![]() Some examples of these dark beings that are mentioned in various Folklore tales are the Redcaps, vicious fairies that would drench their caps in human blood. ![]() The Unseelie court were the malevolent and evil of the dark realms, some could even spread wings and roam the earth stealing mortals and causing harm to everyone that they encountered. Because they were not evil enough for hell, they went into hiding and were able to study our creatures of earth and take on human and animal forms at will. ![]() Folklore legends say that when the angels revolted in heaven and God closed the gates, the Fairies were trapped between heaven and hell. It has also been suggested that they were demoted angels. Some believed that Unseelies and fairies as a whole are unpredictable spirits. If a human stared to long at one of these dark Fairies, they would resemble the images of dead relatives. There was a fairy legend that said the unseelie court could take on various forms of the dead. When they were finally sent back or managed to escape, the person would turn into a haggard elder or immediately disintegrate into a pile of dust. Once a human had been lured to the fairyland realm, they would spend years there in human time, but in fairyland it would only be a matter of days. If one was tricked and actually married one of these tricksters, as they were masters in mimicking human form, they would eventually have their life essence stolen. During these encounters many withered and died before they could be taken away, as their powers were so great that the faint of heart simply died from shock. There were tales of Unseelies in human form that would lure unsuspecting men and women into the woods with a luring embrace, once kissed by a human, that person would be trapped into 7 years of servitude in the fairyland realm. A lot of the Unseelie tales were recorded in Medieval times.
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