Habondia: queen of the fairies and friend of Joan of Arc

Habondia: queen of the fairies and friend of Joan of Arc.

Numerous sources identify Habondia as fairy queenas well as the Hellenic dryads who lived in the hearts of the trees, and even the Fates, tireless spinners of destiny.

It is rumored that Habondia often falls madly in love with mortal men, and that he never issues orders but rather requests complaints, almost always in a naive tone. However, if her pleas are not properly heeded, her response can be fierce.

In fact, there are many legends of men who were indifferent or hasty in love who were turned into stone for neglecting their requests and urgencies.

Directly related to the magical creatures worshiped by the druids, Habondia vividly manifests that double face that mythologies assimilate to the feminine principle of nature, which oscillates between warm motherhood and sensual extermination.

In this sense, it is not capricious that the Greeks identified the fairies with the Nymphs, kind protectors of all things that grow and multiply; in short, of life itself; but also with the Fates, whose stealthy and fugitive presence constantly reminds us of the inexorable fulfillment of destiny.

The novels of chivalry multiplied the regional names but above all the prestige of Habondiaand her seductive personality made its way into history.

Some chronicles of the time maintain that Habondia appeared to none other than Joan of Arc in her native forest of Domrémy, perhaps to confirm the certainty of her prophecies and revelations.

Beginning with Francoise Villon’s Ballads of the Ladies of yesteryear (Ballade des dames du temps jadis), poetry made Habondia a friend and confidant of the maid of Orléans.

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