Fairy folklore and literature

In this episode Jade chats about how fairies  have been portrayed  throughout history and literature. She also explores some dark folklore about Changelings and chats about Irish Fairy forts with a very special guest. 

*this episode briefly mentions murder and child abuse*

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Sources Used:
Magnus Course (2017) Changelings: alterity beyond difference, Folk Life, 55:1, 12-21.

Radford, Edwin, and Mona A. Radford. Encyclopedia of Superstitions, Philosophical Library/Open Road, 2018.

Spyra, Piotr. (2017). Shakespeare and the Demonization of Fairies. Text Matters. 7. 10.1515/texmat-2017-0011.

Parry, Leona A. Is Seeing Believing? Or, is Believing Seeing? an Exploration of the Enduring Belief in Fairies and Little People among Contemporary Persons with Celtic Ancestry, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2013.

Gibson, Marion , and Jo Ann Esra. "Fairy." Shakespeare’s Demonology: A Dictionary. London: Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, 2017. Arden Shakespeare Dictionaries. Drama Online.

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/ireland/articles/the-story-behind-irelands-fairy-forts-and-where-to-see-them/

http://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/The-Fairy-Census-2014-2017-1.pdf