Keshalyi
ORIGIN:
Romani (Gypsy)
Keshalyi are usually described as “Fairies.” Their name is believed to derive from a word for “spindle” and so they may be associated with those deities who spin the threads of fate. Keshalyi resembles an ancient Akkadian word meaning wizard or magician and a Hebrew word meaning magic itself. Indeed the Keshalyi are magic-working spirits.
They live in the remote forests and mountain glades of Transylvania and possibly elsewhere but many Keshalyi are in hiding. They are gentle, beautiful, generous and benevolent but theirs is a tragic saga. Once they lived in a magical palace atop a sacred mountain until one day the King of the evil Loçolico spirits fell in love with Ana, the magnificent, magnanimous Queen of the Keshalyi. She spurned his hand in marriage and so he decided to force her hand by sending his minions to devour her Keshalyi entourage. The Keshalyi are gentle and kind and very good at granting people’s wishes but they’re no match in a tussle with evil spirits. To save the Keshalyi from extinction, Ana agreed to marry the king leading to her degradation and tragic consequences for people. She eventually persuaded her husband to grant her a divorce but the price of her freedom was steep: any Keshalyi who reaches the age of 999 must marry one of the Loçolico.
The Keshalyi possess so much fertility, it overflows. Petition them to heal infertility, especially if no physical cause can be determined:
KESHALYI Invocation
The following phrase invokes them: Keshal yi lisperesn (literally: Keshalyi spin)
Write the words with glue on cardboard
Sprinkle gold or red glitter over the glue so that the words become visible (Make it sparkly and pretty: decorate the cardboard if you choose.)
While it dries, prepare an offering table for the Keshalyi.
When you’re ready, begin to chant the words aloud like a mantra
When you feel the presence of the Keshalyi, make your request
Promise them a larger offering table when your request is fulfilled or perhaps an annual one on an appropriate date (and an offering table after a healthy birth)
MANIFESTATION:
Keshalyi are classic romantic Fairies, the stuff of fantasy: pretty and sparkly and shimmery
OFFERINGS:
Milk; Palinka or other fruit brandy; cakes; cookies
SEE ALSO:
Ana; Fairy; Loçolico
SOURCE:
Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses – Written by : Judika Illes Copyright © 2009 by Judika Illes.