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EPISODE · Jun 1, 2025 · 41 MIN

Fairies

from Arcane Answers

"Arcane Answers" hosts Lare, Amanda, and Sara delve into the darker side of fairy folklore, moving beyond modern benevolent portrayals. The episode opens with a listener's unique "soul slipping" experience, sparking a brief paranormal investigation. The hosts explore historical beliefs, noting how fairies once explained unexplainable misfortunes, and discuss the famous 1917 Cottingley Fairies hoax that even fooled Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sara details the Scottish fairy courts: the benevolent Seelie Court (brownies, pixies, hobgoblins) who aid humans, and the malicious Unseelie Court (kelpies, banshees, Bogarts) known for harming humans and stealing children due to their inability to reproduce. Protection against fairies includes plant-based remedies, food offerings, and especially iron and steel, considered their "Kryptonite." Amanda then covers the traumatic history of changelings, where fairies swapped human children for various reasons, including prestige or servitude. Parents, identifying changelings by sickness or behavioral changes, often resorted to abusive "tests" to force the return of their "real" child, a practice linked to Christian demonic lore.

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