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The Invisible One, Tir, and Jörmungandr | Advice from Folklore w/ Dr. Moiya McTier

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

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The History of Fairies Can't Lies

In a lot of fairy canon, fairies can't lie. They often will speak in deceptive language so that what they say is technically true but the other person might interpret it incorrectly. When my mom asked me as a teenager, if I had had sex, I said, I'm a virgin by which I meant virgin in the 18th century English definition of, I was an unmarried woman. You are giving others instructions on how they can best relate to you. And ultimately it's a loving act to tell somebody else how they canbest talk to you.

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