Episode 3: Small, Everyday Fae: Season Fae

The folklore of season fae in a nutshell, how I reimagined them for my writing, and the faery translated into Afrikaans.

Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.

Copyright 2021 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.

Learn more about season fae here.

Get the transcript here.

Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com

Transcript

You’re listening to the Faeries and Folklore podcast by Ronel.

I’m dark fantasy author Ronel Janse van Vuuren. With nearly a decade of digging around in dusty folklore books, researching creatures of imagination that ignited my curiosity, I’m here to share the folklore in a nutshell and how I reimagined it for my writing in an origin of the fae.

This is the Faeries and Folklore podcast.

Hi, I’m your host Ronel Janse van Vuuren. You can just call me Ronel. In today’s episode, we’re continuing our exploration of the fae realm.

We’re continuing our exploration of small every day fae.

Today’s faery: season fae.

Folklore in a nutshell by Ronel

Since the Victorian age, faeries have been closely associated with nature – especially flowers. They have also been relegated to diminutive size. And though some do hide their true nature with Glamour – looking like bees or ants – for the most part only season fae are truly concerned with the growth of flowers.

Of course, Shakespeare had something to do with linking faeries to plants. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is perhaps the most famous example of this.

Each flower supposedly has its own faery: Bluebell Faery, Buttercup Faery, Cowslip Faery and so forth. Just as each flower has its own use and powers, so do the faeries that inhabit them.

All these fae have one job in common: getting their plants ready for the coming season.

And now for my interpretation of the fae in an origin of the fae: season fae.

Tiny fae in charge of changing the seasons in the mortal realm. They dress in flowers and other plants.

They paint flowers, plant bushes, teach birds to sing, etc. for all seasons. The Cailleach determines overall Winter temperatures.

They return to Avenir Hollow when done with their job in the human realm and elsewhere.

They are ruled by Oonagh. She is absolutely beautiful with long golden hair sweeping the ground, gowns of made glittery silver gossamer, and wings that match her beauty.

As a little bonus, let’s look at the translation of season fae  into Afrikaans: Seisoenfeë.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed this episode of the faeries and folklore podcast and that you’ve learned something new about faeries.

Remember that you can get a transcript of this episode in the description. If you’re new to the podcast, why not go and grab your free copy of Unseen, the second book in the Faery Tales series, on my website ronelthemythmaker.com? Loads of folklore, magic and danger await! Take care!

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