothering to look for them. That was maybe when I was 8-10, and I soon adopted a "As long as you bring it back, you can play with it" stance on the situation. After that, things disappeared less and less! Maybe they just wanted the toys because they weren't allowed to have them.

I just like to casually talk to them.Hell if they didn't like people to some degree they'd cause much more harm than good.

When they were at their peak of mischief it was keeping me from a good night's sleep by making noise at night so I told them "hey I know you guys like to cause a little mischief and I'm fine with that but just try not to freak me out too much. I won't interfere with your antics." And then the activity really went down and now they just hide things on me now. And when its something I really need to find again I politely ask them to put it back where it belongs and then leave the room for a few minutes so they aren't seen and then i can usually find it.

fascinating! i haven't had much interaction with fairies in recent memory (at least, not that i've noticed!) but i think that might be because i've switched living locations a lot in the past 5 years -- in & out of college dorms, parents' houses, etc etc. maybe once things stabilize i can start working on fostering relations with the fey.

i've been trying to work with those magical entities/ideas i was drawn to as a child. like, incorporating nursery rhymes into my workings, that sort of thing. as i said, i LOVED fairies as a kid so i think it would do me good to explore this as a more mature witch.