Thread by @AphobeHottakes, "Why did you ignore when several indigenous people came out ans said [...]

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"Why did you ignore when several indigenous people came out ans said that fae/faer pronouns were appropriation?"

Because you never actually cited/linked any *native sources* and were just quoting pop culture fantasy memes as your reasons why it was cultural appropriation

So, to revisit. Here is *another* thread of why this

is just totally bullshit

1. The Irish Pegan School has a *FREE* intro class if you want to learn from *actual native sources*
https://irishpaganschool.com/courses/enrolled/818333

2. Cultural appropriation is:
• using for monetary gain
• teaching at the expense of native sources
• for clout
(source:)

"Many Celtic beliefs"

Okay, which ones? Because in Irish folklore they're called "trooping fairies" and "Seelie" is the anglicized version of the Scottish Gaelic word "sìth". Everything else in the post sounds like vauge pop culture osmosis and isn't quoting the actual lore

"Many beliefs and practices"

Again, which ones? They're not using any citations or directly quoting any native sources like The Mabinogion (Welsh) or the many many resources put out by Irish Pegan School

Also, changelings and changling-like fairy creatures are actually universal across Europe and not exclusively Celtic. They r also literally the *worst* example you could use because the changeling myth probably was referring to disabled children, so yikes. https://mappingignorance.org/2020/06/22/the-changelings-fairy-tales-about-autism/

The changelings: fairy tales about autism? - Mapping Ignorance

“So the goblins came. They pushed their way in and pulled baby out, leaving another all made of ice” Maurice Sendak, Outside over there. Fairy tales are stories, often with an evolution of centuries,...

https://mappingignorance.org/2020/06/22/the-changelings-fairy-tales-about-autism/

"They told me this was a serious matters"

Okaaaaay, but like, *who* told you? What's their IG? Twitter handle? Blog link? Any actual native sources to promote/name drop? or are you just paraphrasing Holly Black's Tithe trilogy because that sounds like what you're doing

They're basically saying you can't use anything mentioned in the folklorist's motif index
https://archive.org/details/Thompson2016MotifIndex so y'all better study up, it's SIX volumes

Also "Faerie" entered the *English* vernacular from Norman French from *Latin*, it wasn't "stolen" from Celtic languages

Now to address the elephant in the room: Christianity

Ancient Celtic peoples had rich *oral* traditionals so you know who actually wrote down everything we know about them? Monk scribes in *Latin* and they made some fairly *OBVIOUS* edits as seen here

in the Lebor Gabála Érenn

Now to address the elephant in the room: ChristianityAncient Celtic peoples had rich *oral* traditionals so you know who actually wrote down everything we know about them? Monk scribes in *Latin* and they made some fairly *OBVIOUS* edits as seen here in the Lebor Gabála Érenn

You know, for someone who is so worried about offending the fae, they sure do name drop them a LOT in this little transphobic essay about cultural appropriation while at the same time failing to cite and direct people towards a single native source. Hypocrisy at its finest

So, for anyone who wants to know more about Celtic Folklore and Cultures here's some places you can start:
The Mabinogian (abridged audio book version)
The Lebor Gabála Érenn (previously recorded live storytelling version)