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Short folklore episodes exploring different faery creatures that have captured imaginations and ignited curiosity. Hosted by dark fantasy author Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
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Saturday May 14, 2022
Saturday May 14, 2022
All about the next chapter of creatures we're going to look at on the podcast: Water Fae.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
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Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
All about folklore from a writer's perspective.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
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Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
Thursday Apr 28, 2022
All about my genre of choice: Dark Fantasy.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about Dark Fantasy here.
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Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
Sunday Apr 24, 2022
The folklore of the Cailleach in a nutshell, how I reimagined her for my writing, and her name and title translated into Afrikaans.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about the Cailleach here.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
Saturday Apr 16, 2022
The folklore of the Faery Queen in a nutshell, how I reimagined her for my writing, and her title translated into Afrikaans.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about the Faery Queen here.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
The folklore of Ankou in a nutshell and how I reimagined him for my writing.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about Ankou here.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
The folklore of the Dark King in a nutshell and how I reimagined him for my writing.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about the Dark King here.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Answering popular questions about where faeries come from, how to repel them, how to lure them, and how they've evolved over time.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren -- All rights reserved.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Sources mentioned in post:
The Denham Tracts, edited by James Hardy (London: Folklore Society, 1892-1895)
The Handbook of Folklore by CS Burne (1914)
The Testimony of Tradition by David MacRitchie (1890)
Fians, Fairies and Picts by David MacRitchie (1893)
The Fairy-Faith in the Celtic Countries by WY Evans-Wentz (1911)
Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael (1900)
The Fairy Mythology by Thomas Keightley (1828)
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
The folklore of the Fates in a nutshell, how I reimagined it for my writing, and the translation into Afrikaans.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about the Fates here.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
Thursday Feb 03, 2022
The folklore of the Keeper of the Veil in a nutshell, how I reimagined it for my writing, and the translation into Afrikaans.
Written and narrated by Ronel Janse van Vuuren.
Copyright 2022 Ronel Janse van Vuuren — All rights reserved.
Learn more about the Keeper of the Veil here.
Get the transcript here.
Music: Secrets by David Fesliyan (FesliyanStudios.com) and Dramatic Heartbeat by FesliyanStudios.com