Emerald City Dreamer (60 page)

Nykk
- Also known as a wisp. A nykk is any faerie spirit, disembodied fae energy that is formed into a personage by human dreams. Nykks can be born into a human body, in which case, they cease being a nykk, become faeborn, and take on many of the limitations of a human body. Nykks are often invisible, though they can be seen as a flicker in the corner of the eye, or felt as a strange chill by some other sensory perception. Children, dreamers, psychics, the spiritually tuned, and the insane may be able to see nykks in their true forms, more easily even than they can see the faecast of a faeborn. Without physical limitations, nykks may exist in any size and form, from a mote of dust to a towering house-sized giant.

Olc-spreagadh
(OLK SPRAG-guh) - Forcing toradh from a creature, for example, ripping human dreams away violently, either leaving a deadened mind, an empty husk, or a bag of bones. A noun, and in Gaelic roughly means "to inspire in a bad way" or "bad urging". See "Rend".

One-God
or
One-God-Who-Is-Three
- The fae word for the Christian god.

Rend
- To forcefully remove toradh from a dreamer. See noun, "olc-spreagadh".

Ren Faire
- Short for Renaissance Faire; a gathering of people who reenact life during the European Renaissance.

Piseog
(PISH-ohhg) - A minor spell, a charm.

SCA
- The Society for Creative Anachronism. An organization dedicated to reenacting medieval society.

Scry
- A spell to view people or things remotely.

Seelie
- Basically good. Sort of.

Sidhe, Sith
(SHEE) - A faerie, or the faeries.

Spreagadh
(SPRAG-guh) - Inspiration or encouragement; the act of drawing out a dreamer's dreams. Usually a noun, but only because it's so hard to use it as a verb in English sentances.

Thrall
- An enchanted human enthralled to a faerie. (See also, "ceile".)

Timthreall
(TIMP-ee-ahll) - "Natural cycle", a faeborn lifetime.

Tir Nan Og
- The faerie world, partly super-imposed over our own, though deep Tir Nan Og barely touches our world, and may exist places like deep underground. Travel to deep Tir Nan Og can be done via furrows and elfin roads, fey lines, wells, mirrors, and other places where the veil is thin.

True name
- Every faerie has a one true name. Knowing this name grants a person great power over the faerie. It is difficult to obtain, since the fae rarely tell. The fae often go by names that are somehow based on their true name, for example, "Perrihaunisplaun" has gone by Haun and Hans Perry.

Toradh
(TOR-ah) - Energy given off by life, art, creation, and dreams. It can be forcefully drained via "rending", leaving empty food or zombie people/animals. Seelie fae only harvest what is given freely (unless they feel justified or provoked).

Tuatha De Danann
(TOO-wahth-ah day DAN-ahn) - Ancient Irish race of elves. During their time, they were near-gods. Related to the Norse Alfar. Most of these later became elves.

Unseelie
- Basically bad. Mostly.

Ward
- A protective spell.

Wild Magic
- Uncontrolled, unlearned magic done on accident by leanai a cailleadh.

PHRASES

Cead mile beannachta
- "One hundred thousand blessings."

Gra geal mo chroi
- "Bright love of my heart."

Gra mo chroi
- "Love of my heart."

Go n-ithe an cat thu is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat
- "May the cat eat you, and may the cat be eaten by the devil."

Mo blath beag
- "My little flower."

Taim in ngean ort
(TOH-an in NGAHN ORT) - "I am enthralled by you." or "I have deep affection for you."

PROPER NAMES

Be Chuille
(Bay KIL-luh)

Blathin
(Blo-HEEN)

Cuillael
(koo-LAY-el)

Flidais
(FLID-ish)

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Luna is an indie author in Seattle, WA. She has been writing since age four. During a ten-year break from fiction, she primarily wrote non-fiction and became an accidental expert on mind control, computers, and faeries. After returning to fiction in 2010, she now publishes ebooks and seeks publication in short story markets. She has written over thirty short stories and three novels.
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