I am very pleased to announce that I have a brand new website: www.fairyfortunes.com
Ruby Ruse the Musical Muse and Pranking Pixie is back! And she telling fortunes. Not only that but Ruby Ruse will be returning to the World of Faeries Festival in South Elgin August 4 and 5, 2018. For more information, visit Ruby Ruse's Facebook Page: Fairy Fortunes by Ruby Ruse.
Fairy Fortunes is a divination system of my own design. It allows me to combine my love of mythology and folklore, my musical and performance talents, and my intuitive gifts. There are 16 cards, each featuring a being of the fae. Today, I'd like to introduce you to Puer the Pooka.
Beware of the Pooka Puer!
A shape-shifting beast who will dare.
He offers a change.
Prophetic exchange.
It's risk when you seek out his lair.
Unfavorable for: Peaceful resolution, and Diplomacy
Associations: Aries and Mars
Elements: Fire and Air
Latin Translation: Puer = Boy
The Pooka is featured in Irish folklore. He is a shape-shifter who most commonly appears in the form of a rabbit or horse or sometimes a garish human-animal hybrid. It is said that if he is offered the last harvest of blackberries, he will reward the giver with prophecy for the coming year. But there is great risk involved in seeking out Puer the Pooka as he can be unpredictable. Not to mention the fact that he is rather fond of causing trouble, delights in pranks, and relishes in terrorizing the countryside.
Puer the Pooka can choose to be helpful if he feels the cause is just. This shape-shifter is an omen of transformation and he appears when a quest is afoot. He will demand a commitment to one choice over another. Puer the Pooka will never mock a seeker for turning down a quest for veracious reasons, it is the regret for what “could have been” that is sure to anger him. The path not taken is useless to Puer the Pooka. He is not a creature of regret. He is independent and reclusive and as such, he favors the solitary quest. In fact, when he appears, seeking help from others may be unwise as he is an omen that those others should not necessarily be trusted. Even if they mean well, others may be motivated to derail the seeker from their quest in order to maintain the comfort of the status quo.
Seeing Puer the Pooka is a favorable omen where conflict has already begun or an immediate (and perhaps violent) change is desired. He will lend his courage and strength for the battle ahead. He can also be helpful in social matters when one wishes to appear confident, sensual and engaging. However, Puer the Pooka can be rash. He is a creature of action and may not think things through. He is an unfavorable omen if the desire is to avoid conflict. Trouble may be ahead. In this case, it is best to face the danger head on. Accept no handouts or free rides. In his horse form, the Pooka (like his cousin the Kelpy) was said to lure travelers to ride upon his back. Once the ride had been accepted the victim was magically fixed and could not free themselves as the Pooka then galloped into the lake to drown them.
Ruby Ruse and her fairy friends are also starting Leshiis for Literacy!
So for more information on Pookas, Ruby Ruse heartily recommends these great stories, books, and resources:
- DePaola, Tomie. Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka. Puffin Books. Recommended reading age: 4-8 years.
- Diterlizzi, Tony and Holly Black. The Spiderwick Chronicles (Book Series). Simon and Schuster. Recommended reading age: 7 years and beyond.
Resource Books for Fairy Folklore:
- Briggs, Katharine. The Vanishing People: Fairy Lore and Legends. Pantheon Books. 1978.
- Rose, Carol. Giants, Monsters and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend and Myth. New York: W.W. Norton and Company. 2000.
- Rosen, Brenda. The Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide to Legendary Beings. New York: Sterling Publings. 2009
- Young, Simon and Ceri Houlbrook. Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present. London: Gibson Square 2018
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