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Stephanie Jenson's avatar

I think timings everything and I found your essay about the time I started writing my essay about The Scarlet Letter. There are so many references of the Puritan town calling out untamed children as fairies or elf children. I read your essay and instantly made a connection and it really helped me tie everything together. Gave you a shout out here too, would love your thoughts: https://open.substack.com/pub/chaosandpoetry/p/puritans-fairies-and-witch-trials?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=9e6ci

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Melissa Harrison's avatar

This is interesting. ‘Whelp’ is an archaic term for puppy or dog and also a young otter, plus ‘water-dogs’ suggests otters to me. And otters whistle, which would explain the sound. Not sure about the bespangled eyes though!

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