Episode 105: Tree folk and Dryads

This week Ian takes us on a journey around the world to look at different cultures and their legends and lore on tree folks and dryads.

Believed to be a protective spirit that resides as part of the tree itself, many cultures have legends of these creatures.

As with most creatures of lore, different people see them differently, some as a guardian, others as a menace. But in the end their lesson is all the same, respect the trees, without them, we wouldn't be here.

TPL EP 105 Source Notes:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryad 

https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Dryad 

https://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/Dryades.html 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/dryad https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghillie_Dhu 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodama_(spirit) 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamabiko_(folklore) 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A5dande 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavka