Fairies: The ENTIRE History of The Ancient Fae Folk | Celtic Mythology

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Peel back the veil between worlds and discover the true, terrifying, and magical history of the Fae. Long before the tiny, winged sprites of nursery tales, the fairy-faith of the Celtic peoples spoke of a different race entirely: a tall, proud, and dangerous populace of otherworldly beings who were once the gods of the land.

Join us on a deep and immersive journey into the Unseen Kingdom. We trace the Fae from their epic origins as the god-like Tuatha Dé Danann of Ireland, to their exile as the Aos Sí, the People of the Mounds. Learn the unwritten rules of survival required to coexist with these powerful neighbors, from the taboos surrounding fairy forts to the protective power of cold iron. We will explore the dark and tragic history of the Changeling belief and the shocking true story of Bridget Cleary, and uncover the strange entanglement of the fairy-faith in the Scottish witch trials through the eyes of Isobel Gowdie.

Were they fallen angels? The spirits of the dead? Or a secret commonwealth of nature spirits? From the monstrous Kelpie of Scotland to the beautiful but perilous Korrigans of Brittany, we will tour the Celtic fringe to meet the Fae in all their diverse forms. Finally, we track their transformation during the Victorian era—the "great shrinking" that turned them into flower fairies—and witness their modern rebirth in fantasy, folklore, and a renewed spiritual reverence. This is the story of the Fae as you have never seen them before.

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Timestamps:
00:00 - The Unseen Neighbor
05:34 - The Animate Cosmos
12:14 - People of the Mounds
21:17 - A People of Many Faces
33:44 - Courts and Kinds
42:11 - Rules of Survival
52:43 - The Stolen Child
01:03:34 - The Shadow of the Cross
01:12:48 - The Secret Commonwealth
01:22:04 - The Great Shrinking
01:30:00 - A Modern Rebirth
01:39:11 - Enduring Otherness