Hello, I am the gnome who lives in Ivy and rosemary sails today to tell you a Irish legend.
It 's a story that explains very well what can happen if you enter a circle of fairies, the subject of which I spoke last time .
Niamh and the circle of fairies
Niamh was a sweet little girl who lived in the Irish countryside with her parents and her younger brother, Liam. For some 'time of a strange thing happened: the night was awakened by rousing music of a flute, accompanied by many other tools that created a beautiful melody, never heard before.
One night, he decided to follow the sound.
the brother Liam heard her as she stood up and tried to stop her, recalling the recommendations of parents about the dangers that lurk in the woods, but Niamh was determined to find out where it came from the melody. Then the little brother decided to follow her.
into the woods, until you reach a clearing, lit by hundreds of candles. With amazement they saw fairies and elves dance in a circle, following the rhythm of a silver flute played by a beautiful nymph.
In the background, you could hear the sound of violins, four-string banjo, guitar ed arpe.
Niamh non poté trattenersi: si sciolse dalla stretta del fratello e a passo di danza si unì al cerchio delle fate. Liam la chiamò e chiamò, cercando di convincerla a uscire dal cerchio. Ma ad un certo punto una luce abbagliante avvolse gli esseri fatati e Niamh, finché scomparvero tutti in un pulviscolo di stelle .
Le ricerche della bambina durarono per molto tempo, ma non ottennero risultati. Finché, vent'anni dopo, Liam tornò nostalgically to the place, which was still visible in the circle of trampled grass. Just then he heard himself called:
" Liam, Liam! You? Will I dance for twenty minutes, now it's time to go home to mom and dad."
Liam looked at that little girl in her nightgown, with tears in his eyes: "Niamh, this is you! You have not danced for twenty minutes ... but twenty years!"
This legend can also read the book Leprechaun Tales, retold by Yvonne Carroll Ed Gill & Macmillan 2002
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