Away With The Fairies Podcast

America is full of tall tales. This week we discuss the fearsome critters that stalk the woods, deserts, swamps, and air of America.

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Resources:
Wikipedia
Douglas Herrick, 82; On a Whim He Created ‘Jackalope’ | The LA Times
Jackalope | Mythology.Net
LUMBERWOODS: The (in)Complete Field Guide to Fearsome Critters by Alec Anderson
Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods by William T. Cox
Snallygaster | Legends of America

From the Wild Hunt to the Night Parade of 100 Demons, we're talking processions of spectral beings and fairies.

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Resources:
Wikipedia
The Wild Hunt | Norse Mythology for Smart People
Dutch Folklore: The Bokkenrijders | I Am Expat
Life of Blake by Allan Cunningham
Phantom Funerals | Haunted Ohio
Corpse Candles and Phantom Funerals | BBC Blogs
Fort De Chartres and the Phantom Funeral | Military Ghosts
Legends of Hawaii’s Night Marchers  | Olukai.com
Hyakki Yagyō | Yokai.com

Poltergeists are disturbing and sometimes violent ghosts, but their actions are often similar to that of fairies. Today we discuss three interesting cases of poltergeist activity.

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Resources:
Wikipedia
The Bizarre Case of the Devil of Glenluce | Mysterious Universe
An Australian Poltergeist | The Paranormal Guide
What It’s Like to Meet a Poltergeist | BBC Radio 4
Inside The Terrifying Enfield Haunting That Inspired ‘The Conjuring 2’ | All That’s Interesting

Join me this week to discuss werewolves, from the Welsh werewolf to the Beast of Bray Road.

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Resources:
Wikipedia
Werewolves of Wales: Everything You Need to Know | Spooky Isles
Werewolf Legends from Germany
The Ancient Origins of Werewolves | The Conversation
The Lais of Marie de France Summary and Analysis of "Bisclavret" | Grade Saver
What was the Beast of Gévaudan? | History.com
History of the Rougarou: Louisiana’s Werewolf | Pelican State of Mind
Beast of Bray Road | Legends of America
Cryptozoology A To Z by Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark
Mystery monster returns home after 121 years by Walt Williams | Bozeman Daily Chronicle
The Wolf Deer | Pine Barrens Institute

Nothing is more enchanting than a mermaid, their song so sweet as they drown you in the ocean. Their presence foretold storms and shipwrecks, but they were beautiful to look upon. This week we explore merfolk across different cultures, from the Irish merrow to the Japanese ningyo.

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Resources:
Wikipedia
Melusine
Mythical Creatures and Magical Beasts: An Illustrated Book of Monsters from Timeless Folktales, Folklore and Mythology: Volume 1 & 2
Ningyo | Yokai.com
Black Mermaids: The Waters Beyond Eurocentric Mythology Natasha Bowen | Tor.com
Women and the Global Imagination: Reimagining the Myth of Sedna Hila Ratzabi
Levi, S. C. (1977). P. T. Barnum and the Feejee Mermaid. Western Folklore, 36(2), 149–154.

Knock knock. Who's there? It's the Tommyknockers! Today we talk about mining and subterranean fairies and similar.

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Visit Amelia's Etsy shop at www.whimsymadness.etsy.com.

Resources:
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology, Theresa Bane
James, R. M. (1992). Knockers, Knackers, and Ghosts: Immigrant Folklore in the Western Mines. Western Folklore, 51(2), 153–177. https://doi.org/10.2307/1499362
Mine Disaster Premonitions at Morfa, Beach Combing | StrangeHistory.net
ГОРИЗОНТЫ - Фольклор - Легенды подземелий

In 1920 two photographs caused a sensation.  They showed fairies. The photos famously became known as the Cottingley Fairies photographs.

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Resources:
Wikipedia
The Case of the Cottingley Fairies Joe Cooper
The Coming of the Fairies Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Fairies Photographed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Strand Magazine
The Cottingley Fairies Miriam Bibby

The moon is many things.  This episode we'll be talking about the moon as a deity or spirit and the many images people all over the world see in the moon's face.

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Resources:
The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson
Me and the Man in the Moon, by The Ambassadors with Frank Sylvano
To the Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Wikipedia
Selene and Endymion
Encyclopedia of Spirits, Judika Illes
Almanac.com
The Man in the Moon Myths
The Man in the Moon

Goblins! From brownies and boggarts to gremlins and abbey-lubbers, we're talking about the small, mischievous fairies called goblins. We'll also delve into a case of goblins possibly from out of this world.

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Resources:

• It’s Halloween Jack Prelutsky
• Wikipedia
• Goblin Mythology: A Brief Study of the Archetype, Tracing the Explications in English Literature Annliya Shaijan
• Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology Theresa Bane
• Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture
• The Original MRO Annoyance: Gremlins 
• Close Encounter at Kelly and Other of 1955 Isabel Davis and Ted Bloecher
• Astonishing Legends Podcast, The Kelly Hopkinsville Encounter Parts 1 - 3
• The Eerie Story Behind the Small Town Everyone Is Flocking to for the Eclipse This Summer Maria Carter
• Story of space-ship, 12 little men probed today, Kentucky New Era
• The Labyrinth (1986)
  
  
  
  

People and dogs go well together, but what about fairies? Folklore is full of hounds and dogs of the liminal type. In this episode, we'll discuss fairy hounds, black dogs, hellhounds, and more.

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Visit Amelia's Etsy shop at www.whimsymadness.etsy.com.


Resources:

• Wikipedia
• Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Lore of Scotland Westwood and Kingshill
• Go Searching for the Legendary Black Dog of the Hanging Hills https://ctweekender.com/the-black-dog-of-the-hanging-hills/
• The Labors of Hercules, The Perseus Project http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/labors.html
• Britain’s Black Dog Legends - 7 Spooky Canines and Hellhounds https://www.davidcastleton.net/black-dog-legends-england-britain-ghosts-hellhounds/
• El Cadejo https://www.elsalvadortips.com/el-cadejo-legend
• Phantom Black Dogs in Latin America Simon Burchell https://www.hoap.co.uk/pbdla.pdf
• China Beasts and Legends https://www.chinabeastsandlegends.com/tian-gou
• Folklore Friday - The Faerie Dogs https://clan.com/blog/folklore-friday-the-faerie-dogs
• Corgi Fantasy Anne G. Biddlecombe
• Corgi Folklore – The Legend of Corgis and Fairies https://thesmartcanine.com/corgis-and-fairies/
• A Straunge and Terrible Wunder… Abraham Fleming