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Season 4 continues with Episode 5 – Castle Dwellers. In this episode we’re exploring some of the folklore, nature and stories surrounding castle ruins.
There are some dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always, I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household.
For more folklore and stories and podcast extras, you can subscribe to my ‘Substack, Cer...
Season 4 continues with Episode 4 – ‘Persephone’s Pomegranate’. In this episode we’re exploring the folklore, nature and stories of the underworld.
On occasion there are dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always, I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household.
For more folklore, stories and podcast extras, you can subscribe to my Substack, ‘Cer...
Season 4 continues with Episode 3 – Wise Old Salmon. In this episode we’re exploring the folklore, nature and stories of the ever resilient and persevering salmon.
On occasion there are dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always, I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household.
For more folklore and stories and podcast extras, you can subscribe t...
It’s back! Season 4 continues with Episode 2 – Strawberries Fair - and in this episode I’m exploring the folklore of the humble strawberry, both wild and propagated with lashings of cream and perhaps a scone or two.
Podcast extras for paid subscribers can be found in the tab at the top of this Substack. The extras for this episode include: a recipe for Strawberry Salsa which we have been eating lots of in our household recently, a s...
Welcome to Season 4 and the first theme for this season is ‘The Horned Gods’. In this episode I explore the prince of the forest, the stag and its associated folklore, gods and mythology.
On occasion there are dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always, I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household.
To 'Rewild Yourself Through Story...
Here it is! The seventh episode of Season 3 of the podcast, the last episode of the season but you will be pleased to know I'm already working on Season 4! I know this episode is a little late but last month was a little bit crazy in one way or another. Hopefully this episode finds you well and you will enjoy a little fishy folklore.
This month’s theme is ‘A Fish In The Net’ and for this episode I have some a trip to the beach,...
Merry Met virtual traveler and welcome to Stories From Lore. A monthly podcast that invites you to ‘Rewild Yourself Through Story,‘ by exploring nature, folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller.
The spring is here at last and it's time to start sowing the seeds that will provide food for the table in the summer. This month’s theme is ‘Reap What You Sow’ and for...
Merry Met virtual traveler and welcome to Stories From Lore. A monthly podcast that invites you to ‘Rewild Yourself Through Story,‘ by exploring nature, folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller.
Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories From Lore. A monthly podcast that invites you to ‘Rewild Yourself Through Story,‘ by exploring nature, folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller.
‘The Dreadful Wind & Rain' is this month’s theme and for this episode I have some nature journaling notes for you, a ballad named ‘Windy Old Weather’, the folklore of ...
Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories From Lore. A monthly podcast that invites you to ‘Rewild Yourself Through Story,‘ by exploring nature, folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller.
For episode 3 of Season 3 there was a tie between ‘The Dreadful Wind & Rain' and ‘A Poultry Offer’ and so I made the executive decision to go with ‘A Poultry Offer’. I...
Merry Met virtual traveller!
It's here! It's finally here! Season 3 has arrived and the podcast has had a bit of a makeover. I really hope you will like the new format which includes me taking you on a ramble, singing and of course lots of folklore and a story.
For this episode patrons chose, 'Beneath The Snowy Thorn' and so I'm taking you on a tour of my local hedgerows, singing the ballad of Thomas De Rhymer, talking ab...
For this episode patrons chose the theme of ‘A Knock At The Door’ and so for this episode we are looking at who might be knocking on your door, some famous door knockers and doors to the next life.
The story from lore for this episode is ‘Stingy Jack’. I will go on to explore the folklore on your threshold in the form of Victorian legends and hidden doors in the extended version, which is available on my Patreon and the secon...
Merry Met virtual traveller, hello and welcome to stories from lore a monthly podcast that explores folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller.
This month patrons chose the theme of ‘Pirates Of The High Teas’ and so for this episode we are taking a voyage across the whale road with the many rogue privateers and pirates who have made it into the legends and mytho...
This month patrons chose the theme of ‘Folk From The Mines’ and, so we’re going underground to discover what lurks in the dark caves, mines and even sewers of Europe. In this episode I explore mining superstitions and the spirits and beings that may or may not help you in your endeavours. The story from lore for this episode is my version of ‘The Seven Whistlers’.
I will go on to explore mine guardians further in the extended...
This month Patreons chose the theme of ‘Sirens Of The Lakes’. There were so many pieces of folklore I came across, during my research, to do with the creatures and beings that dwell in lakes, that I cannot hope to cover them all, that would be an epic episode and so for this episode I am focussing on one that came up most frequently: Lakes Wives. The story from lore for this episode is my original tale which explores the origins of...
This month Patreons chose the theme of ‘Lights above The Marshes’ and so for this episode I will be looking at the marshes, fens and Carrs of Britain and the folklore surrounding the wee beasties that live there. The story from lore for this episode is ‘The Tiddy Mun.’
In the extended version of this episode available via my Patreon, I will be looking at Lantern Men, Toad Men and the plantlore of the fens, as well as telling th...
This month patrons chose the theme of ‘The Dead Do Tell Tales’ and so for this episode I will be looking at the spectre of death and the folklore surrounding the psychopomps and harbingers of death. The story from lore for this episode is ‘The Singing Bone.’
Due to the nature of the subject covered in this podcast I would recommend this as adult listening and that you should listen through first before listening with younger me...
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