THE CONCORDANCE

Parallel world

A place almost like ours, subtly wrong.

Africa & the Middle East · 1

PeriFae · Iran · Central AsiaThe Persian parī (peri) descends from Avestan pairikā, female demonic beings of the old religion, and in later folklore becomes a winged, often beautiful people of tales—ambivalent, organised like humans, and not the same as jinn even when the words blur.

Oceania & the Pacific · 1

PatupaiareheFae · Aotearoa New ZealandIn Māori tradition, patupaiarehe are supernatural people of forest and misty peaks — he iwi atua — fair-skinned in many accounts, averse to cooked food, fire, and sun. A living knowledge, not a trophy fairy.

The Americas · 1

EncantadoShapeshifter · Brazil · Amazonia · PeruAmazonian encantados: river dolphins, especially the pink boto, who take human form, dance at festivals, seduce, and carry people to the Encante, a city under the water. Living Amazon tradition of Brazil and neighbouring Peru, not a generic mermaid and not the same as Iara.