Apparently, few here know the meaning of a Fairy circle in the wood. Do you?

Question

I asked an earlier question and could tell from the answer that few knew anything of a Fairy circle, or, of its spirituality for many not of the Christian or Muslim faith.

For some in that question. I did live in Ireland for a bit. I would walk out of Killarney about a mile and into the wood of the park. there I would rest from the day and commune with who are what ever showed up including my own conscience. While in killarney I manage to find a different circle each week. It is such a place. I could say spirituality was rampant.

So some know that it it is a circle of mushrooms. They don't know of the spirituality of the site. Especially when it it is in a circle of trees. When tis new dusk and the wind slows and the woods people begin to talk of the day and the night's doing.

Answer 1

A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms.
The rings may grow over ten meters in diameter and become stable over time as the fungus grows and seeks food underground.
They are found mainly in forested areas, but also appear in the grasslands and/or rangelands.
Fairy rings are not only detectable by sporocarps in rings or arcs, but also by a necrotic zone (death grass) or a ring of dark green grass.
If these manifestations are visible a fairy fungus mycelia is likely present in the ring or arc underneath.

Fairy rings in folktales and mythology

In English folklore, fairy rings were said to be caused by fairies or pixies dancing in a circle, wearing down the grass beneath their feet. Toads would then sit on the mushrooms, poisoning them; hence the name toadstool. In Sussex they were called, “hag tracks”, in Devon people thought that fairies caught young horses and rode them in circles.

In Scandinavian folklore, these circles were attributed to elves or witches and were called älvdanser, i.e. elf dances, älvringar, or heksering.

In German-speaking Europe, fairy rings are known as Hexenringe, or "witches rings", stemming from an old medieval belief that the rings represented places where witches would have their gatherings.

In Austria people thought that dragons breath burned the land. Similar myths to those in German folklore can be found in Czech, Slovak, Polish and even Russian folk tales. In the Czech language they are called čarodějné kruhy, as they are thought to have been caused by a dragons having a rest at those places.

Another myth states that fairy rings are doors into the fairies' world, transporting people to other places or making people appear in the same place in a different time. Young ladies are also warned not to touch dew situated on the grass within the ring, due to the belief that it can cause skin problems

Answer 2

A fairy circle is a circular arrangement of mushrooms or toadstools. The presence of a fairy circle indicates that the fungal rhyzomes cover the entire ground where the circle is, as a circle is in fact one singular organism spread out over a vast area (much like some groves of birch).

Answer 3

my grandfather always said the ring of mushrooms was caused by the fairies dancing in a circle there the night before. we usually found them in the pasture where a round haybale had sat. Not sure any religious side, though

Answer 4

Not I ! Yet But as for Lord Charles, Scounders, Rotter et al I haven't heard from them in some time. Therefore I suspect a dastardly plot is brewing against our side!

Answer 5

i have heard of fairy circles many years ago, and i to would go out in the woods to try and find fairy circles but never found any. i had never heard more of this until now, ive never researched if it is really real. but it would be fun going out to try and find them.

Answer 6

Ask Sanjaya Malekar

Answer 7

Fairy circles are a fungi that grow in rings. Nothing more, nothing less.

Answer 8

Yes I know, its caused by mushrooms, growing in a circle...do I get a prize now??

Answer 9

fairy ring?I've seen them in the woods,they are ascribed to a fungal growth in the soil,but we know better.

Answer 10

from what i've heard it's a circle of mushrooms. Not sure if that's what you meant.