The Conscience Fairy & The Boggart

20 ECHOES

Location: Bootle, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

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Welcome to the Geolocational walk from Ykids and Bootle Children's Literacy Festival 2023 in partnership with Write Explorers. Today, we need your help to find the Conscience fairy who has been kidnapped by a Boggart. Are you ready to embark on this magical adventure?

As we begin our walk, keep your eyes peeled for fairy doors hidden throughout the area. These doors are the gateways to the fairy world and may hold clues to the whereabouts of the Conscience fairy. Search carefully for these doors for they are hidden well, so look high and low. The doors will be found somewhere within each circled location on your walk.

As we walk, we will also be listening to poetry about mythical creatures such as hobs, dragons, and mermaids. These creatures may also have information about the Boggart and the Conscience fairy.

But be careful, the Boggart is a mischievous creature who loves to play tricks. Keep your wits about you and don't let the Boggart lead you astray.

As we continue our walk, we will introduce you to many other mythical creatures such as sirens, gnomes, and pixies. These creatures may also have information about the Boggart and the Conscience fairy.

Remember, the Conscience fairy is counting on us to rescue her. Let's work together to find her and bring her back to safety.

Are you ready to begin our Geolocational walk and help save the Conscience fairy? Let's go!

Conscience Fairy Where Are You?

A Conscience Fairy is a magical being dedicated to guiding children towards making right choices. With their enchanting powers, Conscience Fairies use gentle nudges to prick the conscience of naughty children, helping them recognise the consequences of their actions. These compassionate fairies employ their magic to inspire empathy, kindness, and responsibility within young hearts. By sprinkling a touch of wisdom and understanding, Conscience Fairies empower children to make choices that align with their values, fostering personal growth and positive behaviour.

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Begin The Search

A Fairy Door is a magical portal between our world and the fairy realm. It is considered extremely lucky if you come across one of these doors.

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Brownie at the Edge of the Park

A brownie is a household spirit or Hobgoblin from Scottish folklore that is said to come out at night while the owners of the house are asleep and perform various chores and farming tasks. The human owners of the house must leave a bowl of milk or cream or some other offering for the brownie, usually by the hearth. Brownies are described as easily offended and will leave their homes forever if they feel they have been insulted or in any way taken advantage of. Brownies are characteristically mischievous and are often said to punish or pull pranks on lazy people. If angered, they are sometimes said to turn malicious.

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The Mermaids Call

A mermaid is a mythological creature that is half maiden and half fish or sea serpent. These women are often known to be both mysterious and enchanting. They are creatures of the sea and known to spend the majority of their lives in this environment, though some tales claim that there were mermaids who had the ability to live on both land and sea. This was often done by shedding their fish tail or skin and hiding it while they were on land. Some of these tails were supposedly stolen by humans who wished to marry these maidens. There are many legends of humans who forced mermaids into marriage in this manner, only for the mermaid to find her tail many years later and escape back into the sea.

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The Golem

A golem is a creature created from inanimate matter such as clay. This creature is usually brought to life through magical rituals or procedures and is limited to obeying any order of its creator in a literal way. That last thing is because, in general, golems do not have a conscience; they are like robots. Since, in most cases, they are created to perform hard physical tasks, golems are made with grotesque bodies. They have thick limbs and a small head, with human-like facial features. Although mud and clay are the most common materials for building their bodies, the wide mythology also depicts golems made of many other elements, such as wood, wax, and metal. Golems tend to grow in size over time. If a golem gets too big, it can rebel against its creator and develop its own plans.

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The Two Imps

An imp is a European mythological being similar to a fairy or demon, frequently described in folklore and superstition. The word may perhaps derive from the term ympe, used to denote a young, grafted tree.

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Gnome at Home

In European folklore, a Gnome is a dwarfish, subterranean goblin or earth spirit who guards mines of precious treasures hidden in the earth. He is represented in medieval mythologies as a small creature resembling a dry, gnarled old man. Gob, the king of the gnome race, ruled with a magic sword and is said to have influenced the melancholic temperament of man.

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The Sphinx

The Sphinx was a hybrid creature of Greek, Egyptian, and Mesopotamian lore, usually represented as part human and part lion. Sometimes it also boasted avian anatomy, such as the wings of an eagle or falcon. In Greek mythology, the Sphinx was always female whereas in Egyptian it was often depicted as male. According to myth, the Sphynx dwelt outside the city of Thebes, and asked a riddle to all travellers, in order to let them pass.

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Chiron the Centaur

Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology for his youth-nurturing nature. His personal skills tend to match those of his foster father Apollo, who taught the young centaur the art of medicine, herbs, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics, and prophecy, and made him rise above his beastly nature. Chiron was known for his knowledge and skill with medicine, and thus was credited with the discovery of botany and pharmacy, the science of herbs and medicine.

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Hob

A Hob is a type of small mythological spirit found in the north and midlands of England, but especially on the Anglo-Scottish border, according to traditional folklore of those regions. They could live inside the house or outdoors. They are said to work in farmyards and thus could be helpful, however if offended they could become nuisances. The folklore depicts a negative interaction with clothing and would be highly insulted if anyone offered them shoes as these creatures considered the clothes of mankind to be inferior to their own. Hobs are very closely related to Boggarts and indeed, if angered enough can transform into one.

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The Faerie Hound

The Faerie Hound (or Coin-Sith) is a mythological hound that can be found in Scotland and the Hebrides. Said to be the size of a young bull, the faerie hound has a wolf-like appearance. With dark green, shaggy fur, the faerie hound has a long tail that is either coiled (like a pug's) or braided, and giant paws that match the width of a grown man's hand.

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Sirens

Before the Sirens became the Sirens, they were mortal girls who served the goddess Persephone. These lovely girls trailed behind Persephone when she visited her favourite meadows to pick flowers. They sang to her in sweet voices and played instruments to please her.

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Dragon

In Chinese culture, blue and green are colours representing nature, health, healing, peace, and growth. A blue/green dragon symbolizes the approaching of spring, new life, and plant growth. The Green Dragon represents nature and the protection of it.

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Leprechaun

In Irish folklore, fairy in the form of a tiny old man often with a cocked hat and leather apron. Solitary by nature, he is said to live in remote places and to make shoes and brogues. The sound of his hammering betrays his presence. He possesses a hidden crock of gold; if captured, he might, if his captor keeps his eyes on him, reveal its hiding place. But usually, the captor is tricked into glancing away, and the fairy vanishes.

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The Labrynth

Mythology tells us that this labyrinth was built by the famed craftsman Daedalus on the orders of King Minos, to be the dwelling place of the monstrous Minotaur.

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Caverns of the Minotaur

In Greek mythology, this fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull. It was the child of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos. A snow-white bull was sent to Minos by the god Poseidon for sacrifice. Minos, instead of sacrificing it, kept it alive; Poseidon as a punishment made Pasiphae fall in love with it. Her child by the bull was shut up in the Labyrinth created for Minos by Daedalus.

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Meanwhile in Boggarts lair.

The Conscience Fairy is a beloved figure in many homes. She looks after the children and makes sure they're behaving with kindness and integrity. She moves so fast that you can barely catch sight of her full form, just a blur of wings and limbs, as she flits from room to room. Her gentle voice carries through the house, and she always manages to appear just in time to remind the children of good behaviour before it's too late. She has a kind heart and truly cares about the well-being of children; reminding them of the values that will serve them in the long run.

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