Linda Raedisch | The Lore of Old Elfland & Legends About Little People
Secrets From the Bronze Age to Middle-Earth
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Linda Raedisch is the author of various books on folklore, magic, and myth. In this episode, we discuss her newest work, The Lore of Old Elfland: Secrets From the Bronze Age to Middle-Earth. These aren't Santa's Elves we're talking about though--this conversation examines the historical tribes and legends that may be the origin of modern ideas about tall, beautiful, and mysterious pointy eared folk. Of course, we also explore the concept of diminutive humanoids, undead warriors and their barrows, the ramifications of the spread of religions on our folklore, and J.R.R. Tolkein's inspirations for The Lord of the Rings. All that and much more in this phenomenal episode!
In the Plus+ Extension, we look at legends like The Wild Hunt and the Green Children of Woolpit, while entertaining the possibility that modern UFO, alien, and Bigfoot encounters might be the same category of phenomenon as our ancient elvish escapades.
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WE TALKED ABOUT...
Growing up with "Elf Land" in your backyard
Ancient burial mounds of Northern Germany
Tracking the tribe of the Tuatha De Danann through history
Neolithic and Bronze Age peoples who may have been remembered as Elves
Have Bigfoot and Aliens taken the place of Elves in modern culture?
The story of the spamathur and other helpful gnome-like spirits of the household and land
How Christian conversion chased away helper spirits of the home
Icelandic belief in nature spirits of modern times
Are elves actually ancestor spirits?
Draugrs, undead revenants and restless dead
JR Tolkein's character Tom Bombadil, and universal consciousness stepping down into multiplicity
Linguistic origins of elves, giants, and gods
The Old Magic of Christmas and creepy Saturn archetypes - LINK
Rare Exports - movie portraying the dark side of Santa - LINK
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The legend of The Wild Hunt, an undead cavalry that may be related to elves
How Elf and fairy encounters are similar to UFO abductions and near-death experiences
Tolkein's writings and creating from a trance-state
Runes, Finnish epics, and the Elvish languages
The legacy of JRR's son, the recently deceased Christopher Tolkien
Epic fantasy novels we love, and we introduce some rare words for your vocabulary, like incunabulum
The amazing legend of the Green Children of Woolpit, which might even be true
Liminal spaces and theories portals to the fairy zone, off planet or IN our planet
Theories that the little people may have evolved into a creepier form by living underground
Dwarf sized ancient ruins and hobbit sized humanoid fossils
Denisovans, the huge proto-human hybrids who could survive in cold and high altitudes
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MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
Intro: "Foggy Dreams" by Wisdom Traders
Outro: "Light of Eärendil" by John Yentes