Month: June 2023

Join us for a discussion on all things fairies (AKA faeries, fae, fay, Little People, Wee Folk, Fair Folk, etc. etc., etc.). Turns out, when it comes to Celtic and western European fairy lore, pretty much EVERYTHING comes down to the fae, and they are not having it with our human sh*t. From changelings, to banshees, to boggarts, to brownies – Holy Cow – it’s all fairies! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.

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Here are our sources:

1. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/britchange.html
2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/19/are-fairies-real-origin/8121470001/
3. https://www.livescience.com/25413-fairies.html
4. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Origins-of-Fairies/
5. https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/irish-folklore-fairies/
6. https://www.irishstar.com/culture/nostalgia/not-friendly-fairies-irish-folklore-29298408
7. https://irishpagan.school/sidhe-irish-fairy-folklore/
8. https://thegallerist.art/the-origins-of-fairies-myths-and-folklore/
9. https://theconversation.com/fairies-werent-always-cute-they-used-to-drink-human-blood-and-kidnap-children-170305
10. https://owlcation.com/humanities/Faerie-lore-of-the-British-Isles
11. https://public.oed.com/blog/december-2013-update-release-notes/
12. https://claireryanauthor.com/blog/2017/2/22/2644-the-origins-of-fairies/
13. https://www.buzzfeed.com/watch/video/127552
14. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26844486
15. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/bewitched-by-an-elf-dart-fairy-archaeology-folk-magic-and-traditional-medicine-in-ireland/7EF2D9BD63A34CAA405A42E120C4D421
16. https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/the-origin-and-lore-of-fairies-and-fairy-land/
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifications_of_fairies 
18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy

In this episode, Meagan is joined by two Substitute Sisters – archaeologist and television producer, Annelise Baer, and the host of the podcast Digging Up Ancient Aliens (and also an archaeologist), Fredrik Trusohamn, to talk about everything Ancient Aliens. Our discussion includes the origins of the ancient astronauts hypothesis that inspired it, behind the scenes info from Annelise’s time as a researcher for the show, and the not-so-extraterrestrial origins of some of the Ancient Aliens team’s favorite archaeological sites. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.

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Links to all of Annelise’s social media can be found here: https://linktr.ee/annelisebaer

Fredrik can be found via the Digging Up Ancient Aliens website: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/

Here are our sources:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Aliens
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_astronauts
4. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-idiocy-fabrications-and-lies-of-ancient-aliens-86294030/
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoarchaeology
6. https://www.science.org/content/article/believe-atlantis-these-archaeologists-want-win-you-back-science
7. https://hyperallergic.com/470795/pseudoarchaeology-and-the-racism-behind-ancient-aliens/
8. https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/gobekli-tepe-mystery-new-chapter-in-history-robert-adam-schneiker/
9. https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/review-of-ancient-aliens-ultimate-evidence-s01e01-beyond-nazca https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/94/