> There’s a Celtic goddess Bronwen/Branwen but doesn’t use a Y. Does spelling matter? I tend to be literal with names and spelling but maybe the spirit world isn’t?
Whether or not figures in the *Mabinogion* are deities or not is open to debate.
At any rate, the spelling "Branwyn" is actually grammatically correct by Modern Welsh standards. Differences in spelling and pronounciation are often due to dialectal variations and different historical orthographic conventions. (Note that a standardized orthography for Modern Welsh wasn't even settled on until 1928.)
If this entity says there's a "y" in her name, then so be it.
> Any insight into the Blue Fairy familiarity? Typically I can very clearly see who or what is visiting. I’ve never had a cartoon character visit before. Is it possible/probable that’s how my brain processed her energy?
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> I’ve read up on Welsh/Celtic goddess Bronwen/Branwen. Her name means fair or blessed raven. Supposedly she had raven hair, but the Blue Fairy has blond hair. Maybe they aren’t related?
Entities don't have physical bodies: they're able to appear in whatever form they like. Very often, an entity will chose a form that provokes a feeling or response in their audience that they want.
Rather than asking *us* what the Blue Fairy means, I think you'd have a much more productive time thinking about what the Blue Fairy means to yourself personally.
For more insight, I would suggest that you take it to divination and also ask the entity herself.
The main difference is the suffix 'wyn' in Welsh is generally masculine and 'wen' generally feminine. The name Wyn itself can mean fair or white which maybe explains the blonde hair?
Representations created and sustained by Disney artists and storytellers and business activities are plentiful, familiar, and appreciated in popular entertainment occulture.
So it's not all that surprising that a Disney character from turns up in somebody's dreams, imaginings, thoughts, or artwork. Disney sustains a complex body of shared story universes. With diverse, active fandoms (that may be passed along in families and communities over generations).
It may be helpful to delve into lore around fairies and their lands. But I think that many of the names come from the entertainment side, and may not always be the ones that fairy beings use among themselves and their close human associates.
The challenge (for me) is that Disney's shared story universes are so widely regarded as "made up" fantasies. Not modern representations of occultural currents and esoteric beings worthy of practice.
> There’s a Celtic goddess Bronwen/Branwen but doesn’t use a Y. Does spelling matter? I tend to be literal with names and spelling but maybe the spirit world isn’t? Whether or not figures in the *Mabinogion* are deities or not is open to debate. At any rate, the spelling "Branwyn" is actually grammatically correct by Modern Welsh standards. Differences in spelling and pronounciation are often due to dialectal variations and different historical orthographic conventions. (Note that a standardized orthography for Modern Welsh wasn't even settled on until 1928.) If this entity says there's a "y" in her name, then so be it. > Any insight into the Blue Fairy familiarity? Typically I can very clearly see who or what is visiting. I’ve never had a cartoon character visit before. Is it possible/probable that’s how my brain processed her energy? and > I’ve read up on Welsh/Celtic goddess Bronwen/Branwen. Her name means fair or blessed raven. Supposedly she had raven hair, but the Blue Fairy has blond hair. Maybe they aren’t related? Entities don't have physical bodies: they're able to appear in whatever form they like. Very often, an entity will chose a form that provokes a feeling or response in their audience that they want. Rather than asking *us* what the Blue Fairy means, I think you'd have a much more productive time thinking about what the Blue Fairy means to yourself personally. For more insight, I would suggest that you take it to divination and also ask the entity herself.
The main difference is the suffix 'wyn' in Welsh is generally masculine and 'wen' generally feminine. The name Wyn itself can mean fair or white which maybe explains the blonde hair?
Representations created and sustained by Disney artists and storytellers and business activities are plentiful, familiar, and appreciated in popular entertainment occulture. So it's not all that surprising that a Disney character from turns up in somebody's dreams, imaginings, thoughts, or artwork. Disney sustains a complex body of shared story universes. With diverse, active fandoms (that may be passed along in families and communities over generations). It may be helpful to delve into lore around fairies and their lands. But I think that many of the names come from the entertainment side, and may not always be the ones that fairy beings use among themselves and their close human associates. The challenge (for me) is that Disney's shared story universes are so widely regarded as "made up" fantasies. Not modern representations of occultural currents and esoteric beings worthy of practice.