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Three Goddesses Walk Into a Bar | S.2 Ep.15
Season 2 Episode 15
Our Story
Marisa reads an excerpt from her 2020 book, The Sovereignty Knot, in which she imagines three Irish goddesses, Brigid, the Morrígan, and the…
3 years, 8 months ago
Fierce Tenderness: Stories of the Cailleach told by Kate Chadbourne | S2 Ep14
Season 2 Episode 14
Our Story
The Cailleach is the longest living supernatural woman in the Celtic tradition. This goddess is a world builder who consorted with kings and…
3 years, 8 months ago
Mysteries and Holy Wells By Elizabeth Stack | S.2 Ep.13
Season 2 Episode 13
Our Story
This trio of stories about holy wells, faith, and illness traces the evolution–or perhaps the devolution–of folk belief and the power ascrib…
3 years, 8 months ago
Ethne and the Cauldron of Hospitality | S.2 Ep.12
Season 2 Episode 12
Our Story
Before Ethne became a queen of Tara and married Cormac mac Airt, she was a foster child to Buchet, a man known for his tremendous hospitalit…
3 years, 8 months ago
Walking in the Footsteps of a Legend, A Personal Story by Christian Bolden | S.2 Ep.11
Season 2 Episode 11
Our Story
In a departure from our usual format, our guest Christian Bolden tells a personal story of visiting Ireland for the first time as a graduate…
3 years, 8 months ago
The Fenland Lanterns: An Autumn Story from East Anglia by Robyn Watt | S 2 Ep 10
Season 2 Episode 10
Our Story
This is a story of a cheerful, fearless farmhand named Fred who lived in the Fens, the marshy, bogs of East Anglia. He was at home in himsel…
3 years, 9 months ago
Deirdre, Who Is So Much More Than Her Sorrows | S.2 Ep. 9
Season 2 Episode 9
Our Story
The story of Deirdre or the Exile of the Sons of Uilsliu is a pre-tale of the Táin, the greatest epic in Irish mythology. At her birth, Deir…
3 years, 9 months ago
Life and Death on the Farm Atop the Hill: A Story of an Irish Cailleach | S.2 Ep.8
Season 2 Episode 8
Our Story
There’s a long, strange tradition in Irish mythology and folklore in which a powerful man tries to steal a valuable cow from an old woman (c…
3 years, 9 months ago
Bóinn Re:membered: A Story of Poetic Inspiration by Laura Murphy | S 2 Ep 7
Season 2 Episode 7
Our Story
This original story of the Irish goddess Bóinn was written by Laura Murphy and is being offered for the first time here on KnotWork Storytel…
3 years, 9 months ago
Lost in the Wild, At Home Within: A Story of Mad Sweeney | S 2 Ep 6
Season 2 Episode 6
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3 years, 10 months ago