Bendith y Mamau
Country of Origin: Wales Being Type: Fairy Mothers
Power Stats
Aggression
5/10
Magic Abilities
9/10
Physical Power
5/10
Origin Backstory
"Mothers' Blessing"—Welsh fairies who steal human children and leave changelings; abduct infants for fairy realm; protective yet malevolent.
Key Features
- •Child abductors
- •Changelings left
- •Fairy mothers
- •Protective curse
- •Welsh folklore
Lore
Bendith y Mamau ("Mothers' Blessing") are Welsh fairies notorious for stealing human infants and leaving sickly changelings in their place. Iron or specific rituals protect against them, reflecting deep cultural fears of child loss, illness, and the capricious nature of the fairy realm in Celtic tradition.