One of the Household
Folklore from around the world contains the stories of household gods, fairies, sprites, and other spirits who protect a house’s inhabitants or a given family. These spirits can be mischievous at times but are often downright helpful. Of course, that all depends on how they’re treated. From baku to brownies, this episode brings you the stories of some helpful household spirits from around the world.
Researched, written, and produced by Corinne Wieben, with original music by Purple Planet.
Music
Purple Planet - Lily Pond
Purple Planet - Oriental Atmosphere
Purple Planet - Teamwork
Purple Planet - Quiescence
Purple Planet - Rolling Hills
Purple Planet - True Love
Purple Planet - Spiritual Moment
Purple Planet - Shadowlands
Sources
Primary
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Croker, Thomas Crofton. Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland. London: J. Murray, 1834. https://archive.org/details/fairylegendstrad00crokrich.
Keightley, Thomas. The Fairy Mythology, Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries. London: Whittaker, Treacher and Co., 1833. https://archive.org/details/fairymythologyi03keiggoog.
Máchal, Jan. “Slavic Mythology.” In The Mythology of all Races, Vol. III: Celtic and Slavic, edited by L. H. Gray, 217–389. Boston: Marshall Jones Company, 1916. https://archive.org/details/mythologyallrac00graygoog.
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Saga-book of the Viking Club, Vol. 3. London: Viking Society for Northern Research, 1902. https://archive.org/details/sagabookvikingc00resegoog.
Secondary
Arrowsmith, Nancy, and George Moorse. A Field Guide to the Little People. London: Pan Macmillan, 1977.
Briggs, Katharine Mary. The Fairies in Tradition and Literature. London: Routledge, 1967.
Dorson, Richard Mercer. History of British Folklore, Volume I: The British Folklorists: A History. Abingdon: Taylor & Francis, 1999.
Dowden, Ken. European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. London: Routledge, 2000.
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Nakagawa, Masako. “Sankai Ibutsu: An Early Seventeenth-century Japanese Illustrated Manuscript.” Sino-Japanese Studies 11 (1999): 24–38.
Nicolae, Raluca. “In Search for Chimeras: Three Hybrids of Japanese Imagination." Cogito 4, no. 2 (2012): 1–14.
