Nymphalem Naturae
(Faerie Queen)
Humanoid Insect Creature
An insect creature with uncanny humanoid features, the Nymphalem Naturae was found throughout the moors of Northern Europe. No near extinct, this "Faerie Queen" specimen is a reminder of a more "mystical" time. "Fairies are not born and do not die as we do, though they have their periods of outer activity and retirement. Allied to the lepidoptera, or butterfly genus, of our familiar acquaintance rather than to the mammalian line, they partake of certain characteristics that are obvious. There is little or no mentality awake--simply a gladsome, irresponsible joyousness of life that is abundantly in evidence in their enchanting abandon. The diminutive human form, so widely assumed, is doubtless due, at least in a great measure, to the powerful influence of human thought, the strongest creative power in our cycle."- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. |