Regardless of how this comes to be, the blessings and honors of descending from a fairy bloodline have been passed down from generation to generation. Do you believe that you may have been born with this magical blood flowing through your veins? Here are 15 signs that you descended from a fairy bloodline. So there's a post on a major blogsite about 8 ways to tell if you may have fairy blood.
The list is heavily prejudiced towards a modern (post-Victorian) view of fairies and specifically of winged flower fairies as far as I can tell. It also includes an array of characteristics that could apply to many people for many reasons, like feeling the need to lighten the mood in serious situations with. Fae Blood [Spoilers All] Human blood is red because the of the haeme group, which contains iron, which makes me ask: is Fae blood red too (i.e.
does it contain a haeme group)? I know that at one point Kote points out in the frame story that Bast's hand is bleeding, but it is not described what color it is. There are some anecdotal accounts which claim fairies have white blood and and are averse to or avoid the colour red and human blood (see: Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries and The Good People) *However* these are late 19th century and 20th century accounts which hinge on the Catholic belief that fairies have white blood because they are not. Red color in Celtic folklore was most often associated with fairyland or the other-world.
As a result, the color was considered unlucky, even when on clothing or scarves worn by humans: Women wearing red petticoats were avoided in the west of Ireland until recent times. Even more ominous was red hair or hide, whether on human or animals. Combined with white, red hair was a sure sign of fairy.
Fay Sprite says, 'Most people have some Faery Blood.' By gleaning the older classical literature here are some possible hints you may indeed have a Faery Ancestor! Fae blood doesn't contain iron as it's harmful to them and thus isn't normally red. A nymph's blood, for example, would be the color of the fluid of the plant they're related to (shades of brown, white or clear). What color is fairy blood? Fae are also more likely to get sick for magical reasons than biological ones.
Fae blood doesn't contain iron as it's harmful to them and thus isn't normally red. A nymph's blood, for example, would be the color of the fluid of the plant they're related to (shades of brown, white or clear). Fairy blood color by rushtonrog.73 COLOURlovers viewed this page and think rushtonrog is a color lord.
It appears more in accounts of the fairy folk who are more bloodthirsty, like the redcaps who dye their hats and clothes in human blood. Now, blood is violence and strife and death, which is worth caution, but it is also life, for it nurtures and nourishes us from womb to tomb.