Of Gods and Goblins

10. The Season of Samhain: Curious customs from Nutcrack Night to Gunpower Treason

In this Halloween special we will be taking a look at the customs and traditions that that place...

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9. The Devil’s Dandy Dogs: The Barguest, Black Shuck and other hellish hounds of Britain (part 2)

Last time we talked about the ghostly apparition that is known generally as The Black Dog. It...

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8. Black Dogs: Ghost boys and good boys (part 1)

Sometimes spooky, sometimes helpful, always good. This week we're looking at the particularly...

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7. The divine Cailleach: Decay and regeneration in Gaelic hag myth

It's part two of our series on hags, and this time we are taking a look at the various forms and...

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6. Horrible hags! Pond monsters, hag-riding and the origin of 'nightmares'

Let's talk about hags, baby. Jenny Greenteeth, Black Annis, nightmares, succubi, hag-riding,...

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5. Fairies in the 19th Century: Cottingley, Theosophy & Arthur Conan Doyle

In this episode we explore how fairy belief in Britain took hold once again in the 19th Century,...

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4. On the Origin of Fairies: British fairies as ghosts, gods and elementals

What is the origin of fairy belief, and where do they come from? Are they diminished forms of...

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3. Of mounds and mushrooms: Fairy realms and the British landscape

In this episode, we discuss the places that fairies live and how they link with aspects of the...

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2b. Mining, music and murder: Pastimes of the underground fairies and the fairy courts

Part A of our classification of the fairies of the british isles focussed on the friendlier...

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2a. Piskies, pookas and brownies: a classification of friendly British fairies

So far we’ve only talked about fairies in general, the common fairy. There are all sorts of...

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Ep 2a: Piskies, pookas and brownies, a classification of friendly British fairies

So far we’ve only talked about fairies in general, the common fairy. There are all sorts of...

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1. Fairies foul and fairies fair: an introduction to fairies in British folklore

In this very first episode, we are starting with an introduction into the world of fairies in the...

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Ep 1: Fairies foul and fairies fair, an introduction to fairies in British folklore

In this very first episode, we are starting with an introduction into the world of fairies in the...

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Episode 1: Fairies foul and fairies fair, an introduction to fairies in British folklore

In this very first episode, we are starting with an introduction into the world of fairies in...

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