Summary: <p>Linda Raedisch is the author of various books on folklore, magic, and myth. In this episode, we discuss her newest work, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lore-Old-Elfland-Secrets-Bronze-ebook/dp/B07MY8L7M9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Lore of Old Elfland: Secrets From the Bronze Age to Middle-Earth</em></a>. These aren't Santa's Elves we're talking about though--this conversation examines the historical tribes and legends that may be the origin of modern ideas about tall, beautiful, and mysterious pointy eared folk. Of course, we also explore the concept of diminutive humanoids, undead warriors and their barrows, the ramifications of the spread of religions on our folklore, and J.R.R. Tolkein's inspirations for <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>. All that and much more in this phenomenal episode!</p><br><p>In the <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/33487891" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Plus+ Extension</a>, we look at legends like The Wild Hunt and the Green Children of Woolpit, while entertaining the possibility that modern UFO, alien, and Bigfoot encounters might be the same category of phenomenon as our ancient elvish escapades.</p><p><strong>Become a Plus+ Member at </strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/innerverse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">patreon.com/innerverse</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>FIND LINDA RAEDISCH ONLINE</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lore-Old-Elfland-Secrets-Bronze-ebook/dp/B07MY8L7M9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Lore of Old Elfland: Secrets From the Bronze Age to Middle-Earth</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.llewellyn.com/author.php?author_id=4997" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Linda Raedisch - Llewellyn Publishing</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/linda.raedisch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Linda.Raedisch</a> on Facebook</li> <li> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lindaraedisch/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@LindaRaedisch</a> on Instagram</li> </ul><p> </p><p><strong>WE TALKED ABOUT...</strong></p><ul> <li>Growing up with "Elf Land" in your backyard</li> <li>Ancient burial mounds of Northern Germany</li> <li>Tracking the tribe of the Tuatha De Danann through history</li> <li>Neolithic and Bronze Age peoples who may have been remembered as Elves</li> <li>Have Bigfoot and Aliens taken the place of Elves in modern culture?</li> <li>The story of the spamathur and other helpful gnome-like spirits of the household and land</li> <li>How Christian conversion chased away helper spirits of the home</li> <li>Icelandic belief in nature spirits of modern times</li> <li>Are elves actually ancestor spirits?</li> <li>Draugrs, undead revenants and restless dead</li> <li>JR Tolkein's character Tom Bombadil, and universal consciousness stepping down into multiplicity</li> <li>Linguistic origins of elves, giants, and gods</li> <li> <em>The Old Magic of Christmas</em> and creepy Saturn archetypes - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Old-Magic-Christmas-Yuletide-Traditions/dp/0738733342/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RVLMM5YU6H3B&keywords=the+old+magic+of+christmas&qid=1579898508&sprefix=the+old+magic+of+c%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LINK</a> </li> <li> <em>Rare Exports</em> - movie portraying the dark side of Santa - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Rare-Exports-Christmas-Jorma-Tommila/dp/B005D82VLU/ref=sr_1_2?hvadid=4967191352&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=rare+exports+movie&qid=1579898478&sr=8-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">LINK</a> </li> </ul><p> </p><p><strong>ONLY IN PLUS+ (</strong><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/33487891" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Subscribe!</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul> <li>The legend of The Wild Hunt, an undead cavalry that may be related to elves</li> <li>How Elf and fairy encounters are similar to UFO abductions and near-death experiences</li> <li>Tolkein's writings and creating from a trance-state</li> <li>Runes, Finnish epics, and the Elvish languages</li> <li>The legacy of JRR's son, the recently deceased Christopher Tolkien</li> <li>Epic fantasy novels we love, and we introduce some rare words for your vocabulary, like incunabulum</li> <li>The amazing legend of the Green Children of Woolpit, which might even be true</li> <li>Liminal spaces and theories portals to the fairy zone, off planet or IN our planet</li> <li>Theories that the little people may have evolved into a creepier form by living underground</li> <li>Dwarf sized ancient ruins and hobbit sized humanoid fossils</li> <li>Denisovans, the huge proto-human hybrids who could survive in cold and high altitudes</li> </ul><p><br></p><p><strong>SUPPORT INNERVERSE WITH SECRET ENERGY POWER-UPS</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.secretenergy.com/product/colon-cleansing-kit/?ref=chancegarton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Blessed Herbs Colon Cleanse Kit </strong></a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.secretenergy.com/product/shilajit/?ref=chancegarton" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Shilajit</strong></a><strong> -</strong> "The Destroyer of Weakness"</li> <li>Become a Secret Energy affiliate and generate Karma Free wealth - 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