Pabeard

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Paul

The next in line of mystic females is the venerable

Earth Spirit.

This is no doubt the most diversified category of the seven.

This section covers a wide range from Faeries and Elves
to Mermaid and Wood Nymph.
Some even consider female Vampires and Werewolves as Earth Spirits as they
are considered the Daughters of Lilith.
(don't know if I agree with that)

you see;

The Earth Spirit (as the name suggests), is a being tied to the earth
that was either born or made to be an individual with a permanent
physycal connection to Nature and/or the Etherial.

They may be the daughters of Etherial spirits or they may simply
have been born to a unique race of beings who are magically charged
by nature or individually talented.

The Earth Spirit when arranged by community generally seems to have
a very "human like" hierarchy of royalty and magic.

For example.

A community of Faeries for instance might have a king and queen,
and also Witches, Warriors, High Priestess, Sorceress and the like.

think about it....
It's very common.

Whatever type she may be, Elf to Gargoyle;
The Earth Spirit is unique among the seven as it is possible that she may
never have seen or in some cases even heard of a human.
And those that have are very weary and justly cautious.
It rarely ends well for the nymph or Mermaid that gets involved with
the affairs of men.

Observation;

When I was a kid  I never heard of an elf doing harm,
Today they seem as bloodthirsty as any human and
at least as capable of lust and deception...

Next time:

The Mother of them all!

The Etherial Spirit

come ready to read as there is much to cover...

So far we have covered-
-The Human
-The Warrior
-The witch
and
-The High Preistess


And have managed to do so without any arguments it seems.

Where we go now I am sure some may not see my way,
But I again remind you that I didn't just make this up off the top of my head.
This list is the way I have about heard it for many years from even
back when I studied mythology in grade school.
Greek was my favorite!

So now we come to...



The Sorceress...

This is a being at first confused with the Witch.
In fact, She is all at once far more powerfull than any witch as her ability is
internal.

That means She has no need to gather materials or be "connected" to
nature to instantly enforce her presence and will.
We considered the TV character of Samantha Stevens to be
" Sorceress" not" Witch"
Just imagine what Endora could do if Darren really got her pissed.

The Sorceress is the type that appears to be mortal,
generally, (but not allways), a very good looking one.
but unlike mere mortals she will have the ability to affect her environment
by means of Metaphysical discharge.


for example;

A Witch may be hunted successfully by getting close enough before she has
time to prepare a spell or magic item,
(like an invisibility spell or charm perhaps).
Once deprived of this ability she generally
becomes harmless and can actually be tortured, tied to a steak and burned alive .
(hard life)...

HOWEVER...

The Sorceress is hard to get near as she generally seems to know everyone
she meets ahead of time.
think about it...
And  if one does  get near her , (possible because  she won't run)...
She has the ability to make problematic humans dissapear in most dramatic fashion
depending on her individual style.

This is one of the Mystic Female types that can shoot lightning from her eyes or
fire from her fingertips She can vanish into thin air or make a victim do the same
as well as many other magical  Shock and Awe methods.
She by far has the lowest mortality rate of all the seven types.
(including the more powerfull Etherial type) and their power only increases over time.


should be left alone...

A little further up the food chain is the Witch.

The witch, "good or bad" is the first of the magically connected types and yet she is
still as human as the first two. This is because her power is external.
The witch or  "wyche" relies on incantation and knowelege of mixtures found in nature
to effect changes not seen by ordinary humans.
She is often seen as an outlaw and if caught practicing withchcraft the consequences
can be quite severe.
For this reason, the witch is not easy to spot in the area or community in which she lives.
(at least in the old  days that is. modern witches are celebrities)
There are many versions of the witch story;
Some ride brooms,or have familiars that are a connection to the metaphysical side that
many ordinary humans fear so she is sought out by authorities as an outlaw in the
name of   whatever belief system is currently in power.
I must admit I have always found this odd as in every religion I have ever studied or
lightly skimmed, witches have examples where they have proven useful-
(the witch of Endor for example)

More than any other individual on this list the witch is the most varied in look;
She ranges from the drop dead beautiful to the old hag.
Also in the fantasy realm she is by far the most sexually charged of all the types, with
spells of passion being one of the main passtimes or services she provides.

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And now comes my- personal favourite

The High Priestess

Her power is that of summoning spirits and/or demons in a setting of a temple the
she never seems to leave.
Unlike the witch everyone in her environment from miles around knows who she is
and where she can be found and most of her type live like
pampered queens feared for their ability.

Also unlike our friend the witch, The High Priestess is not an "Outlaw".
She does not have to run away or hide from the system because in effect;
She is the system
Not that she would have to summon monsters under ordinary circumstances as she
allways seems to come equipped with her own private army of humans that protect
her and her temple.

The High Priestess is generally born to her position and is usually quite adept at appeasing
and summoning Metaphysical beings.
She does not actually "create" these beings as they already exist but she knows how to gain
their trust and co-operation.
What makes her so appealing is that I have never seen an "ugly" or even "average"
looking High Priestess
(unlike her male counterpart)  
She is allways strikingly beautiful  and yet she will have sex with
hideous demons and/or monsters (like dragons) to gain their favor and co-operation.
Yet her sex drive is still not as great as the witch.
(she does not even run a close second)...
She never takes orders from any human king.

However...

It very well may be that she is not the absolute ruler of her land..
Sometimes she is the representative of a Metaphysical being that only she understands
and applies his edicts according to her own interpretations.

(hmm... sound familiar?)</b>
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Next installment we get into two beings with true "internal power"
-The Sorceress
           and
-The Earth Spirit

The Seven Fantasy types
                                                                              (Female)

     You may have seen in the artist comments of my deviations a reference  to
a certain quality that one or another character has that puts her into
one of several categories that I may have refered to as
"Fantasy"or "Magic Types".

     People have noted me asking what one type or another was about and
what the other types were.
Not wanting to type that much, I didn't answer many.
(until now)...

      In the art cliques that I fallen in and out of,  The  seven types are well known.
Especially amongst the writers of Fiction in this genre, But I realize that this
may be a local thing.

It is important to realize that these descriptions may vary from person to person,
and there is certainly room for hybrids:
AND I  CAN ONLY DEFINE THEM AS  I SEE THEM.

(that being said)...

It has been my experience that the seven headings listed below are fairly constant.
and the categories are;

Human
Warrior
Witch
Priestess
Sorceress
Earth Spirit
Etherial

At first I thought to place them all in one shot, But it turns out that
the explainations as I went got rather long so I will post in installments of two.

Starting with the Human seems logical.





    The human is the below  to  above average character that generally gets a story
rolling in the first place.  This is the damsel in distress type, or the person who
bumbles her way into the affairs of higher beings and becomes involved in matters
Metaphysical.
This person has no powers of her own, (magical anyway) and very likely will need
rescuing provided she survives long enough.


Next up is the Warrior

    Isn't this a "human" also?
Yes she is actually.  The difference is the way she deals with a given situation.
    The female warrior/adventurer comes in both the hard- line "no nonsense" type
who can kick a door down and kill every man, woman, cat and dog in the room,
(think Zena, Red Sonya, or any of the lethal ones )...
OR
she can be the vixen that uses her feminine wiles to get her enemies into a vulnerable
position and finish them off  with minimum effort, or at least get her enemies to destroy
each other.
(think Judith, Delilah, Solome or most Pam Grier roles).
Perhaps the "smarter" of the two but overall it rarely ends well for her.

Next time;
We get into the magic with
Witches and the High Priestess