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Sophie Danneel
HOW TO MEET GNOMES, SYLPHS, WATER SPRITES, FAIRIES, DEVAS AND GIANTS
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| The first time I saw a gnome, I must have been three years old. In Belgium, when I was on holiday with my family in Champlys, a village bordering the Ardennes, I saw this little per-son (about 80 cm tall) who looked just like a garden gnome and who was running to the edge of a pasture at the edge of the wood. In Belgium, these gnomes were called “ Nutons ”. I pulled at my Mum’s hand to show her the strange little man, but, in the time it took for her to look where I was pointing, the gnome had disappeared. Then I didn’t give it another thought for more than thirty years, filing it away as a wonderful childhood memory. Oh, of course, I have always liked gnomes, fairies, elves and other sprites, whatever their stories might be, and the drawings which portrayed them, probably because of this memory. |
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And then, while perfecting my entry into vibratory worlds, I happened to meet these fantastic beings again, whom ordinary mortals can only imagine in ancient fairy stories, in special effects films or in childhood imagination. But they really do exist, as well as the Sylphs, water sprites, and Salamanders. I will tell you all about their worlds, if you like.
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Original illustrations by Frédéric Coince, © 2003
http://f.coince.free.fr
Composition et mise en page : ATHENA PRODUCTIONS
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