#62 Fairy Good Books: Romantasy pt. 1

<p>In honor of America's favorite green holiday, let's talk fantasy! Jackie takes us into the realm of fairy tales with stories of the sidhe, fae, and elves.</p><p><a href="mailto:%20ragingromantics@nopl.org">Questions/comments/concerns/recommendations? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!</a></p><p></p><p>Definitions:</p><ul><li><u>sidhe </u>(correlated fairy for purposes of this episode and understanding) - taken from Aes sídhe or daoine sídhe ( meaning the people of the mounds). "In Old Irish we see references to síd, síth, síodh, sídh, sídhe, síodha, or sídbrugach as ‘a fairy hill or mound’, and later in a more general sense, to mean something wondrous, enchanting, charming, or delightful. Subsequently, we see the term being associated with supernatural beings themselves, or fairies specifically." (Irish Pagan School, 2022)</li><li><u>Tuatha De Danu</u> - "people of the goddess Danu," Danu being a Celtic land or mother goddess</li><li><u>euhemerization </u>- any interpretation of myths that derives the gods from outstanding men, and seeks the source of mythology in history</li><li><u>seelie/unseelie </u>- derives from the Anglo-Saxon (ge)sælig/ sællic meaning ‘happy’ or ‘prosperous," associated with "seely wytes" in 17th c. Scotland</li><li><u>Álfheim</u> - <a href="https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/the-nine-worlds/alfheim/">Old Norse</a>, "The Homeland of the Elves”</li><li><u>ljósálfar </u>- <a href="https://vikingr.org/other-beings/light-elves">Old Norse</a>,  light elves (or bright elves)</li><li><u>svartálfar/ dökkálfar</u> - <a href="https://vikingr.org/other-beings/dwarves-and-black-elves/">Old Norse</a>, dark elves/black elves</li><li><u>Svartálfheim </u>- <a href="https://vikingr.org/other-beings/dwarves-and-black-elves/#svartalfheim-and-nidavellir">Old Norse</a>, "home of the black elves"</li><li><u>dvergar </u>- <a href="https://vikingr.org/other-beings/dwarves-and-black-elves/#svartalfheim-and-nidavellir">Old Norse,</a> "dwarves"</li></ul><p></p><p>Other episodes to listen to:</p><ul><li><a h