The Fairies: A History - Mythillogical Podcast

On today's episode Charles and Crofty run the risk of being trapped in fairy land on a quest to understand the origins of its famous denizens. Together they trace the history of these mysterious creatures throughout Britain and Ireland, examining how they evolved from elusive elves in Anglo Saxon times, to the regal fairy courts of Elizabethan literature, before finally take their iconic forms amongst the Victorian folklore craze. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSwFnHpDt-lZgR_7Sqisi6A/join Help support us elsewhere at: https://www.patreon.com/thehistocrat https://twitter.com/The_Histocrat https://bsky.app/profile/thehistocrat.bsky.social This video is also available as a two part podcast, you can find it on all good podcasting platforms, including: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1X27DfgvWcmJLEVHk6VGfP https://podcasts.apple.com/kz/podcast/the-fairies-part-1/id1514656609?i=1000625710882 Mythillogical logo and Cover art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's artwork below: https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ linktr.ee/ettore.mazza Video editing by Byron Lewis: https://byronlewis.com/ Sources for this episode included: ‘Elves in Anglo-Saxon England’ by Dr Alaric Hall https://www.academia.edu/822022/Elves_in_Anglo_Saxon_England_Matters_of_Belief_Health_Gender_and_Identity ‘The Making of the Early Modern British Fairy Tradition’ by Professor Ronald Hutton https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/38162235/Fairies4_1_.pdf ‘Folklore and Nation in Britain and Ireland’ by Dr Matthew Cheeseman and Dr Carina Hart https://www.waterstones.com/book/folklore-and-nation-in-britain-and-ireland/matthew-cheeseman/carina-hart/9781032071824 Both ‘An Encyclopedia of Fairies’ and a few small bits from ‘A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language’ by Dr Katherine Mary Briggs https://archive.org/details/an-encyclopedia-of-fairies-hobgoblins-brownies-bogies-and-ot https://archive.org/detai