Tamlin

Janet wore a mantel green and wolf-keen was her will Into the forest's heart, she went, while stars shone on the hills Janet stay out of those woods, there lives a fairy queen And fairy folk have lured many men into the green Seven years before that night, beneath those very boughs Janet and Tamlin joined their hands and spoke their true love vows But once he rode into the night, when from his horse he fell The fairy queen took him into her fairy realm to dwell 'Neath soil and stone the sidhe folk danced and drank and sang and cheered He was slave and servant there through days that passed like years But every seventh Samhain night, the elven court must ride If Janet wanted Tamlin back, deep in the forest she must bide Janet let pass the horses black, let pass the chestnut brown But when you see the snow-white steed, pull that rider down He will change in your arms into beasts so wild But without fear, you must hold close the father of your child When the fairy court rides by through bramble, thorn, and gorse Amid bone-breaking hooves and spears, Janet pulls Tamlin from his horse He changes in her arms, into a wolf so wild She holds him tight, she fears him not, the father of her child But then he changes in her arms, into a roaring bear She holds him tight, she fears him not, it is her husband, dear But then he changes in her arms, into a glowing coal She holds him tight and frees, with love, his ensorcelled soul Janet wore a mantel green and wolf-keen was her will Into the forest's heart, she went, while stars shone on the hills

Submitted by Finntroll — Feb 24, 2026