SHILL Issue 81

The place where they had danced would remain carbonized, the grass incapable of growing on the trodden
ground, with the leaves of the surrounding trees scorched. Later when the grass would finally grow. The animals
would not eat it but instead mushrooms would thrive on it.
Ielele are spellbound, bad, and rebellious spirits of the dead that cannot find peace. They have a tight connection
to the moon and its phases, laying spells on the ones that fall in their toils.
To appease them, people would give them euphemistic names like Fairies, The Saints, Beauties, Them, The
Ladies, Empresses of the Air, Ladies of the Fields. These names must not be used flippantly, as they may be the
basis for dangerous enchantments like stealing of the voice.
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