Two stories from Lady Wilde's book 'Ancient legends of Ireland'. These stories feature the common themes of the 'Dark horseman' trickster that leads the protagonist awry and is quite unnecessarily cruel and spiteful on travellers he meets along the road. The stories include the visit to the fairy palace and all its beauty and joy and then things take a darker turn and the human visitor gets an unpleasant supernatural brush with death.<br /><br />The stories propose that the reason for this unnecessary cruelty is a grudge the fairy folk have against humanity, much like the Djinn. I then breifly discuss the startlingly similar origin myths of the Fairies and Djinn.<br /><br />If you'd like to contribute a transcription in your language, please submit it via this link <a href="http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCe7wDjqjIVyFDS9bxm1esBA&tab=2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCe7wDjqjIVyFDS9bxm1esBA&tab=2</a><br /><br />Keep in touch?<br />TWITTER - <a href="https://twitter.com/DMasonField" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/DMasonField</a><br />INSTAGRAM - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/darragh_mf/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/darragh_mf/</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRoTo7hMqEw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRoTo7hMqEw</a>