Episode #299: Tales of the Little People - Part 3

Summary

This episode delves into the fascinating story of Arthur Conan Doyle and his interest in fairies, including some of his lesser-known writings on fae encounters. The discussion also brings to light Homo Floresiensis, the so-called 'hobbits' of Flores Island, and the ongoing tales of 'little people' that persist in local folklore. Additionally, the podcast explores similar themes in Japanese folklore surrounding trickster beings.

Key takeaways

• 1Arthur Conan Doyle: Author known for his involvement in the fairy hoax related to Cottingley Fairies.
• 2Homo Floresiensis: A hominin species also known as 'hobbits', existing approximately 12,000 to 50,000 years ago.
• 3Encounters with 'little people' on Flores Island that are still reported today.
• 4Japanese folklore: Trickster beings that reward those who keep their promises.
• 5The Cottingley Fairies: A photographic hoax that fooled many, including prominent figures like Doyle.
• 6Connection between fairies and ancient civilizations through stories and evidence.

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Transcript excerpt

tales of the little people with Drew part three you are listening to Brothers of the serpent podcast and welcome back ladies and gentlemen boys and girls angels and demons and monsters and serpents this is Brothers of the serent podcast and we are coming to you not live from the 10 X1 x 10 tangent cube of s where we are nestled amongst the dusty bones of an ancient seabed high at top the 's plateau we spent last week in Montana with the uh with the cosmographia crew uh and a bunch of great attendees it was a good trip and the g America boys yeah g America boys Darren was there yeah uh that was awesome Montana's beautiful I mean just yeah it's a it's a lot of driving it is it was a lot of driving Thousand Miles yeah I mean a lot of driving uh but it's a great trip and uh so that's why we didn't have a show last week but we're back and uh we are continuing on with our buddy Drew uh with the report on the little people so Drew thanks again man for coming back this is part three absolutely absolutely gentlemen thank you very much for having me uh looking forward to it fabulously back lit yeah well the words are front lit which helps so anyway Drew has a reputation to maintain can't be that's right ever since listen ever since I moved to Kansas a couple years ago I've tried to maintain a certain optimism and I like to think that's reflected in my performance here you know some people were saying it looked like you were in a hostage situation yeah right yeah yeah that's that I've been blinking Morse code and y'all haven't been...

Excerpt from Brothers of the Serpent, Oct 2, 2023. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.