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BONUS: Ghost Story Spooktacular | Appalachian Witch, The Black-Eyed Children

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:50:00 GMT

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Episode Forty-Nine: HALLOWEEN Dante's Inferno - The ghost co-host 👻

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 06:50:00 GMT

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Miss Emily is BACK for our Halloween 2025 episode! Spooktober concludes with Niamh's guided tour of the Afterlife. We look at some comforting imaginings, such as the Egyptian Field of Reeds and the Celtic Tír na nÓg, cut right through Norse Hel and the Greek Underworld to arrive at the ICONIC self-insert fanfiction that is The Divine Comedy and specifically (as you probably know it) Dante's Inferno.. This is a tangenty one, don't say we didn't warn ya.

S O U R C E S

Attitudes to Death: Some Historical Notes Kenneth Boyd Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep., 1977), pp. 124-128 (5 pages)
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/701/ancient-mesopotamian-beliefs-in-the-afterlife/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Field_of_Reeds/
https://www.oriire.com/article/the-twelve-gates-of-duat
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sukhavati
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htm
https://vikingr.org/norse-cosmology/valhallala
https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/the-divine-comedy-inferno/poem-summary
https://sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/fip78.htm

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Pine Cones: The Greek Underworld | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:49:36 GMT

Hidden beneath the living world, beyond the reach of sunlight, lies the sunless kingdom of Hades and Persephone — the Greek Underworld.

It’s not a place of fire and brimstone, but of chill stillness, memory, and silence. The Greeks imagined it as the mirror opposite of life and its inverse state.

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Episode Forty-Eight: Spooky Shadow People - The Feeur (with Megan)

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 05:50:00 GMT

Megan is BACK to talk about her experiences with Shadow People - beings at the edge of sight: nothing but an outline, a fast-moving silhouette that may suggest a human or animal but never offers detail. We look at the meaning of shadows across cultures and what they can tell us about ourselves.

S O U R C E S:

https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3788890/shadows-of-ourselves-the-unexplained-phenomena-of-shadow-people-dead-time/
https://www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/shade_c.html#:~:text=The%20insubstantial%20remains%20of%20the,Hades%2C%20ruler%20of%20the%20Underworld.
https://marshagomes.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/caribbean-folklore-part-10-the-moongazer-phantom/
https://hauntedsavannahtours.com/the-mystery-of-shadow-people-stories-theories-and-investigations/#:~:text=Djinn%20(Genies):%20An%20intriguing,while%20others%20are%20merely%20eerie.
https://www.janetchui.com/astrology-shadow/
https://time.com/6259846/sleep-paralysis-ghosts/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/shadow-boxing/201307/shadow-people
Marie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman - Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels
Diane Ahlquist - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Life After Death: A Fascinating Exploration of Afterlife Concepts and Experiences
Briggs, Katharine Mary An encyclopedia of fairies : hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures
Monique Joiner Siedlak · The Shadow Realm: A Journey Into the Mysterious World of Shadow People
N. V. Shesterkina, Е. N. Vaganova - The Mythological Concept ‘Shadow’ (On The Material Of Folk Riddles)

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Pine Cones: The Man Who Wasn't There | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts 🎃

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:50:00 GMT

“Yesterday, upon the stair,

I met a man who wasn’t there!

He wasn’t there again today,

Oh, how I wish he’d go away!” - Antigonish by William Hughes Mearns

You’ve probably heard these lines before - whispered in a film, included in a book of ghost poems, or even whispered as harmless childhood nonsense..

But there’s something about them - something sticky.

Sixteen lines, no real story, and yet it clings.

Because it names something we all know, but rarely say aloud:

the feeling of not being alone when you should be.

S O U R C E S:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mysterious-haunting-antigonish-county-macdonald-farm-1.6631829
https://jayvelosobatista.com/whats-a-vardoger/
(Used as a recital throughout the episode) I Met a Man Who Wasn't There (Antigonish by Hughes Mearns)
https://orionphilosophy.com/the-shadow-carl-jung/

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Pine Cones: Sedna | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 05:30:00 GMT

Her right hand traces the fjord in her thigh

She counts the things she is afraid of:

Nothing,

Her own fingers—

Ringed seals

Trapped in the freezing sea.

Sedna by Allyson Young

The legend of Sedna flows through the icy waters of the Arctic, told and retold in many places, bending to each culture. But no matter the version, one thing remains the same: Sedna is the mother of all sea creatures, and as goddess of the deep she decides when the seals, the whales, the walrus, and the fish will rise to meet the hunters of the North.

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Pine Cones: Finfolk | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:49:41 GMT

“Twilight arrives on an Orkney shore. In the space between land and sea, the Finfolk are said to slip silently from their hidden kingdom, seeking humans to drag below the waves.”

The Finfolk are a race unique to Orkney and Shetland, creatures of contradiction much like the islands themselves: part sea, part land, both wild and ordered. Amphibious and powerful, they can step from waves onto shore as they choose, living comfortably between two worlds. .Unlike the mermaids we might picture, Finfolk are fully humanoid - men and women alike -though their daughters sometimes appear with mermaid tails. Their bodies are draped with fins that fall like clothing, making it difficult to tell them from land-dwellers at a distance. Up close, the fins reveal their otherworldly nature. They are strong, athletic, and extraordinary sailors, able to cross the tempestuous North Sea in mere strokes of an oar...

S O U R C E S:

https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/the-finfolk-of-orkney-folklore
https://www.orkneyology.com/tales-from-tom2.html
https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/an-orkney-folk-tale-the-mermaid-bride/
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2021/01/08/finfolk-and-the-odyssey-a-perspective-on-the-north-atlantic-and-the-mediterranean-worlds/
THE Scottish Antiquary OR Northern Notes and Queries Published Quarterly EDITED BY The Rev. A. W. CORNELIUS HALLEN,
https://ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/orkney-folklore-the-strange-story-of-annie-norn-and-the-finfolk/

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Episode Forty-Seven: Selkies (collab with It Came From The Maritimes) - weird uncle stories

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Sea-Tember returns! This time Niamh calls in Evan & Chelsea from It Came From The Maritimes to help shed some fascinating insight into the Selkie myth; seals who shed their skins to walk (and dance) upon land. We take a trip through Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, navigating people's problematic attraction to seal-folk. We also learn about the liminality of the shore as well as a certified Creepy B*tch, Selkolla.

Check out It Came From The Maritimes here (and tell 'em we sent ya!). Thank you SO much to Evan & Chelsea for providing a Canadian perspective and being such fun first pod guests!

S O U R C E S:

THE FOLK-STORIES OF ICELAND Einar Ólafur Sveinsson
https://legendsoflove.wordpress.com/2022/02/22/selkies-the-magical-seal-people-of-scotland-and-ireland/
Orkney Folk-Lore W. Traill Dennison
https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/the-finfolk-of-orkney-folklore
Perilous Shores: The Unfathomable Supernaturalism of Water in 19th-Century Scottish Folklore
The Sea Calls: A Selkie's Liminal Existence Frances Avery,
“The Seal Changes Into a Woman" (Schools Collection, National Folklore Collection, UCD.)
The Seal Woman in Its Irish and International Context -Darwin.
Selkie (Poem) by Brittany E Burns
Selkies in Scottish Folk Tale - Bc. Hana Zámečníčková
Supernatural Encounters in Old Norse Literature and Tradition Daniel Sävborg, Karen Bek - Pedersen

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Pine Cones: Judicial Astrology | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:00:00 GMT

The year is 1607.

A child has gone missing from a small English parish. Some whisper he has fallen in the river. Others say he’s been taken. There are no police to search, no telegraph to spread the alarm, no TV bulletin to circulate a picture. His family has nothing but their grief — and their faith.

So they do what countless others did in those years: they carry their question to an astrologer.

We explore the lives and fortunes of John Forman, William Lilly, Nostradamus and Evangeline Evans - controversial figures who made their names as beiing astrological authorities garnering massive followings. But there is a reason that forensic astrology is seen as pseudoscience to our modern eyes...

S O U R C E S:

Use of Forensic Astrology in Crime Fiction: A study of the works of Manjiri Prabhu Rakshanda Muzafar
https://rubedo.press/propaganda/2020/3/26/william-lilly-and-the-plagues-of-london
History of Astrology 2nd Edn. 2022 by Future Publishing Ltd
https://casebooks.lib.cam.ac.uk/?
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/adams-evangeline-smith-mrs-george-e-jordon-jr-1859-1933
Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century England Keith Thomas
https://www.history.co.uk/biographies/nostradamus
Adams, Evangeline(8 February 1868–10 November 1932) William E. Burns
William Lilly Great Fire of London
https://slate.com/human-interest/2020/09/forensic-astrology-crime-solving.html1.

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Spill the Tea Leaves #3 |Astrology Birth Chart Bonding

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:07:01 GMT

This is an Episode 46 outtake where Megan ~G~, the Astrology believer, reads our birth charts for Niamh, the sceptic (and for all you sucka MCs...) and delves into our Big 3 - Sun, Ascendant, Moon. This reading gives insight into personality traits, life mapping, strengths and weaknesses as well as why we make such a great friendship combo! The information was taken from:

Our signs are:

Niamh

Sun - Capricorn
Ascendant - Virgo
Moon - Taurus

Megan

Sun - Scorpio
Ascendant - Gemini
Moon - Gemini

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Episode Forty-six: Astrology Part 1 - Final Boss Scorpio (with Megan)

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 06:00:00 GMT

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Please welcome Megan to her first ever podcast appearance! As an Astrology believer, Niamh has roped her in to explain to her sceptic ass all those common terms and misconceptions about the practice. Niamh will then take it right back to the (literal) beginning with a deep historical dive on how Astrology went from Mesopotamian star charts on stone tablets, to Greek belief in determinism, a tool of Roman emperors and Egyptian mystics, to Rennaisance-era christian secret. Keep an eye out for a special bonus chat where Megan reads Niamh's birth chart to absolute filth on your feeds next...

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Pine Cones: Corpse Roads | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 06:00:00 GMT

Corpse roads, also known as coffin roads, lych ways, bier ways, or burial paths, were historic routes used to carry the dead from rural homesteads to churches with burial rights. Born of necessity in remote parts of medieval Europe, these sombre trails wove through moor and woodland, over streams and stiles, the last journey of the dead.

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Episode Forty-Five: Inanna, The Final Girl - Full bush/no bush (with Ewan)

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 05:00:00 GMT

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Niamh is carrying the torch without Emily for the foreseeable and of course that means a Ewan episode! We take a hard look at the Final Girl trope - that horror genre staple that sees the underestimated, underskilled, underappreciated female protagonist left standing alone, covered in blood and forever changed at the end of the story. As with all stories, there is a mythical origin - specifically the Mespotamian goddess Inanna, AKA Ishtar: goddess of love and war, patroness of sexworkers, scorned woman and feminine icon. We contrast Inanna with her modern counterparts: Ripley (Alien), Sidney (Scream), and Sarah (The Descent) - full spoilers for all those movies herein!

S O U R C E S:

Men,Women & Chainsaw - Carol J Clover
Good for Her: A Contemporary Analysis of the Final Girl Trope Through the Lens of Neoliberal Feminism Fujii, Kylie M. San Diego State University ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2022. 29212908.
What's the Story, Mother?: The Mourning of the Alien Stephen Scobie Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Mar., 1993), pp. 80-93 (14 pages)
https://people.uncw.edu/deagona/myth/descent%20of%20inanna.pdf
https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/listofdeities/inanaitar/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Inanna/
Alien (IMDB)
Scream (IMDB)
The Decent (IMDB)

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Pine Cones: Witch Bottles | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:00:00 GMT

There’s something unsettling about a sealed room, especially one hidden inside a home. In 1976, a phone call to the National Museum of Ireland reported the discovery of a “cave” during construction work outside Wicklow Town. Dr Joseph Raftery, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, sent young archaeologist Eamonn Kelly t to investigate, on what would turn out to be his first ever fieldwork assignment. The report was misleading: it wasn’t a cave, or even a souterrain, but a sealed-up brick oven connected to a fireplace in Coolbeg House. The structure had been blocked off in the early twentieth century.

Inside that bricked-up oven was a strange and silent cache.

SOURCES:

https://daily.jstor.org/is-there-a-witch-bottle-in-your-house/
TRAPPING WITCHES IN WICKLOW Eamonn P. Kelly Archaeology Ireland, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Autumn 2012), pp. 16-18 (3 pages)
An American Witch Bottle M.J. Becker Archaeology, Vol. 33, No. 2 (March/April 1980), pp. 18-23 (6 pages)
https://blackthornandstone.com/2020/09/02/witch-bottles-hidden-curses-objects-of-protection-objects-of-vengeance/
The Material Culture of Ritual Concealments in the United StatesM. Chris Manning Historical Archaeology, Vol. 48, No. 3, MANIFESTATIONS OF MAGIC: THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF FOLK RELIGION (2014), pp. 52-83 (32 pages)
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/good-and-evil-witch-bottles-countermagical-devices-through-history-006649
https://mysticaltimesblog.com/the-dymock-curse-gloucestershire/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Freaky Folklore 1: Bigfoot Boss | NSFW Patreon Preview

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 15:29:30 GMT

Welcome to our inaugural Smutty Summer offering of Freaky Folklore! This episode Niamh recaps and reviews Bigfoot Boss by Luna Cantrip: a fun, smutty monster romance with surprising depth (if questionable clothing choices).This content is firmly NSFW and is posted with full respect and love to the monster smut community <3

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Spill the Tea Leaves #2 | Sinners, The Ugly Stepsister, The Sleeping Beauties

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Welcome back to our chit-chat corner where we talk about the folkloric media we consumed over the past two weeks, from movies to books, live theatre to content creators.

Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions.

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The Ugly Stepsister: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29344903/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Sinners: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Thistlefoot: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60018639-thistlefoot
Sleeping Beauties: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41650595-the-sleeping-beauties

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Pine Cones: Hand of Glory | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 30 May 2025 05:00:00 GMT

According to old European belief, a candle made from the severed, dried hand of a criminal who had been hanged—known as the Hand of Glory—had supernatural powers. The hand was usually the right hand of a felon—cut off while the body still dangled from the gallows...

S O U R C E S:

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198607663.001.0001/acref-9780198607663-e-462
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-severed-hands
http://www.thestorytelling-resource-centre.com/scary_stories3.html
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/hand.html#baring-gould
The Petit Albert (English Edition): Secrets of the Little Albert
The Ingoldsby Legends (1905)by Richard Harris Barham;"The Hand of Glory"
Anthropological Notes on the Human Hand Frank Baker American Anthropologist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan., 1888), pp. 51-76 (26 pages)

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Spill the Tea Leaves #1 | Hadestown, Beating the Bounds

Mon, 19 May 2025 16:00:00 GMT

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Welcome to the first of our new chit-chat episodes! This is our way of getting more folkloric content out to you guys while you wait for our long-form deep dives. We'll try to keep the tangents to these chats.

Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions.

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Mayday Festival with Morris Dancing

Dorchester Walking Festival

Beating the Bounds

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Episode Forty-Four: Little Red Riding Hood- obscure white people

Wed, 14 May 2025 05:00:00 GMT

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Emily ventures into the deep dark woods this week with an analysis of Little Red Riding Hood. From victim-blamey perv tale to reclamation of feminine power, we have all grown up with the visual of an oblivious little girl being preyed upon by fearsome predators. Tangents include some Colin Farrell fawning, why Christina Ricci is our girl crush, and the nightmare that is deepfakes. Discussions of rape culture and sexual assault on film, because it's us...

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S O U R C E S:

Charles Perrault telling: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault02.html
Brothers Grimm: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm026.html
https://discover.hubpages.com/education/red_riding_hood

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Werewolf? There Wolf! from Hazy Dell Press

Ebony, Blood & Snow by Tish Black - gifted ARC

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Pine Cones: Fire in Folklore | Rowan & Pine Shorts 🔥

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 05:00:00 GMT

Our relationship with fire has always been one of awe, of need, of respect. It’s a dance we’ve never fully learned, a mystery we’ve never fully solved. Even now, we sit beside campfires and fireplaces, mesmerised by the flickering, ever-shifting light. Something ancient stirs in us, a memory of stories whispered in the dark. In honour of Bealtaine, the fire festival, we delve into the significance of Fire in Folklore

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Episode Forty-Three: Medusa - Snake pubes

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 05:50:00 GMT

Content warning for discussions of sexual violence. This is a heavy one, friends.

Niamh explores the monster behind the myth - Medusa. From ancient villain and cautionary tale for wayward women, Medusa has endured and evolved into a symbol of strength and resistance for survivors of sexual violence. We look at the differences between her Greek and Roman origins and what each version of her tells us about how society viewed women and the harms done against them at the time. Tangents take us to discussions of rape culture, victim blaming and how we navigate life after trauma. (with some Noah Wyle fangirling sprinkled in).

Thanks to sewwhatifiknit on Tiktok.

If this episode affected you, please reach out to sexual violence support groups in your area:

Ireland

Australia

Canada

S O U R C E S:

The Feminist Companion to Mythology - edited by Carolyne Larrington
https://www.worldhistory.org/Medusa/
Medusa and the Female Gaze Susan R. Bowers NWSA Journal Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp. 217-235 (19 pages)
Medusa:In the Mirror of Time By David Leeming
RAPE AND RAPE VICTIMS IN THE METAMORPHOSES Leo C. Curran
Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi by Sarah Clegg
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/1102/1332807-tiktok-medusa-mythology-victim-social-media/

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Pine Cones: Pregnancy Superstitions | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT

For as long as women have been having babies, there have been beliefs and superstitions around what the baby will look like, their assigned sex, their temperament, and guarding against defects and miscarriage.

S O U R C E S:

Pregnancy Superstitions, Richard M. Dorson, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1955) pp. 55-56 (2 pages) Published By: Western States Folklore Society
https://www.britannica.com/story/9-bizarre-myths-about-pregnancy
https://sholescenter.com/old-wives-tales-about-pregnancy
https://svarunica.com/pregnancy-and-childbirth-fragments-of-ancient-slavic-traditions-of-the-native-faith/
https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0424/1445014-ireland-folklore-conception-pregnancy-births-babies-children/

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Episode Forty-Two: Midwifery & Witchcraft - It's not the devil just because you don't know how it works

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 07:00:00 GMT

Discussions of pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy loss.

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Emily's first episode of Season 3 is a dark history account all about the science (and alleged magic) of midwifery, We delve into how the woman-dominated profession caused jealousy and suspicion from the (male) Church which led to persecution, executions, and a suppression of new knowledge. We learn about the realities of childbirth, how midwives were often blamed for unpreventable losses - and their successes attributed to the devil. Yes, we are ranting again.

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Pine Cones: Incantations | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMT

The "art or act of enchanting by uttering magical words, with ceremonies supposed to have magical power; the formula of words or the ceremony employed," - late 14th century, The word for incantation comes from 13th century Old French incantacion meaning "spell or exorcism"....

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Episode Forty-One: Blodeuwedd, Flower Goddess - The power of three will set us free

Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:00:00 GMT

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Season 3 is here! We have a life update for you (including a BBC appearance??) and lay out our new pod focus. Don't worry, all the spooky weirdness and animal lore will still be here, but its time for the ladies.

Niamh kicks off the season with an introduction to Blodeuwedd, a flower goddess from Welsh folklore who has parallels with Eve, Pandora and Lilith. Expect the usual segues into celebrity culture, cathartic rants and all the usual nonsense. Oh and a playlist!

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S O U R C E S:

https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/blodeuwedd-the-woman-made-of-flowers/
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/most-blessed-most-cursed-the-duality-of-blodeuwedd-welsh-goddess-of-flowers
https://www.twinkl.ie/teaching-wiki/blodeuwedd
https://jo-blake.co.uk/portfolio/blodeuwedd-untold/
https://sacred-texts.com/etc/omw/omw54.htm
https://timelessmyths.com/celtic/otherworld/welsh-deities#Math
Pagan Portals - Blodeuwedd: Welsh Goddess of Seasonal Sovereignty By Jhenah Telyndru
Miranda Jane Green – Celtic Myths (1993)
The Daughters of Modron: Evangeline Walton’s Feminist Re-visioning of the Mabinogi Nicole A. Thomas
https://feminismandreligion.com/2016/05/25/blodeuwedd-celtic-flower-goddess-by-judith-shaw/

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https://cfa.lmu.edu/labandgallery/exhibitions/pastexhibitions/2017/psychopomp/

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Episode Forty: HALLOWEEN Psychopomps - Hermes and his dorky lil' sandals

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:30:45 GMT

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FIENDS! Niamh takes us on a tour of Psychompomps, those figures who transport souls to the afterlife. From Anubis in Egypt to Hermes in Greece, to Epona, the Valkyries, Gwyn Ap Nudd and Azrael, every culture has some form of death shepherd. Thanks so much for sticking with us for Season 2 :)

S O U R C E S:

Encyclopedia Of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Azrael

https://www.crowsbone.com/blogarchive/into-the-underworld-psychopomps-and-deities-of-death

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-story-of-anubis-american-research-center-in-egypt/3wWRSNl-AUDRvA?hl=en

https://www.psychopomps.org/psychopomp-guide.html

https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/45247581/2015_Mackin_Ellie_1018354_ethesis.pdf

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htm

https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/enlighten/guiding-souls-psychopomps-in-mythology-a

nd-folklore/

https://phoenixalchemyjewellery.co.uk/gwyn-ap-nudd-my-favourite-welsh-folktale/

https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0308/ch12.xhtml

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Pine Cones: Grim Reaper | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:30:53 GMT

Special thanks to Tony for the suggestion on Discord!

For thousands of years, different cultures have personified death in various ways, but few figures are as enduring—or as terrifying—as the Grim Reaper. Cloaked - literally in darkness, skeletal and cold, he’s the one who comes for us all, scythe in hand, to reap our souls when our time has come. But how did this eerie image come to be?

S O U R C E S:

https://www.britannica.com/story/where-does-the-concept-of-a-grim-reaper-come-from
The Ritualesque: Festival, Politics, and Popular Culture Western Folklore Vol. 68, No. 1 (Winter 2009), pp. 9-26 (18 pages )
Communications, Asian Folklore Studies Vol. 49, No. 1 (1990), pp. 135-142 (8 pages)https://www.jstor.org/stable/1177953
Ships, Fogs, and Traveling Pairs: Plague Legend Migration in Scandinavia Timothy R. TangherliniThe Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 101, No. 400 (Apr. - Jun., 1988), pp. 176-206
Western Campfire Tales Levette J. Davidson California Folklore Quarterly , Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1943), pp. 177-190 (14 pages) https://doi.org/10.2307/1495703
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htm
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type7080.html#lach-szyrma

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Episode Thirty-Nine: Zombies & Revenants- zombussy [with Ewan]

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:30:07 GMT

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Thanks so much to Ewan for stepping in to be the Emily of the episode. We trace the origins of zombies back to Haiti and Ewan runs us through zombies in pop culture, namedropping some best known media. Then Niamh brings us through to modern day substance-afflicted zombies recorded in medical journals. Lets not forget the relationship between zombies and revenants in mythology, how they have shown up in Game of Thrones, and how your ancestors buried their dead to ward against them coming back!

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S O U R C E S:

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/walking-dead-and-vengeful-spirits/
A Sorcerer's Bottle: The Visual Art of Magic in Haiti by Eizabeth MacAlister
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/opinion/a-zombie-is-a-slave-forever.html
https://amywilentz.com/response-to-i-walked-with-a-zombie/
Undead (A Zombie Oriented Ontology) -Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/16bdrve/comment/jzdneav/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
https://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/2018/03/05/zombies-of-the-frozen-north-white-walkers-and-old-norse-revenants/
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6023
The Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide to Legendary Beings Volume 14 By Brenda Rosen
https://www.medieval.eu/grettir-and-glam/
https://sagadb.org/grettis_saga.en
https://www.historytoday.com/hidden-history-deviant-burials
https://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/medieval-irish-had-their-own-ways-to-stop-the-undead/
https://web.archive.org/web/20110612133939/http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-zombies
https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/revenant/

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Pine Cones: Hel, Half-dead | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 06:30:00 GMT

Deep beneath the surface of the earth, in a realm hidden from the eyes of the living, there exists a place where death itself holds court. The air is cold, the ground unyielding, and at the heart of it all, sits a figure with half a face of life, half a face of decay—this is Hel, the queen of Helheim.

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Episode Thirty-Eight: Ravens & Crows - night crap

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 06:30:34 GMT

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Emily does what she does best and brings us an animal folklore episode all about Ravens and Crows! From their crazy intelligence and fashion sense, to their appearance in dreams, nightmares, fables and creation myths ,we got it all! Bewaare the Nachtkrapp and the Nattramnen, and be sure to befriend your local murder.

Sources:

“A Cacophony of Corvids” - Pete Jennings
Crows in hinduism
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/soul-search/why-one-should-feed-black-crow-as-per-hindu-shastras/photostory/104703246.cms
Ravens in native american myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_in_Native_American_mythology
Night raven - https://www.reddit.com/r/curiousvideos/comments/16x8i3i/swedish_folklore_nattramnar_the_swedish_night/
Church grim - https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Church_grim
German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachtkrapp#:~:text=In%20most%20legends%2C%20the%20Nachtkrapp,and%20disease%20if%20looked%20at.

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Pine Cones: Harpies | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 06:00:00 GMT

Tonight, we journey deep into the ancient world where gods and monsters ruled the skies. This episode is dedicated to some of the most terrifying creatures in myth: the Harpies, Zeus’ hounds of the wind, feared by mortals and revered by gods.

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Pine Cones: Ghost Ships | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 06:00:58 GMT

Every winter, the desolate shores of Block Island are shrouded in an unnatural gloom, where the spectral glow of a doomed vessel, the Palatine, haunts the eyes of those brave enough to look upon it.....

For Sea-tember and our TENTH Pine Cones, we bring you on a spooky voyage into the world of ghost ships, bot phantasmal and abandoned.

SOURCES:

Ghost Ships by Kevin Hile
https://moonmausoleum.com/baron-falkenberg-that-were-cursed-to-sail-the-sea-for-600-years/
https://crimereads.com/a-brief-history-of-ghost-ships/
https://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141123770/the-story-of-the-flying-dutchman#:~:text=The%20Flying%20Dutchman%20was%20a,to%20stay%20at%20sea%20forever.
https://k-blogg.se/2016/10/02/nar-fenrir-fick-farg/
https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-legend-of-the-ghost-ship-palatine/

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Episode Thirty-Seven: Mermaids- Serpent Saturdayyy

Wed, 11 Sep 2024 06:30:37 GMT

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Niamh is deep in Sea-tember right now with a full length Mermaids episode. We go right back to the beginning with Atorgatis, then take a swim across continents with folk tales about Suvannamaccha, Rusalki, the Renvyle Merrow (Murrough) in Ireland, and how a school of scary ladies held up construction in Zimbabwe. Did you know the bacckgound to the Starbucks "siren"?

Sources:

“The Mermaid:” Nead an Iolraigh (roll number 11669) Cloonlooaun, Co. Galway

Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhain, https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602688/4595293/4616680?HighlightText=mermaid&Route=stories&SearchLanguage=ga

https://www.britannica.com/topic/rusalka

https://www.culture.ru/s/vopros/rusalki/

https://folklorethursday.com/folktales/top-mermaid-sightings-in-the-last-century-that-are-hard-to-deny/

https://www.majesticwhaleencounters.com.au/fairytales-myths-legends-and-fantasythe-three-most-famous-mermaids-in-history

https://theworld.org/stories/2017/05/13/zimbabwe-mermaids-appeased-traditional-beer-ritual

https://www.worldhistory.org/Melusine/

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Pine Cones: Sailor Superstitions | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:07:48 GMT

We are diving into Sea-tember with a rundown of old Sailor Superstitions. This fascinating custom still somewhat survives in the industry, but hopefully no Scottish people are being dunked?

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Sources:

- https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/collections/top-20-sailing-superstitions&ved=2ahUKEwj9lIbA4K2IAxXmTkEAHVaeM4YQFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3uElSY_ndhv13Z70ioJ2zT

- https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/List-of-Sailors-Superstitions-Burial-at-Sea.pdf

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Episode Thirty-Six: Baba Yaga - C.G.E (Calming Geese Energy)

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 06:00:22 GMT

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Emily talks us through her homegirl Baba Yaga! She is a huge inspiration in Emily's art and is the archetype for that Witch of the Woods figure we all know from folk tales, like Hansel & Gretel (and I guess Throne of Glass???). Expect some rabbit-holing about Canada geese... Also some feminist rants to round out the episode because it's us.

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Baba-Yaga
https://www.worldhistory.org/Baba_Yaga/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-enduring-allure-of-baba-yaga-an-ancient-swamp-witch-who-loves-to-eat-people/
Women Who Run with the Wolves - Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype By Clarissa Pinkola Estés · 1995
https://reactormag.com/tales-of-the-russian-witch-baba-yaga/

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Pine Cones: Lughnasadh | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 13:54:45 GMT

Happy Lughnasadh to all who celebrate! Today we mark the harvest with this little explainer of who Lugh is and how his festival came to be.

Sources:

https://uisneach.ie/events/lughnasa-festival/

https://brehonacademy.org/tailtiu-the-divine-maternal-heartbeat-of-irelands-mythical-landscape/

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Pine Cones: Sin Eaters | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:53:03 GMT

In the quiet, misty valleys of northern Europe and beyond, where the wind whispers secrets through the heather and the rugged hills keep ancient tales close to their heart, there existed a peculiar and eerie tradition—the ritual of the sin-eater.

Surprise! Niamh keeps her word for once and does an episode she teased months ago. This was just enough for a short. The Sin Eater in Fargo was a huge inspiration for this one, and given the research out there, he was portrayed perfectly!

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Sources:

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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater

https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-sin-eater.html

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Episode Thirty-Five: Japanese Witchcraft - Too many oranges

Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:00:58 GMT

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Niamh brings you lovely dotes to Japan for the FINALE of our witchcraft series. It's been a ride, eh? We start out with an overview of Shintoism and the relationship between Oni-Women and folkloric witches like the Yamauba. Then we look at Western wiccan influences and Majo, which probably resulted in your fave lil Japanese delivery broom rider. Then to close out, a look at Japan's answer to the Salem Witch Trials - the persecution of the Yuta in Okinawa.

Intro clip from Okinawan Uta - the Women Shamans of Okinawa from Stray Compass Life Channel. Fair use, we own nothing.

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Sources:

Shinto | Asia Society
The influence of witchcraft culture on ancient Chinese water relations-a case study of the Yellow River Basin
Yamauba and Oni-Women: Devouring and Helping Yamauba are Two Sides of the Same Coin Noriko Reider
The shaman hunts and the postwar revival and reinvention of Okinawan shamanism
https://medium.com/japonica-publication/yamamba-the-japanese-mountain-witch-b1e13262300b
https://japaneseparticlesmaster.xyz/majo-in-japanese/
https://articles.lingual-ninja.com/articles/japanese-folktale-review-ubasuteyama#Summary%20of%20Ubasuteyama
https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/44708/
https://blog.gaijinpot.com/okinawa-superstitions/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-03-mn-3104-story.html

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:22:36 GMT

Hey Piners! We have a reduced schedule coming up for the time being while we grapple with some real life stuff. Hopefully you'll stick with us every First Wednesday!

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Episode Thirty-Four: Mexican Brujeria feat. Melina - X-tina is that u?

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 06:36:47 GMT

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We have our first special guest! The hilarious Melina joins us to help us learn all about Mexican Witchcraft, AKA Brujeria. In this episode we talk about how the colonisation of Mexico by Catholic invaders forced indigenous beliefs on to the fringes of acceptable society until it became an act of resistance. Today, Brujeria is, for many, a form of reclamation of culture. Many thanks again to Melina for giving us her insight and such a fascinating episode!

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Intro Clip from Mexican Witchcraft by Nat Geo (Fair Use, we own nothing)

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Episode Thirty-Three: African Azande Witchcraft - Donegal Catch

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 07:30:52 GMT

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Niamh is in continental Africa this week with a very broad overview of post-colonial witchcraft and how it has endured to the present day. Please adhere to content warnings and take care of yourself! We finish off with a case study of Azande witchcraft :)

Intro clip from "Witchcraft Among the Azande" by John Ryle from the Disappearing Worlds documentary series, originally broadcast 1981. Fair use, we own nothing.

Sources:

Witchcraft - African Beliefs, Practices, & History | Britannica
Understanding Witchcraft in a Continuously Evolving Society: An Introduction Egodi Uchendu, Elizabeth Onogwu and Chukwuemeka Agbo
Ghana witch camps: Widows' lives in exile - BBC News
Abuse of child 'witches' on rise, aid group says - CNN.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/malawi
Malice in Malawi: A Case Study in Modern Witchcraft Accusations | Center for Inquiry
Albinism in Africa | OHCHR
Modernity's Failings, Political Claims, and Intermediate ConceptsLYNN M. THOMAS The American Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 3 (JUNE 2011), pp. 727-740 (14 pages)
Reconsidering Witchcraft: Postcolonial Africa and Analytic (Un)Certainties Todd Sanders American Anthropologist, Vol. 105, No. 2 (Jun., 2003), pp. 338-352 (15 pages)
Trends and Challenges of Traditional Medicine in Africa - Ali Arazeem Abdullahi
Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande | work by Evans-Pritchard | Britannica
Azande (ucla.edu)
Azande | Encyclopedia.com

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Episode Thirty-Two: Witch Trials of Western Europe - Original Incel

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 07:30:03 GMT

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Niamh Is back in Europe this episode with a scene-setting of how we went from folk magic and healing to mass execution. We focus on Scotland, England, Ireland and Germany. Lots of justified slamming of weak murderous men and a little tour of the criminal justice system.

Additional sounds by Pixabay, voice acting from Eleven Labs.

Sources:

The history of witches in Britain (historic-uk.com)
The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft (ed.ac.uk)
England’s Witch Trials Were Lawful | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Possessed By the Devil: The Real History of the Islandmagee Witches - Andrew Sneddon
Crimes without Criminals: Witchcraft and Its Control in Renaissance Europe Elliott P. Currie, Law & Society Review Vol. 3, No. 1 (Aug., 1968), pp. 7-32 (26 pages)
The Flying Phallus and the Laughing Inquisitor: Penis Theft in the "Malleus Maleficarum" Moira Smith
“Wicked Practises and Sorcerye”: Cunning Folk, Witch Trials, and the Tragedy of Joan Flower and Her Daughters - DIG (digpodcast.org)
Magic and Superstition in Europe: A Concise History from Antiquity to the ...By Michael D. Bailey
Witchcraft and Evidence in Early Modern England on JSTOR
England’s Witch Trials Were Lawful | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
Halloween Special - The Lancashire Witches (storiesofbritain.com)
The Flying Phallus and the Laughing Inquisitor: Penis Theft in the "Malleus Maleficarum" on JSTOR
The Pursuit of Reality: Recent Research into the History of Witchcraft on JSTOR
Who Were the Witches? The Social Roles of the Accused in the European Witch Trials -Richard A. Horsley

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Episode Thirty-One: Norse Witchcraft - Disappointed Dad, Odin

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 07:00:32 GMT

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Emily's episode this week is about the roots of Norse Witchcraft!. From seiðr, galdr, and Runic magic, we learn about what makes such a fascinating mythology tick! Did you know Odin was a poet?

Sources:

https://norsemythologist.com/norse-magic/#:~:text=The%20three%20types%20of%20basic,enemies%2C%20or%20protect%20in%20battle.

https://norse-mythology.org/concepts/magic/

https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/swedish-witch-trials-dark-heritage

https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/havamal.html

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Pine Cones: Celtic Brehon Legal System | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 08:30:25 GMT

First Pine Cones of 2024, witches!

Niamh gets to nerd out over the Brehon Legal system, the Celtic civil law system which preceded the Common law. This is an Episode 30 outtake, so if you were just getting into it, there's an hour of that waiting for you!

All the credit to the sources below:

Brehon law: Medieval Sex Magic to Divorce https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/interviews/brehon-law%3A-medieval-sex-magic-to-divorce
https://loraobrien.ie/medieval-marriage-in-ireland/
https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/interviews/brehon-law%3A-medieval-sex-magic-to-divorce

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Episode Thirty: Celtic Witchcraft - Counter fairy attacks

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 07:35:51 GMT

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The Witchcraft series continues with Witchcraft of the Celtic world! From natural paganism, sacred trees to scruffy druid men and the goddess Brigid (hay gurl). Cursing, folk healing, wise women and fairy mischief have been a huge part of Irish and Manx culture right through Christian influence. We also have tales of a modern Bean Feasa, Biddy Early who was loved and feared in equal measure.. Audio at the beginning is from the RTÉ documentary "Was Biddy Early a Witch or a Fairy?", credit to CR's Video Vaults on YouTube; Fair use, we own nothing.

Sources:

The Witch, the Béan Feasa, and the Fairy Doctor in Irish Culture - Morgan Daimler
IRISH CURSING AND THE ART OF MAGIC, 1750–2018 Thomas Waters Past w Present, Volume 247, Issue 1, May 2020, Pages 113–149, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtz051
NON-SOVEREIGNTY QUEEN ASPECTS OF THE OTHERWORLD FEMALE IN IRISH HAG LEGENDS: THE CASE OF CAILLEACH BHEARRA - GEAROID 0 CRUALAOICH
https://loraobrien.ie/medieval-marriage-in-ireland/
Cursing Stones of Ireland: When Christianity and Pagans Pooled Their Sacred Water | Ancient Origins fancient-origins.net)
The Life of the Death of 'The Fighting Fairy Woman of Bodmin' Storytelling around the Museum of Witchcraft HELEN CORNISH
The folklore of the Isle of Man by Killip, Margaret
From Acceptance to Assimilation: The Changing Role of Travellers in the (Re)Creation of Irish National Identity, 1920s-1960s by Erin Gurski
Patronage & Devotion in Ancient Irish Religion by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
The Druids of Ireland by Julius von Pfluck-Harttung

Additional sounds by Pixabay

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Snow Queens and Winter Witches from Around the World – #FolkloreThursday

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Episode Twenty-Nine: Greco-Roman Witchcraft - We love scary btchs!

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:06:56 GMT

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Emily kicks off our new thicccqq mini-series on witchcraft with a rundown of Greek and Roman witches. From myths about Hecate, Circe and Erictho, to an examination of magical men who didn't face the same scrutiny as practicing witches of their time. We also hear from a certain Roman baby for relationship advice in Creature Counsel.

SOURCES:

https://www.anthropology-news.org/articles/magic-in-ancient-greece-and-rome/

https://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777122300/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/926/magic-in-ancient-greece/

https://www.hellenic.org.au/post/the-allure-of-curses-and-magic-in-ancient-greece

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/greece-and-rome/article/curse-tablets-the-history-of-a-technology/FC52B9C97B9ED7D34405D8DD1A4A3B2A

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Episode Twenty-Eight: Snow Maidens, Queens & Goddesses - Are we the Brothers Grimm?!

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 07:30:04 GMT

TW for brief mentions of weight loss chat at the beginning and again around the 1 hour mark. Skip about 30 seconds each time and you'll be good,

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HAPPY NEW YEAR SPOOKY BITCHES.

Grab your fluffiest socks and crank up the heat because Niamh is back with a look at Ladies Who Snow. From fictional characters from Narnia to inventions of pure capitalism, we end up (via Russia and Snegurochka) back with the Norse Jotnar, this time with Skadi, our divorced baddie. Then we hop across the sea to that fierce Scottish lass Beira...who is apparently responsible for Nessie?!

Sources:

Beira, The Cailleach, Queen of Winter - Folklore Scotland

Winter Gods and Goddesses: Berchta, Odin, Cailleach, and More (otherworldlyoracle.com)

Legend of Jack Frost and The Snow Queen | Jack Frost is the imp of winter. He is a trickster spirit who brings the cold air with him. Snow queen is a character from myth and enchantment (patheos.com)

Sami People: Religion, Beliefs, and Deities (learnreligions.com)

Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend: Chapter I (sacred-texts.com)

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https://arithharger.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/working-with-the-gods-kari/

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Episode Twenty-Seven: Jack Frost - Hot Guyliner

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:00:17 GMT

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You might need a hot drink for this one as we are all about the Frosty Boi himself - Jack Frost. Where did he come from, and does he have any basis in folklore? We take a trip back through time and over to our Nordic Neighbours for some frosty fun. Apologies in advance for any pronunciation errors - we did really try!

Special Housekeeping shout out to the No Other Craic podcast, you can check them out here: https://www.instagram.com/noothercraic_pod/?hl=en

Sources:

Where did Jack come from? The origin of Jack Frost - RLC Words

https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/a-brief-history-of-jack-frost

Jötnar (Jötunn) | The Giants of Norse Mythology (vikingr.org)

The Giants of Norse Mythology: Meet the Jotnar - Scandinavia Facts

Kari's Shrine : About Kari (northernpaganism.org)

The Legend of Jokul Frosti (rebeccaonthewing.com)

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Episode Twenty-Six: House Spirits Pt.2 - Ominous Bucket

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 07:00:56 GMT

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Emily is back this week with the conclusion of our 2-parter on house spirits. We pick things up in Japan with the Zashiki-warashi and look into some dark population control. Then Germany shows us how they manage to run such a tight ship (or mine?). Our Creature Counsel this week is from a snooty little sailor fella....

This was a tangenty one so the folklore comes in at around 18 minutes!!

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Pine Cones: Victorian Macabre Christmas | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Sat, 25 Nov 2023 12:00:01 GMT

Hello Hello! We did pledge to keep releasing Pine Cones once a month as our schedules allow.

This one is a primer for our LIVE Instagram event on December 2nd! All the information is here:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz12oy-usEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

and also here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1747824102391199/?ref=newsfeed

Please get cosy, make a drink and maybe some porridge?? And join us for more ghost stories and fun!

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Episode Twenty-Five: House Spirits Pt.1 - I'll get into your van, Witchy Woman

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 08:00:07 GMT

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Emily is back this week with the first of a TWO parter on house spirits. We start with a little frolic though northern Europe and learn why real estate might be abit more compicated. Our Creature Counsel this week is from an ominous road passenger...

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Episode Twenty-Four: HALLOWEEN Crossroads Folklore - My dog Shart

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 08:00:50 GMT

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN, NERDS!

We have a bumper, extra long, extra spooky episode to close out the greatest month of the year. Niamh looks into the folklore of Crossroads, including liminal spaces and times, some dark history, and of course Vodou Loa to guide us beyond the veil. Don't forget to stick around to the end for some Creature Counsel and submit your own via our contact details below!

Sources:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/why-were-suicides-supposed-to-be-buried-at-crossroads/
https://independent-liverpool.co.uk/blog/crossroad-burials/
https://www.icysedgwick.com/3-weird-things-at-crossroads/
Pettifer, Ernest (1992). Punishments of Former Days. Winchester: Waterside Press
https://astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2019/1/14/a-brief-overview-of-crossroads
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Crossroads-a-liminal-setting-for-occult-and-supernatural-activities
The Devil's Pact: Diabolic Writing and Oral Tradition - Kimberly Ball, Western Folklore, Vol. 73, No. 4 (Fall 2014), pp. 385-409 (25 pages)
Neale, Zora “Hoodoo in America” in The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 44 (1931): pp 317-417.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bawon-Samdi
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/baron-samedi-0016698
http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/biglist.htm
https://visithaiti.com/festivals-events/photo-journal-fet-gede-day-of-the-dead/
https://medium.com/@lunionsuite/10-things-we-learned-about-fet-gede-haitian-day-of-the-dead-4a9f3b36c4a3

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Pine Cones: Friday the 13th| Rowan & Pine Shorts

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 17:20:07 GMT

Our Spooky Short this week was inspired by the special phenomenon of an OCTOBER Friday the 13th! Where does the superstition - or fear - come from? Emily take us on a trip through history that shows it has to be more than just mere coincidence...

Written, researched and voiced by Emily, edited by Niamh.

Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic

Additional Sounds by Pixabay and Chest Crystal

Sources:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2022/05/13/why-is-friday-the-13th-unlucky-the-myths-superstitions-and-stories-behind-the-jinxed-day/

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

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Pine Cones: Witches' Brooms | Rowan & Pine Shorts

Sat, 21 Oct 2023 17:30:00 GMT

Our Spooky Short this week is a barrelling swoop into the connection between witches and their broomsticks. What were those ladies doing on their sabbath.

Theme song: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic on Pixabay.

Script by Emily

With quotes from "The Crucible" by Henry Miller - special thanks to Glen Ridge High School English Dept!

Sources:

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Episode Twenty-Three: Haunted Dolls - it's the WAAARREENNS

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 07:00:57 GMT

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Spooktober Spectacular brings us Emily's compilation of haunted dolls, from Annabelle and Robert to some lesser known little creeps, plus a new holiday destination.

https://www.nhregister.com/living/article/Real-Annabelle-story-shared-by-Lorraine-11382545.php

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-doll

https://www.ghostsandgravestones.com/key-west/robert-the-doll

https://www.discovery.com/exploration/the-island-of-the-dolls-has-a-murky-and-terrifying-history

https://paramuseum.com/pieces/ruby-haunted-doll/

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Pine Cones: Jack O'Lantern | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts

Sat, 14 Oct 2023 17:30:31 GMT

Spooktober Bonus Content continues with a solo episode from Niamh on Stingy Jack: The Origin of the Jack O'Lantern.

Ever wondered were your pumpkin friend got his name? This could very well be his origin story.

Compiled from folklore sources across the web, written & edited by Niamh.