In this episode we will be looking at the history, folklore and mythology surrounding spinning and weaving.
Hear about Valkyries weaving bloody tapestries, how the sun is linked to spinning , why it is advisable to rest sometimes and what terrible things may befall you if you don't.
Sources:
Christopher Dyer, 'Making a Living in the Middle Ages: The People of Britain 850-1520' (2002).
D.L. Ashliman, 'Superstitions from Europe' https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/superstition.html
Donald Haase, 'The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: Q-Z' (2008).
Freyalyn Close-Hainswoth, 'Spinning a Tale: Spinning and Weaving in myths and Legends' https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/spinning-a-tale/
Gunnvôr Silfrahárr, 'Women and Magic in the Sagas: Seidr and Spa' http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/seidhr.shtml
Gunnvôr Silfrahárr, 'Valkyries, Wish Maidens and Swan Maidens' http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/seidhr.shtml
Icy Sedgwick, 'Spinning in Folklore: Impossible Bets and Crafting with the Fates' https://www.icysedgwick.com/spinning-in-folklore/
John Martin Crawford, 'The Kalevala: Rune VIII Maiden of the Rainbow' https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/kvrune08.htm
Lisa Schnaidau, ' Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland' (2018).
Marianna Vertsman, 'Kikimora, Domovoi, Baccoo, and Other Strange and Spooky Creatures', https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/10/30/scary-creatures-world-folklore
Mark Norman, 'Telling the Bees and other Customs: The Folkloer of Rural Crafts' (2020).
'Njal's Saga', trans. Magnus Magnusson and Herman Pálsson (1960).
Ronesa Aveela, 'A Study of Household Spirits of Eastern Europe' (2018).
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