Faerie Magick Podcasts

Green faeries are among the strongest traditions in faerie lore.  They're usually associated with nature, the trees or even the forest.  In this 12-minute podcast, Fiona Broome talks about the following green faeries and related entities. The Green Man This "wild man" of the forest may be a faerie.  He -- and his fellow Green Men -- usually protect the forest and sometimes the animals in it.  The original "Green Man" may be Merlin, who was said to go mad for several years and, during that time, lived in the forested areas around the border between England and Scotland.  (His sister lived nearby, with her husband and family.) The Green Man may be related to these other traditions, as well:  the Green Knight, Green George, Jack in the Green, Latzman, the Leaf King, corn babies and corn dolls, the Wicker Man, or even Robin Hood. There may be benevolent, female counterparts in the woods, but Green Women in folklore are very different. Green Women The Green Women traditions seem to be well-established in the Scot