The emergence of natural phenomena is no doubt often a mystery in itself in the world. Even though many researchers and scientists can explain it scientifically, not a few also think that the cause of natural phenomena is motivated by a myth.
One of them is the Fairy Ring phenomenon. Although in fact there is a scientific explanation for the cause of the formation of Fairy Rings, it is said that Fairy Rings are places where fairies play and dance, you know.
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1. What are Fairy Rings?
Fairy Ring (Aviddoghug via Wikimedia Commons)
Fairy Ring is a collection of mushrooms that grow in a circular position. Fairy Ring is also known as Elf Circle or Elf Ring.
There are 2 types of fungi that commonly form Fairy Ring. Agaricus campestris or compost mushroom is a type of consumption mushroom that comes from the family Agaricaceae. This type of mushroom is often about 6 feet (2 m) in diameter.
Another mushroom is Marasmius oreades or commonly known by the name fairy ring champignon who come from the family Marasmiaceae. The mushroom is a large, irregular ring-shaped mushroom that can reach a size of about 1200 feet (265 m) in diameter.
2. Formation of Fairy Ring
Fairy Ring (Barbara Carr via Wikimedia Commons)
Fairy Rings are a naturally occurring phenomenon that usually appear year after year in lawns, fields, and forests. According to woodlandtrust, Fairy Ring is caused by individual mushrooms growing underground. Fungi grow many tiny threads called mycelium in a circular shape.
A year later, a mushroom emerged from the ground at the edge of the circle and created the Fairy Ring. The ring of mushrooms starts small and gets bigger with age.
3. A sign of the presence of fairies
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illustration of fairies forming a Fairy Ring (Kate Greenaway via Wikimedia Commons)
So why is this mushroom circle called a Fairy Ring? This is caused by the existence of folklore and myths circulating in society regarding the emergence of mushroom circles since ancient times.
According to English and Celtic folklore and myths, this mushroom circle is a circle made by fairies and elves to play and dance together in a forest. This then became a reference for naming this mushroom circle phenomenon as Fairy Ring.
4. The Curse of Fairy Rings
illustration of a human trying to get into the Fairy Ring (TH Thomas via Wikimedia Commons)
In folklore and myths originating from England and Celtic it is also mentioned the curse that humans will get if they enter the Fairy Ring circle. It is said that any human who accidentally enters the Fairy Ring will be forced to dance with the fairies non-stop until the human will go mad and die from exhaustion.
Meanwhile, according to Welsh tradition, the curse that humans get for entering Fairy Rings is not caused by the fairies forcing them to dance non-stop, but because of differences in the fairy world. according to legend Llewellyn and Rhys, the speed of the fairy world is different from the speed in the human world. A few minutes of dancing within the Fairy Ring, was equivalent to having passed days or weeks in the human world. So when someone manages to return to the human world, it is certain that person will go crazy.
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