The fairy rings have a mythical, historical reputation as exposed by the warnings and folklore surrounding them about the globe, but particularly in the Western Europe.
Many places have their personal superstitions surrounding those fairy rings, however, in the most part of the myths involving supernatural creatures or fairies that are either dancing around a ring, or have their ring serving as the portal between our world and the fairy realm. It has been believed that the spheres were created via lightning strikes, shooting stars, or were the witches’ work. These viewpoints persisted in the 19th century, like the notices to not stray in the fairy circle, for you may be transported into the fairy kingdom, and certain doom.
These rings are identified throughout Europe. Traditionally, they were named as “sorcerers’ rings” when in France, and then “witches rings” when in Germany, where they are allegedly most active on the Walpurgisnacht, the night of April 30, where the witches were thought to meet and then hold large commemorations coinciding with the arrival of Spring.
In Scotland it was thought the fairies sits on a mushroom and applied them as a bench for their bazaars, while in Wales a story goes that a mushroom was picked by a fairy folk and aided it as umbrellas or parasols. Until now in Wales, it has been said that the rings denotes an underground fairy community. The Welsh folklore also considered the rings as the place of fortune and fertility, and claims that the crops grown around it and livestock feeding close by will flourish.
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