![]() ![]() The knockers and coblynau are very hard working sprites who are frequently heard but very seldom seen the sounds of their picks, their wheelbarrows and the falls of stone they cause is heard deep in mines. Appearanceĭespite the differing regional names, it seems safe to treat most of these beings as one underground species. Other named mine spirits are the Blue-Cap of the Northumberland coalmines, a very strong being who moved the wheeled coal tubs on the underground railways, and the Cutty Soams of County Durham, who were mine bogles, known for their vengeful mischief- which included such pranks as cutting the traces (or ‘soams’) on the underground coal wagons. ![]() In the coal and metal ore mines of Wales, we find the coblynau (i.e. There are two principal types of mine fairy- the knockers of the South West of England (also called ‘nuggies,’ ‘bockles,’ ‘gathons’ or ‘buccas’) are very well known. The fays mine for both coal and ores and they have been associated with the tin mines of the South West of England, the lead mines of the Long Mynd in Shropshire and with the copper mines of Cumberland and North Yorkshire. There are two principal industrial activities in which fairies are involved. Fairies can seem just as interested as humans in money and treasure, so it’s worth considering where these riches might come from. ![]() This may jar somewhat with the notion of winged flower fairies, but that convention forgets the fact that gnomes, as first imagined by Paracelsus, are very intimately connected to the mineral riches of the earth. There’s lots of evidence for fairies being just as active as humans in extracting the earth’s resources and in manufacturing. ![]()
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