Re: folklore question

On 6/19/2012 7:58 PM, Wayne Morrison wrote:
> Seeing as no one saw this the first time through, I'll give it another go.
>
> It's kind of become an accepted thing that vampires can't enter a home
> without permission. This isn't part of all vampire traditions, though.
>
> I seem to remember that this also applied generally to the fae. Without
> permission, they couldn't enter your home. I don't remember if that was
> something I picked up from a novel or if it's from a particular folklore
> tradition. it also could be something that just kinda mutated in my brain
> from vampires to fae. Does anyone know if this restriction was ever
> thought to apply to the fae as well as vampires?
>

What I recall are things that would keep them out (horseshoe over the
door, etc.). It doesn't really make sense that they couldn't come in
uninvited or there wouldn't be all those stories of changelings or all
those ways to placate them.

I'm far too exhausted to look up specifics though.


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