Adam eagerly heads down to see what Pheobe wanted.
They are all reasonable gen. ed. classes. A&P may be a bit of a stretch, but there's a reason for that one.]
"It's true. The idea it's a translation issue isn't entirely wrong. They're both used as heavily generalized terms. However....here's something you might not be aware. While it's obvious much of the stories of fae originate from Celtic and Irish lore, there's a lesser known detail that some stories that they fairies are fallen angels cast out by God. The belief goes that the fairies who fell into the ocean and earth are actually very gentle creatures..." Julia's thumb pressed the button.
[Maybe...
"See you!" Ixchel waves goodbye.
Giovanni gives Felicia a small smile as she thanks him and leaves.
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Felicia arrives to a classroom displaying visual art of all kinds on the walls--mostly paintings but some photographs and a couple sculptures are present too. The professor sits behind a desk in the corner, twirling a little pointer baton in her hand.
"Hello there. Please, take a seat."
The room is mostly empty for now, but this is unlikely to last long.
)
"It's my fault." Adam takes the blame. "When buttons are so easy to push, sometimes I get a little carried away pushing them." He chuckles. "I don't know... That sounds lovely, but I had some plans already." He remembers his idea to do some tutoring with Rachel, but also remembers that she'd merely offered for him to find her at lunch, not set anything up concretely. "But, given that you're a professor, I get the feeling that this could be educational."
"It's true. The idea it's a translation issue isn't entirely wrong. They're both used as heavily generalized terms. However....here's something you might not be aware. While it's obvious much of the stories of fae originate from Celtic and Irish lore, there's a lesser known detail that some stories that they fairies are fallen angels cast out by God. The belief goes that the fairies who fell into the ocean and earth are actually very gentle creatures..." Julia's thumb pressed the button.
"These fairies are supposed to be allow to dance to moonlight and play in their own territory as they see fit. As long as you don't bother them, they won't ever go out of their way to deliberately hurt you. The technical term you will see in a lot of nordic myth which shares roots is elves, which given the origins and proximity of the tribes, it's more likely they share originating roots than you may think. In a lot of ways, it could be viewed as the norse defintion of elves which refer to two types specifically as Light Elves and Dark Elves, could very well be referring to the same thing. For example, it is true that Alfheim corresponds to a region in modern Sweden....notably surrounded and close to water."
"The Dark Elves in Norse myth live beneath the earth and are seen as the malicious ones that the tales of evil fae folk come from. Which...would in a sense refer to dark elves as creatures that fell from heaven and dwell underneath the earth....which has strong parallels to Catholicism's portrayal of demons. In a sense, light elves and by extension, the sea and earth elves in folklore could be viewed as essentially exiled angels who are not malicious or evil enough to be considered fallen. That's one idea anyway....there's many stories in Irish lore of fairies being brightly colored and vibrant, but malicious and dangerous beings that operate on rules of their own...much like you'd imagine a demon or fallen kind of angel with no mortal understanding would. Of note, the origins of Mephistopheles never actually refer to him as a devil unlike what popular media would lead you to believe. He also had Germanic origins, which naturally shares a lot of roots and histories with the celts and nordic regions....the truth? Who knows...."
Julia took a breath, in part because she needed it, and in part to engage who was paying any attention. "Connections exist everywhere. Some might be real, some might not. But many parts of history and myth coincide in more ways than you might think. Even in your day to day life, it's always worth asking yourself "Am I seeing the whole picture?"
(Is Felicia being a prude part of that reason?
Entering her next class, she takes a look around seeing the paintings, and sculptures inside. Right, art... I... don't think I have an eye for such things... She thought to herself, after all, the only art works she's immersed herself in during her childhood was the images on her duel cards.
As she heard the professor's voice call out to her, Felicia snaps out of her inner monologue, "Ah, good morning. I'm Felicia Matthews." She introduces herself to her professor, giving a soft smile as she goes and finds a seat.
"If that was where Sweden and Germany were located, perhaps it would be." Julia gave a rather simple response. She wasn't too thrown off by Haunani already being aware of her spirit, though the fact she's never directly seen Julia play it to get a direct sense of it, did suggest she had quite some sensitivity.
Adam chuckles as the enthusiasm. "You're quite the dynamo, aren't you? Somehow, I doubt inviting the math professor to an orgy an hour after I met her is going to have a good impression." He shakes his head. Though he doesn't concur with Pheobe's belief that Huanani is his girlfriend - after all, he's still not certain she's not out to kill him - he doesn't bother to correct Phoebe.