Someone on an email list wondered if the Fey are immortal or just long-lived. I'm reposting my reply for ponderings and discussion with folks here that I thought might have an interest in the subject
( Read more... )
Define "die"! Die as in "shed the physical body and join the spiritual world"? I would say no. I would guess that if the person asking believes in the fey, they don't mean die as in "mind stops working and turns into nothing", since they probably don't believe that even happens to them.
So before you answer the question, you have to define the term.
Re: bad terms.heartssdesireJune 1 2007, 22:47:24 UTC
Heads up! I just got a call from Wynter. She's bringing her brother here tomorrow morning to plant a tree... I had forgotten all about that arrangement she made with you. Thought I would let you know in case you had also forgotten. :)
You also have to define "immortal"--is that "a being that can not die" or "a being that doesn't age and therefore doesn't die from age." Can fey be killed? Sure. Do they age? Not as we understand the term. Can they grow over time? ... Well, I would say yes, at least in some cases--but their duration/existence and our time make that really confusing.
"I do believe in fairies!"uncledarkJune 1 2007, 22:25:41 UTC
Do fairies die? If I recall rightly, it has something to do with how loudly the audience claps...
This is fascinating. I find the discussion of what life forms living outside of 4-D space interwoven in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles to be quite enlightening. To make it very short, these Folk from Outside are looking in on our world, and seeing it whole, beginning to end. When they enter, they intersect with a time and a place, but their own reality encompases all times and all places.
I'd never thought about the summer's twilight of Faery as being related to the timelessness of the realm, but it's obvious after you point it out.
Comments 5
So before you answer the question, you have to define the term.
Reply
Reply
Reply
This is fascinating. I find the discussion of what life forms living outside of 4-D space interwoven in Grant Morrison's The Invisibles to be quite enlightening. To make it very short, these Folk from Outside are looking in on our world, and seeing it whole, beginning to end. When they enter, they intersect with a time and a place, but their own reality encompases all times and all places.
I'd never thought about the summer's twilight of Faery as being related to the timelessness of the realm, but it's obvious after you point it out.
Reply
Merde. Why didn't I think of that?
Reply
Leave a comment