Do you believe...?

[areadbhar]

Mark, this is a very interesting discussion.

[Lucif3r]

Mythological creatures fascinate me but do I believe in them? No.
Faeries were never among my favorites due to their feminine image but having been prompted to research them as I compose this there are some intriguing stories around their origin which vary based on culture or even religion.

In Christianity they were thought to either be the children of Eve punished for being hidden from God's sight (due to a rule we are all familiar with that only children or the exceptionally open minded can see faeries) or fallen angels cast out with those who'd sided with Lucifer but hadn't themselves. Supposedly they'd had been neutral thus hadn't been considered to have gone dark and their elements had been decided by where they'd landed when they fell.

There's another viewpoint that they are the souls of those who'd drowned in Noah's flood.

Source: http://rwwgroupblog.com/2011/04/26/chri ... f-the-fae/
To be clear I'm not into Christianity, recently a few of their myths have intrigued me but only as literature, the effect on me is no different than something you'd check out in the library.

The Pagan and Wiccan...or maybe it's Celtic or all three, I'm unclear here viewpoint sees them as mischievous and believed they'd kidnap infants and replace them with changlings. It was thought that an ill "infant" was sign of it's being a changling.

Sources: http://www.timelessmyths.com/celtic/faeries.html
http://paganwiccan.about.com/od/beltane ... ieLore.htm

I had no idea that beings such as Banshees, elves, leprechauns and mermaids were considered classifications of faeries.
My interest has been sparked.

[Zish]

Well, I'm kinda in the middle. I don't truly believe in them, but then again, no one truly knows for sure. There could be, but probably not.

I agree with this. Although, I personally am obsessed with dragons and believe they may be out there... but if dragons are (or once existed), who knows? Maybe fae did/do too.

[Amy43]

In short, no, but sometimes I wonder about the stories of mythological creatures and if they possibly are based on sightings, or just totally made up.

I'm sure there are plenty of places on Earth we haven't explored yet, and I think I've heard of people discovering new animals recently, so there's a ton we don't know yet.

[brit.]

i Believe their are animals not discovered yet too Like Their was a type one squid discovered only last year

Do you believe In Love at first sight i dont because it usally doesnt work out.