Episode 176: Rooted (ad-free)

In all the folktales about the forest, we are warned to not set foot inside, lest the darkness and dangers that live there seek us out and harm us. But there are other stories that describe a much more sinister outcome, and throughout history they have proven themselves true.

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Further Reading

1. “The Lucaria: Honouring the Gods of the Grove,” History and Archaeology Online, July 2019, https://historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-lucaria-honouring-the-gods-of-the-grove.
2. Bord, Janet. Fairies: Real Encounters with Little People. London: Michael O’Mara Books Limited, 2013. Kindle Edition.
3. George, Andrew, trans. The Epic of Gilgamesh: The Babylonian Epic Poem and Other texts in Akkadian and Sumerian. New York: Penguin Books, 1999.
4. Kuusela, Tommy. “Skogsrå and Huldra: The Femme Fatale of the Scandinavian Forests.” Folklore Thursday. 7/16/2020. https://folklorethursday.com/folktales/skogsra-and-huldra-the-femme-fatale-of-the-scandinavian-forests.
5. Kuusela, Tommy. “Spirited Away by the Female Forest Spirit in Swedish Folk Belief.” Folklore 131 (June 2020), 159-79.
6. Łaskiewicz, Weronika. “Into the Wild Woods: On the Significance of Trees and Forests in Fantasy Fiction.” Mythlore 36, n. 1 (Fall/Winter 2017), 39-58.
7. Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology.  London: Routledge, 1991.
8. Liliequist, Jonas. “Sexual Encounters with Spirits and Demons in Early Modern Sweden: Popular and Learned Concepts in Conflict and Interaction.” In Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology: Demons, Spirits, and Witches. Volume 2. Edited by Gábor Klaniczay and Éva Pócs. 152-69. Budapest: CEU Press, 2006.
9. Lindow, John. Norse Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
10. Lindow, John. Swedish Legends and Folktales. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978.
11. MacManus, D.A. The Middle Kingdom: The Faerie World of Ireland. Gerrards Cross: Colin Smyth Ltd., 1979.
12. Porteous, Alexander. The Forest in Folklore and Mythology. Mineola: Dover Publications, 2002. Original publication: New York: Macmillan, 1928.
13. Sanders, N.K. “The Epic of Gilgamesh.” http://www.aina.org/books/eog/eog.htm.
14. Zipes, Jack. The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002.
15. Caroline Howard King, When I lived in Salem, 1822-1866 (Stephen Date Press, 1937), pp. 203-208.