{"id":769,"date":"2025-09-22T18:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T18:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessayrogers.com\/fabricoffolklore\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=769"},"modified":"2025-10-20T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T14:14:47","slug":"episode-23-broken-audio-all-about-lithuanian-folklore-with-dr-francis-young","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/vanessayrogers.com\/fabricoffolklore\/podcast\/episode-23-broken-audio-all-about-lithuanian-folklore-with-dr-francis-young\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 23 (BROKEN AUDIO) All About Lithuanian folklore With Dr. Francis Young"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know Lithuania was one of the last countries of the Baltic region to convert to Christianity from paganism. This makes its folk stories, and folklore one of the most exciting to folklorists and ethnographers because their tales, traditions, rituals and customs are the most closely aligned to the Baltic states\u2019 ancient pagan practices. Dr. Francis Young, speaks to us of Baltic mythology, and fairy-like creatures that are both unique and distinct to those found in English speaking nations. This subject is unknown to many due to lack of English translations, until now. 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