GOOD PEOPLE, SHAPE-SHIFTING, & SOMETHING "IN BETWEEN"
S1E10 Richard Malkin: And they're not strangers, Claire. They're good
people.
S2E15 Ethan: We're good people, Claire.
S2E20 Ben (as Henry Gale): You killed two of us, good people who were
leaving you alone.
S3E16 Jack: They're good people. They're willing to give you the
benefit of the doubt.
S4E2 Daniel Faraday: Miles! Miles! Hey hey hey, what are you doing?
What are you doing? These are good people!
S2E21 Charlotte: I saw him when I was... between places.
"Belief in the Sidhe, or the Good People, was once common throughout
all the Celtic countries, in localised forms. The Sidhe are considered
to be a distinct race, quite separate from human beings yet who have
had much contact with mortals over the centuries, and there are many
documented testimonies to this. Belief in this race of beings who
have powers beyond those of men to move quickly through the air and
change their shape at will once played a huge part in the lives of
people living in rural Ireland and Scotland...In =91The Book of the Dun
Cow=92 and the =91Book of Leinster=92 this race of beings is described as
'gods and not gods', pointing to the fact that they are =92something in
between=92."
http://celticmythpodshow.com/blog/2008/04/11/the-people-of-the-mounds-the-si=
dhe/
OTHERWORLD, CHILDREN, WHISPERS, "BEYOND THE SEA," "YOU GUYS GOT ANY
MILK?"
"The Irish terms for Fairies include: 'aos s=ED' which means 'Fairy
Folk', but also 'daoine maithe', meaning 'good people'... Fairy Folk
are painted as being an immortal and ever-youthful group of beings who
inhabit an 'otherworld'...Although contrary to popular belief, Fairy
Folk in genuine Irish literature mostly appear to be of a full-size
human shape and they reside beneath the ground, often in old tumuli
(which are burial mounds).The Fairies often mixed with mortals of
Ireland, sometimes asking the assistance of warriors to help them
battle, and also playing havoc such as carrying off children and
replacing them with a 'siofra' or changeling, or else by affecting an
impassioned mortal with the fairy touch.The Fairies also had the
favorable aspect of being able to grant health and even the gift of
music."
http://www.irelandunveiled.com/myths/myth_characters.cgi
"To the Irish peasant earth and air were filled with these mysterious
beings, half-loved, half-feared by them; and therefore they were
propitiated by flattery, and called 'the good people', as the Greeks
called the dread goddesses 'the Eumenides'. Their voices were heard in
the mountain echo, and their forms seen in the purple and golden
mountain mist; they whispered amidst the perfumed hawthorn
branches...They danced with soundless feet, and their step was so
light that the drops of dew they danced on only trembled, but did not
break... The Sidhe look with envy on the beautiful young human
children, and steal them when they can; and the children of a Sidhe
and a mortal mother are reputed to grow up strong and powerful, but
with evil and dangerous natures. There is also a belief that every
seven years the fairies are obliged to deliver up a victim to the Evil
One, and to save their own people they try to abduct some beautiful
young mortal girl, and her they hand over to the Prince of Darkness."
http://netowne.com/strange/fairies/index.htm
"The Other World (orbis alia) in Celtic mythology is the realm of the
dead, the home of the deities, or the stronghold of other spirits and
beings such as the S=EDdhe. Tales and folklore describe it as existing
over the western sea, or at other times underground (such as in the
S=EDdhe mounds) or right alongside the world of the living, but
invisible to most humans...Celtic folklore and mythology are full of
tales that tell of humans wandering into the Otherworld, and of
supernatural beings crossing over into the human realm. This is
considered most likely to happen at particular, liminal places, or on
special days of the year...Traditionally, much folklore and folk
practice is concerned with preventing the intrusion of spirits into
this world, or the loss of humans to the Otherworlds, and many charms
and taboos exist for protection from these incidents. Some of this is
seen in fairy lore, where humans fear the fairies might steal human
babies and leave Changelings in their places. However other traditions
think more kindly of the fairies and other spirits, and encourage the
leaving of offerings for them, such as milk and baked goods, in order
to form a treaty or friendship with them...
The Irish tradition tells that the fairies are descendants of the
Tuatha D=E9 Danann, an ancient folk that were driven to the Underworld
by a wave of invaders, the Gaels, who came from Spain led by chieftain
M=EDl Esp=E1ine...
According to the Celtic beliefs, beyond the ocean lay the Isles of
Paradise, lands inhabited by supernatural beings, where pain and
disgrace are absent. In the Irish tradition, the ninth wave divides
the land of the mortals from the Other World. Sterile women perform
rituals at La Lanzada beach (Galicia), where nine successive waves
wash over them and will help them become pregnant...
Some Spanish authors, like Constantino Cabal, have supposed that the
Pagan inhabitants of Northwestern Spain believed that this was the
starting place of the souls of the dead on their trip to the Other
World. In this manner, traditions of Astorga tell us of a Rock of the
Souls... situated on the Sea of the Dead, that is, the Ocean which
surrounds the Northern Coast of Galicia. These traditions still
testify the ancient Celtic beliefs in an 'Other World' located beyond
the Sea."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_world
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