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Podcast: Fair Folk Podcast
Episode: Gnome for Christmas: the Midwinter Household Spirit (New Intro!)
Description: Learn more about my course, Abundance Paganism here: https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/abundance-paganism
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This episode draws on the folklore of the household spirit (gnome, tomte, tonttu, nisse, domovoi, et al)and the folk music of Scandinavia to explore the ancient traditions of animism and ancestor veneration at midwinter.
Music:
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
“Tomtarnas Julnatt” by Göteborgs Symfonietta (instrumental)
“Nisse-Polka” by Sing Song Sisters
“Winter Darkness (Mørketid)” by Georg Buljo & Nils Økland
“Haugebonden” by Folk Och Rackare
“Tomtarnas” Julnatt by Fem Bobbies
“Tomtehallingen” by Øyonn Groven Myhren
“Tomten” by Kraja
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