A Beginner's Guide to Elves

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The Folklore Forum

Natalie Guttormsson

26 episodes

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Your place for discussing, dissecting, and retelling folktales. On the show, we’ll cover popular folk and fairy tales, biographies of important figures, historical overviews, as well as conversations with readers, writers, scholars, and everyone in between.

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A Beginner's Guide to Elves

The Folklore Forum

22 minutes 51 seconds

2 years ago

A Beginner's Guide to Elves

This is the elf episode. Many countries around the world have folklore that includes elf-like beings. In this episode, we examine the etymology of the word "elf" and the synonyms: alfar, seelie/unseelie, wights, and fair folk along with some modern tolk tales.

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The Fair Folk - Edited by Marvin Kaye

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