Faerie podcasts

Faeries – Questions, Answers and Boggarts

Mar 5th, 2010 | By webmaster | Category: Faerie podcasts

Are faeries real? Where do faeries live? What’s the difference between pixies and faeries?
Those are some readers’ questions answered by Fiona Broome in this 15-minute podcast about faeries and boggarts.
The questions include:

Are faeries real?
Do faeries exist?
What do faeries look like?
How do you see faeries?
Is there proof that faeries are real?  Is there proof that faeries [...]



Green Faeries

Feb 19th, 2010 | By webmaster | Category: Faerie podcasts

Green faeries are among the strongest traditions in faerie lore.  They’re usually associated with nature, the trees or even the forest.
In this 12-minute podcast, Fiona Broome talks about the following green faeries and related entities.
The Green Man
This “wild man” of the forest may be a faerie.  He — and his fellow Green Men — [...]



Faeries, Angels, Ghosts and Aliens

Feb 5th, 2010 | By webmaster | Category: Faerie podcasts

In this 13-minute podcast, Fiona Broome discusses the differences and similarities among four groups of entities:  faeries, angels, ghosts and aliens.
For the purpose of this discussion, Fiona assumes that all of these groups are real, and descriptions in legends and folklore are accurate.
Faeries – Can be big or small, winged or not.  They like things [...]



Faeries – Little faeries in history

Jan 22nd, 2010 | By webmaster | Category: Faerie podcasts

Faeries have been documented in history.  Around 1000 B.C., the Greek poet Homer wrote The Illiad, in which he describes, “watery fairies dance in mazy rings.”  (“Mazy” means maze-like, or like a labyrinth.)
In the 12 century, Gervase of Tilbury described portunes (one variety of small faeries).  He said that some are as tiny as one [...]



Faeries – An Overview

Jan 8th, 2010 | By webmaster | Category: Faerie podcasts

Fiona Broome relaunches her faerie-related podcasts with this 12-minute overview of faeries and popular misconceptions about them.
This podcast repeats many concepts from her earlier (2006) podcast series, with some updates.
Key points:
1. Faeries are not ghosts, and though they may be related to humans, they aren’t actually human, either.  Faeries are not divine, but may seem [...]