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Podcast: Fair Folk Podcast
Episode: Ballads of Scandinavia
Description: This episode is dedicated to the many wonderful tales shared in ballad form in Scandinavian countries. You'll learn that not all stories have happy endings (most don't), which part of the dragon you need to eat in order to gain the gift of prophecy (the heart), and how Groundhog Day is really a holiday about a Scottish hag's woodpile (she's called the Cailleach).
Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Herr Peders Sjöresa" by Hilma Ingberg
"Kall Og Svein Ung by Sláið Ring" (Faroese ballad dancing)
"Alex'Julpolska" by Daniel Peterson
"Sigurdskvadet" by Strengleikr and Renessanse Consort
"Dro...