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Fair Folk is a podcast rediscovering and sharing the sacred song and folk traditions of Europe.

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The folklore of October offers us a threshold of tenderness, an opportunity to deepen into maturity and savour the golden sunset of the year.
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Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
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Read the J.R.R. Tolkien poem I shared, Winter Comes to Nagothrond: https://www.eternal-flame.org/library/oldlibrary/nargothrond.html
Pick up Eleanor Parker's excellent book on Anglo-Saxon seasons, Winters in the World: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/winters-in-the-world

October Almanac: Sensibility

This episode focuses on the last of the harvest in the month of September, asking what spirit of this summer’s harvest you intend to host over the colder months.

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Music in this episode:
Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods music: https://www.harpcenter.com/
The Wild Wild Berry by (Stephanie) Hladowski and C(hris) Joynes
Buy their music: https://cjoynes.bandcamp.com/album/the-wild-wild-berry-2012
Lengsel by Sun and Moon Dance
Buy their music: https://sunandmoondance.bandcamp.com/album/mitt-hjerte

September Almanac - The Last Sheaf

The story of how I began this podcast out of burnout and illness and began feeling into the path on a different level. Plus a dive into pagan conceptions of destiny and free will from Old Norse and Old English. (Take courage!)
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Old English poem the Wanderer: http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=wdr
Music in this episode:
Weja Ura by Olivia Fern - buy the album: https://oliviafern.bandcamp.com/album/red-thread
Seven Daughters of the Sea by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin - buy the album: https://www.irishsong.com/shop/seven-daughters-of-the-sea/
Waltz for the Cosmos by Lassi Logrén - buy the album: https://lassilogren.bandcamp.com/album/jouhikko
Theme music is Forest March by Sylvia Woods. Buy Sylvia Woods' music: https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

A felt sense of destiny - 10 years of Fair Folk Podcast

In this episode, I speak with Veronica Rottman, a somatic practitioner specializing in the female nervous system, about holy well and spring folklore and the ways it resonates with trauma integration and healing. You can sign up for our upcoming collaborative workshop, Sacred Waters: Healing at the Well of Brigid here:
https://waking-womb.com/events/2026/1/24/sacred-waters-healing-at-the-well-of-brigid
Veronica Rottman's website: https://waking-womb.com/
Veronica Rottman's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wakingwomb
Mentioned in the episode:
Frau or Mother Holle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle
Rosaleen Durkin’s Irish sacred wells walking tours: https://visitwicklow.ie/listing/irish-sacred-wells-walking-tours/
Brielle Elise: waking the well: https://www.instagram.com/wakingthewell
The well maidens account in the Elucidation: https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/elucidation.html
(Lines 29-132)
A note: birds are associated with the fisher king’s court (and fish) more than other animals, somewhat counter to what I said in the episode.
A special thank you to Sylvia Woods, whose tune Forest March is the intro theme to Fair Folk!
Image: The goose maid at the well by Arthur Rackham
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The body keeps the lore: wells, springs, and healing with Veronica Rottman, somatic practitioner

In this episode I talk with Irish sean nós (old-style) singer Chan Reid about the experience of living as an immigrant far from one’s ancestors, and how experiences of migration and dislocation resonate in the heart of Irish traditional song and music. Chan sings some heart-cracking-open songs, and even obliges me by explaining how Irish traditional singers do the “diddly bits” that make sean nós songs sound so unbelievably cool.

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References:
Joe Heaney for sean nós songs
Irish Traditional Music Archive: https://www.itma.ie/
Scottish sound archive Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o' Riches): https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

Songs in the episode:
Dooley Gate by John Shiel (sung by Chan Reid)
Here's a Health to the Company, traditional (sung by Chan Reid and Danica)
The Shores of Loch Bran (sung by Chan Reid)

Thank you to Sylvia Woods whose tune, Forest March, is the theme music to Fair Folk podcast

Irish folk song and the feeling of leaving home - interview with sean nós singer Chan Reid

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Ancestral Embodiment with Marika Heinrichs

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How to embody possibility with abundance paganism

In this episode I talk with the incredible Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul Podcast and No Bad Cards on Substack!
Sign up for our collaborative workshop Holy Homecoming: Reclaiming Magic in an Age of Illusion on May 25th at 10 am PT, 1 pm ET, 6 pm UK: https://www.tarotforthewildsoul.com/holy-homecoming
Lindsay's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6AXz5dXTFFceckBMve9vNT?si=48c0a83ff9044a52
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Intro theme to Fair Folk: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods

Reclaiming our Magic with Lindsay Mack of Tarot for the Wild Soul podcast

In this episode, I welcome Joanna Tarnawska aka Polish Folk Witch to the podcast, who teaches online about Polish folk magic with a syncretic perspective. In this episode she speaks generously with me about her understanding of and experience with saints within the Polish folk tradition, and I respond with my own reflections on engaging with saints with a pagan and animistic lens.

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Image: A wayside shrine

Syncretic saint lore with Polish Folk Witch Joanna Tarnawska

In this episode I speak with Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay about the troubled relationship between humankind and wolves in the British isles, and how we might revive the days when culture was shared with entertainment and joy at the centre. He shares a moving story from Ireland about a peculiar family a man meets while searching for lost cows, and offers a blessing for the revival of the wolf's vital place in our world.

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Dougie’s Mailing list: sendfox.com/dougiemackaystory
Dougie’s website: storyconnection.org
Dougie’s Podcast: Tales for our Times: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tales-for-our-times/id1691719370
The Hearthfire sessions: https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5916/913:25451/
The Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/
Dougie’s book, Scottish Tales for Telling: https://dougiemackaystory.bandcamp.com/album/scottish-tales-for-telling

Wolf at the door - interview w/ Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay

In this episode I share my most popular Substack mailing list post from 2024, as well as some ways you can work with me this January.
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Listen to the Wolf Milk almanac episode from 2023: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5itug3FltIUkTwY29YzP4j?si=c2883a9841cb4a6d
Listen to Craft as pagan devotion with Daniel Allison: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2VT0N5gjTNDOR5Gpifd2pN?si=d86300a4b3754085

Towards a metaphysics of neurodivergence

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In this almanac episode, I survey some themes of the folklore of October, from fire rituals to guising, and invite listeners to dream into the relationship they would like to cultivate with the unseen in the winter months of the year. The full moon of October this year is October 17th, from which this episode took its Anglo-Saxon name, Winterfylleþ, winter-full, the full moon marking the start of the winter half of the year.
Music in this episode:
Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds
"Tam Lin" by Moira Craig
Buy this track: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/tam-lin/1617427959?i=1617427977
"The Foggy Dew" by Ye Vagabonds
Buy it: https://yevagabonds.bandcamp.com/track/the-foggy-dew
"Dromte Mig En Drom I Nat" by Musica Ficta & Bo Holten
Buy this track: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/dromte-mig-en-drom-i-nat/474624260?i=474624262

Corrections:
The whales I saw were in fact porpoises, and I was recording near Dunstanburgh Castle, rather than Dunstan Castle

Winterfylleþ - October Almanac

In this episode I share about September as harvest month in folklore, Old English names for the month and season, spirits of the grain, the meaning of the equinox in tradition, the upcoming lunar eclipse, and Michaelmas!

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September Almanac playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gajsHJ86ljT3f1TuFtLFI?si=ce9b72a3701d4b77

Music in this episode:
Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds
“Ripest of Apples” by Anna and Elizabeth
Buy Anna and Elizabeth’s music:
https://annaandelizabeth.bandcamp.com/
“Band of Shearers” by Carla Sciaky
Buy Carla Sciaky’s music:
https://carlasciaky.com/index.html#store
“My Son David” by the Brothers Gillespie
Brothers Gillespie tour and music: https://thebrothersgillespie.com/shows
“Apples and Potatoes” by June Tabor
June Tabor tour: https://www.bandsintown.com/a/112582-june-tabor
Instrumental tracks:
“Apples in Winter” by Peter Acty
Buy this track: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/apples-in-winter/1617403163?i=1617403387
“Harvest Home” by Willie Clancy
Buy the album: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/willie-clancy-the-gold-ring/458399572

Image: Theodor von Hörmann - Mondaufgang nach der Ernte

Haligmonað / Holy Month - September Almanac

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In this episode, Daniel Allison tells the story of the god Lugh (after whom Lughnasadh is named) at the hall of the king Nuada, leading us into a discussion of how we might approach Lughnasadh folklore and mythology now. Then we share what each of us has been up to lately, especially emphasizing the role of pagan devotion in each of our work, and diving into the role of “permission” to embody sacred traditional culture.

Lughnasadh Special with Scottish storyteller Daniel Allison

This episode explores folklore and pagan origins of the 12 days of Christmas, with a focus on the feminine winter figures of Perchta, Holle, and Grýla, featuring a conversation with Jenn Campus, author of A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule.
Pagan Ritual Song course: https://f77d9f-2.myshopify.com/products/pagan-ritual-song-course-jan-feb-2024
Buy Jenn Campus’ book, A Guide to Celebrating the 12 days of Yule: jenncampusauthor.com/product/a-guid…-days-of-yule/
Emilia Blom, who shared the solstice wishes ritual with me: www.instagram.com/vildmedicin/
My Big Fat Solstice playlist on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/2LFjxSU…a743490a69a6459c
Gnome for Christmas Fair Folk episode: open.spotify.com/episode/5ysFM2qu…6172f7663bc0479f
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Resources & references for this episode:
The Stations of the Sun: the ritual year in Britain by Ronald Hutton
"'He met his own funeral procession': The Year walk-ritual in Swedish folk tradition” Tommy Kuusela: www.academia.edu/9403910
The Icelandic Yule Lads poem in English ingebretsens-blog.com/wp-content/upl…-Lads-Poem.pdf
“The Winter Goddess: Percht, Holda, and Related Figures” By Lotte Motz dokumen.tips/documents/motz-lot…s-1985.html?page=5
“Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments” by John B. Smith www.scribd.com/doc/17325747/Perc…itter-and-Her-Kin
‘Grýla, Grýlur, Grøleks and Skeklers: Medieval Disguise Traditions in the North Atlantic?” by Terry Gunnell notendur.hi.is/~terry/articles/T…_and_Skeklers.pdf
Music in this episode:
Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods Buy Sylvia Woods’ music: www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds
Malpas Wassail by the Watersons Buy it: www.amazon.co.uk/music/player/alb…483616862&sr=1-1
Spinn, Spinn, Spinnerinn by Herbergsuche Gruppe Buy it: music.apple.com/ca/album/spinn-sp…55276?i=318155791
Grýlukvaeði by Thrju a Palli Buy it: music.apple.com/ca/album/gr%C3%BD…7315?i=1621787688
Instrumental track: The Wanderer by Juniper and the Wolf Buy Juniper and the Wolf’s music: juniperandthewolf.bandcamp.com/

The Twelve Days: December Almanac

This episode surveys the folklore of the first half of December, including St. Nicholas' Day on Dec 6th, St. Lucia's day on Dec. 13th, and the solstice. As we approach the darkest point of winter, I ask you to follow the rhythm of nature and turn your gaze to the small, the domestic and the precious.

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Music in this episode:

St. Nicholas by Anúna
Buy this track:
anuna.bandcamp.com/track/st-nicholas-2

Luciavisa by Lisa (singer Emma Härdelin)
Buy this track:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/luciavisa/204432292?i=204434789

There is no Rose by the King’s Singers
Buy this track:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/there-is-no-rose/79623724?i=79623213

Orientis Partibus by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
Buy music by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels here: www.medievalminstrels.com/

Kąlėdų rytų saulė pražydo (The Sun Blossomed on Christmas Morning) by Sedula
Buy this track:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/kal%C4%97d%C5%B3-ryt%C4%85-saul%C4%97-pra%C5%BEydo/1427982403?i=1427982982

Rex Tua Nolo Munera by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
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Sources for this episode:

Lyrics to The Sun Blossomed on Christmas Morning by Sedula:
www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=5162

Some more information about medieval animal carols:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/friendly_beasts.htm

More information about medieval carols:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/news/2020/dec/evolution-medieval-christmas-carols

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen:
https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen/short-story/the-snow-queen

Little Christmas: December Almanac

In this episode I gently interrogate what we mean when we say "the veil is thin" at Halloween, and offer a vision of the whole of winter as a season of hospitality between humans and the otherworld(s) through fire, story, music, and rituals of generosity.
Listen to past Fair Folk episode "All Hallows' Folk Tradition at the Gates of Winter" https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-hallows-folk-tradition-at-the-gates-of-winter/id1177770160?i=1000452872493
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Where to find Kirsten Milliken, the storyteller: instagram.com/kirstinmillikenstoryteller
facebook.com/com/kirstinmillikenstoryteller
www.kirstenmilliken.co.uk
Music in this episode:
Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds
"Réidh Chnoc Mná Duibhe" by Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
Buy the song: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/re-idh-chnoc-mna-duibhe/1653578592?i=1653581085
Image is Fairy Tale of Kings by Lithuanian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis

The Banquet Beyond the Veil - Halloween Almanac

We have reached the energetic peak of the year. The main ancient and folkloric themes of June ritualise the human relationship to two of our primary life-givers, the sun and water. Our romance with these elements (and one another) reach a peak as the year completes its in-breath around the summer solstice. This episode outlines a faint thematic arc in historical Whitsun practices at the start of June, and Midsummer at the end, focusing especially on the folk rituals and folksong of the Baltic countries, Eastern Europe and Ireland.

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My excellent Midsummer Solstice / June Almanac playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0gG8z6O83kpkjflUqaSMZc?si=a7a6693c091046ef

The Midsummer Solstice episode of Fair Folk podcast from 2018: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QZliHXdfHHmSVy0ySfpbv?si=fe6608a7395c4a5e

“Rusalki: Anthropology of time, death, and sexuality in Slavic folklore” by Jiří Dynda 
https://www.academia.edu/34620531/Rusalki_Anthropology_of_time_death_and_sexuality_in_Slavic_folklore

“The Mythic Sun: An Aerial Perspective” by Thomas Dubois: 
https://chs.harvard.edu/chapter/thomas-a-dubois-the-mythic-sun-an-areal-perspective/

“Migration of Song Genres: Two Typical Lithuanian Cases” by Rytis Ambrazevičius
https://bop.unibe.ch/EJM/article/view/8335

“The Midsummer Solstice As It Was, Or Was Not, Observed in Pagan Germany, Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England” by Sandra Billington 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hX0NJJHjoicOq-5VH3kPfsQAX3NTbAtj/view?usp=sharing

Music in this episode:
Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

“O Na Ivana Na Kupala” by Olexa Kabanov - 
Buy it: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/oh-na-ivana-na-kupala/919387915?i=919387973

“Švinta Jona Vakaralia” by Nalšia -
Learn more and buy it (scroll down for English): http://www.lnkc.lt/go.php/lit/Kupole-roze-sekminiu-joniniu-dainuojamoji-tautosaka/110946

Ozolini, Ozolini by Vilkači - 
Buy it: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/j%C4%81nis/1201942701

Fire & Water: June Almanac

This episode, a bonus introductory unit to my upcoming Gathering the Gods course, introduces Old Norse culture and language, and describes the status of gods in the Old Norse religion and cosmology. This course will give an overview of the surviving historical texts and traces of the gods Thor, Odin, and Freya.
Gathering the Gods begins May 7th! Sign up here: https://fantastic-hall-390.myflodesk.com/
Access the reading and materials for this intro unit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1GPjFkblda1E7NlXrpMCHRa0Q5WWk_JJO?usp=sharing

Who & What are the Old Norse Gods?: Bonus Intro Unit to Gathering the Gods Course

This episode outlines the key themes of May folklore embodied in the celebrations of May 1st, aka May Day or Beltane: bonfires for purification and protection, veneration of plants and trees, the leading of animals to green pastures, erotic expressions of pleasure, and the blooming promise of earth's abundance.

Join the Gathering the Gods course on Thor, Odin, & Freya: https://fantastic-hall-390.myflodesk.com/

Listen to the Big Beltane Spotify playlist (newly updated): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6UVpAwkdX39Bk5mY1Kd2Xc?si=0f91f96826544081

Big Beltane: May Day Song and Custom episode from 2019: https://open.spotify.com/episode/62jeozEUNP0FFrKKSafLEJ?si=4de8b4c66c284d5b

Music in this episode:
"Don't you Go a Rushing" by Lisa Knapp
https://lisaknapp.bandcamp.com/album/till-april-is-dead-a-garland-of-may

"Robin Hood and the Tanner" by Jesse Ferguson
Buy it: 
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/folk-favourites/1238844872

"Äggavisan" by Folk och Rachare
Buy it: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/%C3%A4ggavisan/1462963060?i=1462963069

Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

The Generous Wood: May Almanac

This episode my guest is Olle Möllervärn, Swedish folklore and paganism researcher and bear nerd! In this episode we discuss animism and how it brings us into more ethical relationship with animals, the connection between human fertility and bears, including human-bear romance, as well as the reason bears are connected with St. Tiburtius' day, April 14th.

Join my mailing list for a discount on my upcoming course on Old Norse polytheism, Gathering the Gods: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62d72c01da642d55a9868141 (Registration opens April 17th)

Olle Möllervärn on Academia.edu: https://miun.academia.edu/OlleM%C3%B6llerv%C3%A4rn

Norwegian bear dance - skip to 18:00: https://tv.nrk.no/program/FOLA69009669

Opening theme:
Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Purchase Sylvia Woods' music: https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Bear Culture: Scandinavian bear folklore with Olle Möllervärn

This episode outlines the folklore of April in northern Europe: April Fool's day, Palm Sunday, Easter, St. George's day, and the history of gathering greenery for ritual and soups, rising at the dawn to worship a goddess, cuckoo folklore, dragon lore, and lovely spring ritual songs to set the mood!

This month's April Almanac Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AJtQbVqaNJKhwbSNpRqxc?si=4d2dafd206f74a15

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Goddess of the Dawn episode of Fair Folk: https://soundcloud.com/fairfolkcast/goddess-of-the-dawn

Goddess of the Dawn Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37OdQr0zs03bygse4ULS47?si=1dcb8ccce828438e

Resources:

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, chapter: In the Footsteps of Nanabozho: Becoming Indigenous to Place. 
A quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7192815-our-immigrant-plant-teachers-offer-a-lot-of-different-models

Mimisbrunnr entry on the Nine Herbs Charm (Nigon Wyrta Galdor): https://www.mimisbrunnr.info/nigon-wyrta-galdor

A nice German nine-herb soup recipe: https://www.kitchenproject.com/german/recipes/Suppe/Grundonnerstagsuppe/index.htm

Music in this episode:

Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Kuku Kaki Kultarinta by Honeypaw
Purchase:
https://honeypawband.bandcamp.com/track/kuku-kaki-kultarinta

Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene by Helena Ek and Goran Mansson
Purchase:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/edi-beo-thu-hevene-queene/1625877870?i=1625879088

Now the Green Blade Riseth by Caedmon
Purchase:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/now-the-green-blade-riseth/1491931796?i=1491932896

St. George by Waterson: Carthy
Purchase:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/st-george/1280110185?i=1280110191

Instrumental track at 54:29: A Madre De Jhesu Cristo by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
Purchase:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/a-madre-de-jhesu-cristo/1346857580?i=1346857906

Bright morning stars are rising by Tony Saletan and Irene Saletan
Purchase:
https://folkways.si.edu/tony-and-irene-saletan/folk-songs-and-ballads

Dawn Rising: April Almanac

This almanac episode dives into the folklore of February through the lens of the Ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia on February 15th, tracing the themes of birth, milk, wolves, wildness, purification, death, twilight, and thunder through the month’s other pagan holidays, including St. Brigid’s day on February 1st, Candlemas / Gromnica / Perkunas Day on February 2nd, and Scandinavian St. Peter Hotstone on February 22nd. 

This month’s episode asks what the notion of purification might mean in a pagan context, and suggests it may mean facing the shadow parts of ourselves that we tend to project onto animals (and women) so we can ritually integrate them, clarifying and owning our role as powerfully in-between creatures in a powerfully in-between world.

Important dates:
February 1: Brigid’s Day / Bride (Ireland / Scotland) 
February 2: Candlemas (Christian) / Gromnica (Slavic) / Perkunas day (Lithuania) / Perun’s Day (Belarus) 
February 14: St. Valentine’s day
February 15: Lupercalia 
February 21: Mardi Gras / end of Carnivale / Start of Lent 
February 22: St. Peter Hot-stone

Listen to the February Almanac playlist on Tidal:
https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/4c148b82-bfe5-46cf-ba26-63b7bc2a7acd

Listen to the February Almanac playlist on Spotify: 
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2QSKLQ8WeAq9v26NWfpTtX?si=33e31c5e2fe74971

Music in this episode:

“Lupercalia” by Faun
Buy Faun’s music: https://shop.faun-music.com/

“Värgsangen” by Jonna Jinton
More Jonna Jinton music: https://www.youtube.com/user/jonnajinton
Buy Jonna Jinton’s art: https://jonnajintonsweden.com/
 
“Ulvetimme” (The Hour of the Wolf) Maria Franz and Christopher Juul
Buy Heilung’s (Maria Franz and Christopher Juul) music: https://heilung.bandcamp.com/

“Mary’s Keen” by Noirin Ni Riain
Buy this track: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/marys-keen/992023961?i=992023970
Buy Noirin Ni Riain’s music: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/stor-amhran/41446103

“Grá” by Wardruna
Buy Wardruna music and merch: https://wardrunashop.com/collections/music
Buy Wardruna digital tracks: https://wardruna.bandcamp.com/music

Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Sources for this episode:

Watch Ronja Robbersdaughter: https://fsharetv.io/watch/ronja-robbersdaughter-episode-1-tt0088015

Watch Wolf Walkers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Z_tybgPgg

Emperors of Rome Podcast, Lupercalia episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/episode-cxxxv-lupercalia/id850148806?i=1000465237605

History and Folklore Podcast: Medieval Wolves episode: https://historyandfolklorepodcast.libsyn.com/medieval-wolves

Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs edited by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara, and John Lindow: entry: “Wolf [Canis Lupus] and Werewolf”

The Nordic Animist Year (book) by Rune Rasmussen

Candlelight Tales Podcast: Brigid episode: https://soundcloud.com/candlelittales/episode-7-brigid

Transcript:
Welcome to the podcast. This is the February Almanac episode  of Fair Folk called Wolf Milk.

 In these Almanac episodes, I comb through European calendar custom.  that is folklore relating to the cycle of the year, typically with a focus on Northern Europe.  And I share what I find with you to help you orient the month ahead. Equipped with knowledge of nourishing traditions that can help reconnect you  to the natural cycles of the year  to land and the life in the plants, animals, our bodies, and ourselves.

Seasonal folklore and festivals call us back into community with all beings on the earth in its regular spinning wheel of life and death.  And they help us to tend through ritual, our ties to our kin of all species, both our ancestral kin and our future kin to come.  The recovery of European traditional cultures, the ones that privilege relationality, interconnection and respect for all beings, which you might call indigenous cultures, is so early in its stages.

Wolf Milk: February Almanac

In this January almanac episode, I share about how English Plough Sunday and Plough Monday rituals dovetail with pagan midwinter worship of Odin to present a quandary as rich today as ever: 

How do we hold sacred the human capacity to employ technologies that multiply our power, while dancing on the delicate balance between service and domination? 

How do we bless the hard work of human hands where it meets the life of the world? 

This episode delves into traditions of chasing out the spirits of Yule, as well as blessing of apple trees, ploughs, and ultimately ploughboys as representatives of the overflow of human passion and physical power.

Sign up for UNEARTHED, my course on the roots of imperialism in the Christian Middle Ages: https://rustic-waterfall-641.myflodesk.com

Listen to the January Almanac playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2lcgJz369QMIDmN8J4LEAq?si=96bd3fac66c8482f

Contact me by email fairfolkcast [at] gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danica.boyce/

Music in this episode: 

January Man by Lau & Karine Polwart
Buy it:
https://lau-music.bandcamp.com/track/january-man

Apple Tree Wassail by Jon Boden
Buy his albums https://hudsonrecords.co.uk/shopfront/jon-boden

Ploughboy’s Dream by Janice Burns and Jon Doran
Buy it:
https://bandcamp.com/download?cart_id=97060025&sig=7770feb4eddf1844063928c397bc5b88&from=checkout

Ploughboy’s Glory by Lisa Knapp
Buy it:
https://lisaknapp.bandcamp.com/track/ploughboys-glory

Instrumental track:
St. Agnes’ Eve by Carol Wood
Buy it:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/st-agnes-eve/130331483?i=130332115

Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Sources and Resources for this episode:
Rune Hjarno Rasmussen’s St Knut / Odin parallels video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l99YoPiPLrg

The Nordic Animist Year (book) by Rune Hjarno Rasmussen: https://shop.nordicanimism.com/shop/9-books-and-calendars/9-the-nordic-animist-year/

The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain by Ronald Hutton (book)

“The Winter Goddess: Percht, Holda, and Related Figures” By Lotte Motz
dokumen.tips/documents/motz-lot…s-1985.html?page=5

“Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments” by John B. Smith
www.scribd.com/doc/17325747/Perc…itter-and-Her-Kin

Lyrics to folk song "Ploughboy’s Glory"
http://www.joe-offer.com/folkinfo/songs/362.html

Episode Image: by John Bauer from story "The Ring," by Helena Nyblom, 1914

Transcript: 
This is the January Almanac episode of Fair Folk in which I will be discussing  the folklore and pagan roots of January celebrations with an emphasis on nourishing traditions  we can bring forward and apply to our modern lives,  to help us connect to land and to history in productive and empowering ways.

 This month I'll be focusing  on the new cycle of years changing over the end of the Yule season and our relationship to labour and technology,  which was a focus that arose for me while I was researching this January episode.  That hasn't arisen for me before, but it definitely is an emphasis of English and Nordic tradition, and it'll explain more  as we go ahead.

 Other themes that arise in January folklore are the continued divination and predictive quality for the year ahead that we've may have already seen in December. Folklore  also the supernatural and the feminine visiting from the wilds beyond, because it is still winter  and these forces still rule.

 There's often a theme in January songs especially of weather, bad weather, loneliness, cold and love, longing as metaphorically associated with those sensations of coldness and isolation in the wintertime.  And of course, the slow return of the sun is being observed across European folklore, which is what I always focus on.

Ploughboy's Glory: January Almanac

This episode explores folklore and pagan origins of the 12 days of Christmas, with a focus on the feminine winter figures of Perchta, Holle, and Grýla, featuring a conversation with Jenn Campus, author of A Guide to Celebrating the 12 Days of Yule.

Unearthed: medieval imperialism course: https://rustic-waterfall-641.myflodesk.com

Buy Jenn Campus’ book, A Guide to Celebrating the 12 days of Yule for $5: https://jenncampusauthor.com/product/a-guide-to-celebrating-the-12-days-of-yule/

Emilia Blom, who shared the solstice wishes ritual with me: https://www.instagram.com/vildmedicin/

My Big Fat Solstice playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2LFjxSUsJYrJE2S0nuYWdB?si=a743490a69a6459c

Gnome for Christmas Fair Folk episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ysFM2qushhgWVuEx5kLq1?si=6172f7663bc0479f

Join my mailing list: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/62d72c01da642d55a9868141

Resources & references for this episode:

The Stations of the Sun: the ritual year in Britain by Ronald Hutton

"'He met his own funeral procession': The Year walk-ritual in Swedish folk tradition”  Tommy Kuusela: https://www.academia.edu/9403910

The Icelandic Yule Lads poem in English
https://ingebretsens-blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Yule-Lads-Poem.pdf

“The Winter Goddess: Percht, Holda, and Related Figures” By Lotte Motz
https://dokumen.tips/documents/motz-lotte-the-winter-goddess-percht-holda-and-related-figures-1985.html?page=5

“Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments” by John B. Smith
https://www.scribd.com/doc/17325747/Perchta-the-Belly-slitter-and-Her-Kin

‘Grýla, Grýlur, Grøleks and Skeklers: Medieval Disguise Traditions in the North Atlantic?” by Terry Gunnell
https://notendur.hi.is/~terry/articles/TerryGunnell-2001_Gryla,Grylur,Groleks_and_Skeklers.pdf

Music in this episode:

Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Malpas Wassail by the Watersons
Buy it: https://www.amazon.co.uk/music/player/albums/B09WJGTF52?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1483616862&sr=1-1

Spinn, Spinn, Spinnerinn by Herbergsuche Gruppe
Buy it: https://music.apple.com/ca/album/spinn-spinn-spinnerin/318155276?i=318155791

Grýlukvaeði by Thrju a Palli
Buy it:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/gr%C3%BDlukv%C3%A6%C3%B0i/1621787315?i=1621787688

Instrumental track: The Wanderer by Juniper and the Wolf
Buy Juniper and the Wolf’s music: https://juniperandthewolf.bandcamp.com/

This episode surveys the folklore of the first half of December, including St. Nicholas' Day on Dec 6th, St. Lucia's day on Dec. 13th, and the solstice. As we approach the darkest point of winter, I ask the listener to follow the rhythm of nature and turn your gaze to the small, the domestic and the precious.

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Music in this episode:

St. Nicholas by Anúna
Buy this track:
https://anuna.bandcamp.com/track/st-nicholas-2

Luciavisa by Lisa (singer Emma Härdelin)
Buy this track:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/luciavisa/204432292?i=204434789

There is no Rose by the King’s Singers
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https://music.apple.com/ca/album/there-is-no-rose/79623724?i=79623213

Orientis Partibus by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
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Kąlėdų rytų saulė pražydo (The Sun Blossomed on Christmas Morning) by Sedula
Buy this track:
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/kal%C4%97d%C5%B3-ryt%C4%85-saul%C4%97-pra%C5%BEydo/1427982403?i=1427982982

Rex Tua Nolo Munera by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
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Sources for this episode:

Lyrics to The Sun Blossomed on Christmas Morning by Sedula:
https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=5162

Some more information about medieval animal carols:
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/friendly_beasts.htm

More information about medieval carols:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology-south-east/news/2020/dec/evolution-medieval-christmas-carols

The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen:
https://americanliterature.com/author/hans-christian-andersen/short-story/the-snow-queen

This is a conversation with Scottish folk-magic blogger and social worker Scott Richardson Read about the Gaelic folklore figure called the Cailleach: the old woman known as Scotland’s midwife; landscape shaper, storm-bringer, sovereignty figure, ancestral being, resurrected once and again, and present all through the folk calendar of the year.

The Cailleach has been popularly associated with wintertime, which is why I feature her on Fair Folk now, at the beginning of winter.

Transcript of this episode: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12oDeT-0u-0fnnascirU_k5izVU4kQHACj2zqTFI2wGA/

Resources referenced in this episode:

Cailleach’s Herbarium blog, Cailleach article #1
https://cailleachs-herbarium.com/2015/08/the-cailleach-a-tale-of-balance-between-darkness-and-light/

Cailleach’s Herbarium blog, Cailleach article #2
https://cailleachs-herbarium.com/2015/08/the-cailleach-a-tale-of-balance-between-darkness-and-light-part-two/

Cailleach’s Herbarium blog entry on an animist shrine dedicated to the Cailleach:
https://cailleachs-herbarium.com/2018/01/the-cailleach-scotlands-midwife-tigh-na-bodach/

Article: The Cailleach in Place-names and Place-lore by Alasdair C. Whyte:
https://clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JSNS/article/view/58/107

Mckenzie’s Wonder Tale, Beira, Queen of Winter:
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tsm/tsm04.htm

9th century poem about the Cailleach, “The Old Woman of Beare”
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65CWjdVcBmg
Text: https://www.ronnowpoetry.com/contents/anonymous/OldWomanBeare.html

Songs in this episode:

Opening theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

“The Old Woman of the Mill Dust / Cailleach An Dudain” by Alison Kinnair & Christine Primrose
Buy Alison Kinnair & Christine Primrose’s music:
https://guysegers1.bandcamp.com/track/cailleach-an-dudain-the-old-woman-of-the-mill-dust-alison-kinnaird-christine-primrose (album)
https://music.apple.com/ca/album/cailleach-an-dudain-the-old-woman-of-the-mill-dust/294080419?i=294080481

The Cailleach w/ Scott Richardson-Read

This episode asks how we can take the natural themes of the month and separate them from the contexts that have framed and sometimes twisted them, so we can use them to empower all beings – especially, this month, foxes and geese. It surveys November droving and pannage traditions, Guy Fawkes Day on November 5th, fox hunting and its complex legacy, St. Martins day on November 11 and its entanglement with goose lore, and St. Catherine’s day on November 25th, which opens the season of the Germanic winter goddesses, whose later folklore connects spinning and wheels, snow, wild animals, flying, geese, and children.

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Songs featured in this episode:

“The Fox” by Laura Viers
Buy Laura Viers’ music on Bandcamp: 
https://lauraveirs.bandcamp.com/track/the-fox

“Kadrilaul” by Collage / Choir of Tallin University of Technology
Buy Collage’s music:
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/kadriko/1100185926

“Martinmas Time” by James Yorkston
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https://jamesyorkston.bandcamp.com/

Buy James Yorkston’s records:
https://www.jamesyorkston.co.uk/shop/

“Goose and Common” by the Askew Sisters
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http://www.askewsisters.co.uk/

Opening theme:
Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Some sources for this episode:

The Year in Ireland by Kevin Danaher, 1972.

Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales by Marie Trevelyan, 1909.
https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book//lookupid?key=olbp54204

Article: “The Winter Goddess: Percht, Holda, and Related Figures” by Lotte Motz
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HDXoKGBG3PojPXDJrJXZ3Ae2A7HQCCA7/view?usp=sharing

Article: "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments" by John B. Smith
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1280qQAcXA-p0bbrF3_zujAbB0tJMr0Bo/view?usp=sharing

Frau Holle in the Grimm's Fairy Tales:
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm024.html

An article about enclosure:
https://medium.com/@daveuwakwe/what-a-poem-about-a-goose-teaches-us-about-property-3dfe6f7972ec

St. Martin Lore from County Kerry ℅ the National Folklore Collection of Ireland: https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4666609/4666442 (Search the vast collection for more!)

Fox & Goose: November Almanac

Fair Folk is back in operation after a year's break! This episode shares some of the folkloric themes of October: it's the pagan start of winter, and features spooky post-harvest customs of feeding the dead, love longing, rekindling the community fire, and a cute dose of shoe folklore.

Call for key collaborators in the Pagan Monastery Project:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jq9XCt29MqQXEaRNtnoUj4n_5LObtqmWf-F-g8fGdto/edit?usp=sharing

Listen to the Pagan Monastery Podcast on Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pagan-monastery-podcast-with-danica-boyce/id1610505250

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https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vxucYP0zGjsH2AxfwlayL?si=d5ae8d42bbbe473f

Fair Folk’s Patreon: 
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Listen to Our Supernatural Landlords: folklorist Terry Gunnell on northern European winter guising traditions: 
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/fair-folk-podcast/id1177770160?i=1000501474652

Songs featured in this episode:

Tam Lin by Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer

Buy Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer’s album:
https://anaismitchell.ochre.store/release/250476-anas-mitchell-jefferson-hamer-child-ballads

Cheshire Souling Song by Cantorion CynWrig Singers

Buy the Cantorion CynWrig Singers’ music:
https://music.apple.com/ca/artist/cantorion-cynwrig/156043718

Holland Handkerchief by Chris Foster

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https://chrisfoster1.bandcamp.com/music

Who’s Gonna Shoe my Pretty Little Foot by Barbara Dane

Buy Barbara Dane’s music:
https://barbaradane.bandcamp.com/

“Old Jacky Frost” by the Wildness Yet

Buy the Wilderness Yet’s music:
https://www.thewildernessyet.com/shop.html

The Wilderness Yet on Bandcamp (digital):
https://thewildernessyet.bandcamp.com/

Opening theme:
Forest March by Sylvia Woods

Buy Sylvia Woods’ music:
https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

Some sources for this episode:

Andreas Nordberg “Ritual Time and Time Reckoning.” The Pre-Christian Religions of the North: History and Structures, Volume ii, 725

On Shoes in walls: https://ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/strange-folklore-the-mystery-of-concealed-footwear/

For more info on boots and shoes and Hedwig: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781315166940-13/boots-saint-hedwig-jacqueline-jung

Recipe for Hedwigsohlen (Hedwig's soles pastries): https://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com/2014/10/soles-of-st-hedwig.html

British Calendar Customs: England (1942)

Polish Customs, Traditions and Folklore. 1996.

Kevin Danaher. The Year in Ireland. 1972.

Rekindle: October Almanac

This episode announces that I will not be producing Fair Folk Podcast for the forseeable future. I am deeply grateful for all of the support you have all given me as I have grown this podcast, and I hope you will continue to connect with me in one of the following ways:
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All my love,
Danica

Do What You Want: Pausing Fair Folk

This episode is a road map to the folklore, mythology, songs and rituals of the goddess of the dawn, gathered from the many cultures of the Indo-European language family. It paints the picture of a radiant, dependable, go-getter goddess who is born again with every day and every epoch. The episode ends with my ritual performance of the medieval hymn “Polorum Regina” in an abandoned church on a mountaintop at sunrise.

Check out Medieval Hymn to the Dawn Goddess on our new YouTube series! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_moj-dcn5nM

The episode I mentioned: A Priest and a Piper: A Conversation with Ignas Šatkauskas, Pagan Priest of Romuva https://m.soundcloud.com/fairfolkcast/ignas-satkauskas-interview

A great resource for Indo-European mythology, folklore and poetry research that I used for this episode is Indo-European Poetry and Myth by Martin Litchfield West

Episode edited by Quinn McCord.

Thank you very much to Sylvia Woods, whose song Forest March is the opening theme to Fair Folk Podcast!

Image: The Coming of Bride by John Duncan, 1917

Goddess of the Dawn

In our second conversation on Fair Folk, folklorist Terry Gunnell and I discuss the northern European folklore of the winter season, especially the tradition of guising and monstrous visitors in pagan and Christian times, and -- getting to the juicy stuff -- how male deities came to dominate the Nordic sphere in the Viking era, when it is rather obvious feminine deities used to play a significantly larger role.
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Some of Terry Gunnell's articles can be downloaded here: https://hi.academia.edu/TerryGunnell

Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
32:32 “K Viola” by ICP Orchestra
58:30 “K Viola” by ICP Orchestra (again)

Our Supernatural Landlords: folklorist Terry Gunnell on northern European winter guising traditions

An interview with Daniel Allison, Scottish storyteller and author. We talk about the beginning of the winter season, how he became a storyteller, and how we can make our dreams a reality with the winter dark as our guide and protector. He tells the beautiful story "The Dream Makers" from his book "Scottish Myths and Legends."

House of Legends Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/59C6P4JKydqeUoWYhILZBU?si=WqKHjqsTT7i8uZulU5U5aA
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Music in this episode:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
1:30 Untitled Scottish melody by Stephen Arndt
24:05 "The Song of the Chanter" by Tale of the Gael

The Dream Makers: Daniel Allison, Scottish Storyteller & Author

Enjoy this 2019 episode exploring the ancient traditions behind today's favourite Halloween activities: trick-or-treating, jack-o-lantern carving, divination, and... communing with the dead.
This episode's music:
Intro Music: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
2:09 “Nöstmo Halvar” by Per O G Runberg
7:04 “King Orfeo” by Alva
13:07 “Samhain” by Ron Allen
14:55 “Punkie Night” by Withe & Stone
17:11 “Tam Glen” by Jean Redpath
22:45 “Colcannon” by The Black Family
26:30 “The Wife of Usher’s Well” by Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort
31:38 “Souling Song” by the Watersons
38:10 “Faithful Johnny” by Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson
42:30 “Lyke Wake Dirge” by the Young Tradition
Image: Scotch Mist by John Duncan

All Hallows': Folk Tradition at the Gates of Winter

This is an extremely potent interview of myself by Kathryn Fink, of the Heart is a Cauldron Podcast! 
The Heart is Cauldron Podcast: https://kathrynfink.com/the-heart-is-a-cauldron
Sign up for my mailing list to hear when Abundance Paganism opens again: www.fairfolkcast.com
Kathryn Fink instagram: www.instagram.com/kathryn.a.fink/
My instagram: www.instagram.com/danica.boyce/
Fair Folk Patreon: www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast

In the Cauldron with Danica Boyce - The Heart is a Cauldron Podcast with Kathryn Fink

In this episode I dive deep into Ancient Germanic apple and tree symbolism with researcher Joseph S. Hopkins of Norse mythology resource mimisbrunnr.info. 

Links:
Abundance Paganism info and registration: https://fair-folk-media.mykajabi.com/sales-page
Mimisbrunnr.info
About Joseph S. Hopkins: www.mimisbrunnr.info/hopkins
Kvasir Symbols Database entry on apples: https://www.mimisbrunnr.info/ksd-apple

Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Oj Jabuko" by Ansambl Ladarice
"Do you Love an Apple" by the Bothy Band

Apples & the Gods with Joseph S. Hopkins

Abundance paganism is running again in 2026-7 as a workshop series! To sign up: https://danicaboyce.com/abundance-paganism-2026

Join the free Abundance Paganism mini-course Sept 2026: https://danicaboyce.myflodesk.com/q266txu4bb

Sign up for my Pagan Sacred Chant workshops:
https://www.danicaboyce.com/chant-workshops-2026

Join my mailing list: www.Enthusiastica.substack.com

Find me on instagram: instagram.com/danica.boyce

This episode introduces the concept of abundance paganism, and announces my offering of a course by the same name!

Topics covered: 
*how abundance mentality dovetails with a pagan worldview and pagan practice
*my definition of ancestry
*appropriation and integrity
*the connection between suffering, death, sacrifice and transformation
*what our ancestors were doing most of the time (hint: it wasn’t war)

Music: 
Fair Folk intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
16:55 “Ia Patonepi” by Imke McMurtrie, Nana Mzhavanadze & Tamar Buadze https://www.amazon.com/Georgian-Songs-Mzhavanadze-Buadze-McMurtrie/dp/B07BJFJLQH
32:00 “Helvegen” by Kalandra (written by Einar Selvik) https://kalandra.bandcamp.com/
“Kur Sakuolalis Ten Gegiutala” by Kulgrinda https://www.facebook.com/Kulgrinda/

What is Abundance Paganism?

This is a re-release of last year's August Fair Folk Almanac for Patreon about the Irish festival of Lughnasadh, its mysterious history, and its afterlife in modern Irish folklore.
This is the feast of the harvest's beginning, of the shining sun, of first precious golden loaf.
In Irish, Lughnasa is a gathering for the god Lugh, who was responsible for teaching the people of Ireland how to harvest the grain, and for maintaining the four quarters of the year, with the harvest at their peak. 
Music:
Intro theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
10:00 Instrumental track: The Dear Little Isle (air)” by Antóin Mac Gabhann & Caitlín Nic Gabhann with Brian McGrath
18:45 "Corn Rigs" by Us and Them
29:00 "The Band of Shearers" by Carla Sciaky
37:15 "Corn Rigs" by Whirligig
44:30 "The Lammas Tide" by the Corries
51:05 "Corn Rigs" by Whirligig (again)
The book I referenced is "The Festival of Lughnasa" by Máire MacNeill

Lughnasadh - bonus almanac re-release

This episode witnesses the troubled relationship between the folklore of wells and springs and memories of trauma and violation. It discusses the vulnerability and suffering of women and Jews under medieval Christianity that is symbolized in the image of the well and processed through the embodied act of singing.

Links:
Mailing list: https://winter-lion-59052.myflodesk.com/pijrgnu11x
Patreon: www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast.com
Transcript: https://tinyurl.com/yb6cp36h

Music:
1:40 "Gungnir" by Valgaldr (Gøran Hálfdanarson Ellingsen)
9:15 “You are the Field” by Sarah Neufeld
12:30 “The Holy Well” by Jean Ritchie
20:00 “Maria Magdalena” by Vendla Johansson
24:25 “The Well Below the Valley” by Frankie Armstrong and Maddy Prior
30:20 “George Collins” by John Fleagle
38:15 “Per Tyrsons döttrar i Vänge” by Jan Hammarlund
49:30 “Little Sir Hugh” by Alasdair Roberts
58:15 "Herr Töres Döttrar I Vänge" Jan Johansson

Wells & Springs Episode 2: Water Of Death

This episode discusses Empire and its deconstruction, and the relationship between healing and learning in life and in this podcast. 

I speak on abundance and scarcity in the context of European traditional spirituality and culture, and invite listeners to give themselves moments of grace in order to address the work of anti-racism from a place of abundance and love.

Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Instrumental track: "The Warm Shoulder" by Mary Lattimore
"Sleepers Awake" by Jackie Oates

Healing the Wounds of Empire

The first in a series on wells and springs, this episode explores the phenomenon of wells and springs in mythology and spiritual belief and practice. Wells for magic, wells for healing, wells for wisdom and love; wells for the pure awe and wonder of living water. 
Bi-weekly Q&A on Patreon, Conjuration Tier: https://www.patreon.com/join/fairfolkcast/

Music:
Intro theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Háleygir" by Valgaldr (instrumental)
“Tobar Tobar” by Marit and Rona
“Nornegaldr” by Runahild
“The Leaves of Yggdrasil” by Myrkur
“My Love is a Well” by Daoirí Farrell
“Туман яром, туман долиною” (Tuman Yarom) by the Veryovka National Folk Choir of Ukraine
“Makosh’ ” by Vedan Kolod
“Čisto Srce Gospod želi” by Grupa Legende
“Nornegaldr” by Runahild

Wells & Springs Episode 1: Water Of Life

My interview with Faber Horbach of Sowulo Pagan Band in the Netherlands, June 2019. 
Listen to Sowulo's new album and more:
https://www.sowulo.nl/ (Bandcamp)
https://www.facebook.com/Sowulo/ (Facebook)
https://www.instagram.com/sowulo.music (Sowulo Instragram)
https://www.instagram.com/faber.horbach/ (Faber Horbach Instagram)
https://www.facebook.com/amplifiedhistory/ (Heilung Facebook)
Music:
Intro Theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
2:00 "Wulfwiga" by Sowulo
6:40 "Sol" by Sowulo
11:30 "Slincan Snican" by Sowulo
15:35 "Beltane" by Sowulo
20:25 "Wohs Wildum" by Sowulo
31:45 "Wulfwiga" by Sowulo
This episode edited by Laura Hamill.

Faber Horbach of Sowulo Pagan Band

My interview with Ignas Šatkauskas, pagan priest of Romuva, in August 2018
Pagan Ritual Songs from Romuva Camp, playlist on Fair Folk's YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwfbVKoLviE&list=PLDGCg4JtohsA1pJf6bB_pNbmKT_AK0d6W
Fair Folk's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5BgVgYLuRWmEs66AHx38A
Music: 
Intro Theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
22:00 ”Kukal, Rože, Ratilio” by Jievaras
26:45 “Improvisation on the Bagpipe” by Skirmantas Sasnauskas
34:50 "Nuslaida Saulala" by Kulgrinda
39:50 “Vakarinė žvaigždelė” by Kulgrinda
46:40 "Turėja liepa” by Vilniaus čiurlionio Mgs Ansamblis

A Priest and a Piper: A Conversation with Ignas Šatkauskas, Pagan Priest of Romuva

In Part Two of Children of the Sun episode, I travel to the forests of Dzūkija region with ethnomusicologist Eglė Česnakavičiūtė to meet the elder and traditional singer Elena Česnulytė, and talk folksong politics. I finally wind up at Šatrijos Ugnis, a perpetual flame tended at a hill in a national park in Samogitia, where I decide maybe paganism is not about belonging after all, but rather, more powerfully, about connection.

Music
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
00:45 “LIV Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
3:35 Elena Česnulytė, Žiūrai village, Dzūkija
5:17 “Lyliumoj” by Elena Česnulytė, Žiūrai village, Dzūkija
7:40 “Aš Kelaliu Keliavau” by Žiūrų kaimo folkloro ansamblis / Žurai village folklore ensemble (Dzūkija)
17:00 “Aš Pasėjau Balandėlį” by Obelija
19:55 “Ant Tėvulio Dzidzio Dvaro / In the Father’s Great Manor” by Obelija 
22:55 Eglė Česnakavičiūtė
25:45 “LIV Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
38:30 “III Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
40:45 “Rimo Rimo, Tūto” by Birutė Račkaitienė, Vaidotas Digaitis, and Kęstutis Račkaitis
41:50 “XII Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
43:45 “Rimo Rimo, Tūtoj” by Jievaras
47:30 “XII Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė

Šatrijos Ugnis: https://www.facebook.com/SatrijosUgnis/
Obelija’s music can be purchased on bandcamp, or streamed on Spotify. https://obelijaband.bandcamp.com/releases
You can find the amazing Žemyna Trinkūnaitė’s music on Spotify, the itunes store, and streaming at pakartot.lt. You can also email her at zemynat@gmail.com to order a CD by post.
Thank you so much to all the people who helped me in various ways in producing this podcast; your assistance was essential to my understanding. Any factual or pronunciation errors are my own. 
Special thanks to Matas Tamsusis Bodrijė for translating endlessly both song lyrics and social norms, and teaching me to dance, all while almost never cracking a smile.

Children of the Sun: Paganism and Folksong in Lithuania - Part Two

In this episode I spend a week with pagan religious group Romuva, and reflect on the role of belonging in paganism and folk tradition. Live recordings taken in 2018.
Music:
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
4:10 - “XL Kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
6:57 “Dūno upė” - Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
9:08 Gabija chant - Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
10:35 Leliumoj - Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
13:35 Žemyna chant -Romuva camp attendees / Kūlgrinda
17:35 “XLVI Kompozicija” Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
30:05 “Nuslaide Saulala” by Kūlgrinda 
32:40 “XLI kompozicija” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
36:30 Inija Trinkūnienė
48:50 “Kompozicija xix” by Žemyna Trinkūnaitė
Thank you so much to all the people who helped me in various ways in producing this podcast; your assistance was essential to my understanding. Any factual or pronunciation errors are my own.
You can find Žemyna Trinkūnaitė’s music on Spotify, the itunes store, and streaming at pakartot.lt. You can also email her at zemynat@gmail.com to order a CD by post.
Kulgrinda can be found at https://www.facebook.com/Kulgrinda

Children of the Sun: Paganism and Folksong in Lithuania - Part One

This episode draws on the folklore of the household spirit (gnome, tomte, tonttu, nisse, domovoi, et al)and the folk music of Scandinavia to explore the ancient traditions of animism and ancestor veneration at midwinter.

Music:
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
“Tomtarnas Julnatt” by Göteborgs Symfonietta (instrumental)
“Nisse-Polka” by Sing Song Sisters
“Winter Darkness (Mørketid)” by Georg Buljo & Nils Økland
“Haugebonden” by Folk Och Rackare
“Tomtarnas” Julnatt by Fem Bobbies
“Tomtehallingen” by Øyonn Groven Myhren
“Tomten” by Kraja
“Hej Tomtegubbar” by Nina Persson & Oscar Johansson

The book I referred to in the intro:
Gnomes and Secrets of the Gnomes Wil Huygen and illustrator Rien Poortvliet
Resources for this episode:
The Tradition of Household Spirits by Claude Lecouteux
Russian Folk Belief by Linda J. Ivanits
Tomten by Viktor Rydberg (a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJ0Ec-jYg8)

Gnome for Christmas: the Midwinter Household Spirit

I recorded this conversation last fall with the award-winning Irish storyteller Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair, who lives in Donegal, Ireland, and learned her craft from the last living traditional storytellers in Donegal.

Get the Fair Folk tote at my new website www.fairfolkcast.com!

Notes:
*The book Eithne mentions at 39:00, Women Who Run With the Wolves is written by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. It’s available at used and new bookshops all over.
*42:05 the "schools collection" she refers to is part of the National Folklore Collection of Ireland, at University College Dublin
*This episode edited by Laura Hamill of Perennial Collective! http://www.perennialcollective.com/

Music:
Intro theme: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
“Carolan's Farewell to Music” by Julia Seager-Scott
“Untitled” by Jean Christian
“Carolan - Five Tunes By the Irish Harper: IV. Carolan's Farewell to Music” by Da Camera
“When She Cam Ben” by Da Camera
“Untitled” by Jean Christian
“Carolan's Farewell to Music” by Julia Seager-Scott
“The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry” by Ale Möller & Aly Bain

Image: Eithne Ní Gullaher on St. Colmcille’s bed at Glencolmcille, Donegal

Interview with Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair, Irish Storyteller

This episode explores the ancient traditions behind today's favourite Halloween activities: trick-or-treating, jack-o-lantern carving, divination, and... communing with the dead.
This episode's music:
Intro Music: “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
2:09 “Nöstmo Halvar” by Per O G Runberg
7:04 “King Orfeo” by Alva
13:07 “Samhain” by Ron Allen
14:55 “Punkie Night” by Withe & Stone
17:11 “Tam Glen” by Jean Redpath
22:45 “Colcannon” by The Black Family
26:30 “The Wife of Usher’s Well” by Alfred Deller & The Deller Consort
31:38 “Souling Song” by the Watersons
38:10 “Faithful Johnny” by Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson
42:30 “Lyke Wake Dirge” by the Young Tradition
Image: Witch plate. Fancy dresses described, or, what to wear at fancy balls, Arden Holt, 1882.

An astounding performance and conversation with Finnish expert runo-singer and jouhikko player, Outi Pulkkinen. Pulkkinen is a Doctor of Music specializing in runo-singing and holistic improvisation with voice, movement and speech. She also works with several bands, eg. the female a cappella groups MeNaiset and Pulkkinen-Räss-Sadovska. She is currently researching archaic music through a shamanistic approach, and she teaches folk music, voice training and holistic improvisation at University of the Arts Helsinki.

She has released three solo albums, which you can purchase here: http://shop.digeliusmusic.mycashflow.fi/search/?q=Outi+pulkkinen
You can also listen to her music on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/outipulkkinen
Find her group MeNaiset on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-505647846
The MeNaiset album Kelu can be purchased here: https://www.kansanmusiikkiliitto.fi/nettiputiikki/aanitteet/menaiset-kelu
MeNaiset has recorded another album, which will be released next year, so keep your eyes open for that!
Pulkkinen can also be contacted directly by email: outipulkkinen10@gmail.com

The intro theme to Fair Folk is “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
Portrait of Outi Pulkkinen by Christoffer Relander

Outi Pulkkinen, Finnish Runo-Singer and Jouhikko Player

Nigel Pennick is the author of over fifty books, on topics ranging from paganism and folk magic to geomancy and divination with the runes.
His book The Eldritch World will be available soon in an American edition, produced by Arcana Europa. You can read the preface here: https://arcanaeuropamedia.com/blogs/arcana-blog/preface-for-nigel-pennicks-the-eldritch-world
Many of Pennick's past and future books can be found at Inner Traditions, including the soon-to-be-released Operative Witchcraft: https://www.innertraditions.com/author/nigel-pennick/
Music:
"Edith Swan-Neck" by Paddon and Pennick
"Ellacombe (Berthon)" by Nigel Pennick
"Ground Hog Blues" by John Lee Hooker
"Fairy Bells" by Nigel Pennick
"The Outlandish Knight" by Will Noble
"The Bobtail Mare" by Nigel Pennick
The image Nigel mentioned of the sorceror's apprentice is here: https://tinyurl.com/yy53sg4x
Subscribe to the Fair Folk Almanac on my Patreon page: www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast

Interview with Nigel Pennick, Author of The Pagan Book of Days

Aslak Tolonen, recorded live in Riihimäki, Finland June 16, 2019.
You can find more information about his music or contact him about purchasing a kantele here:
https://nestfin.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/nestfinland
or email him at nestfinlandia@gmail.com
The intro music for Fair Folk is "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Patreon: www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast
Facebook: www.facebook.com/fairfolkcast

Finnish Kantele by Aslak Tolonen of Nest

In July of 2018 I spent a month in Iceland looking for performers of a stye of Icelandic folk singing called "tvísöngur." What I found was that the history of folk music in Iceland is far more complicated than I could have ever guessed. 
I found myself asking: In a nation known internationally for its indie music, why is Icelandic folk music so hard to come by?
Thank you to the many musicians, researchers, and friends who contributed music, personality, and information to this episode. Special thanks to Gunnstein Olafsson, Linus Orri, Eyjolfur Eyjolfson, Orn Magnusson and Marta Halldorsdottir, Kimberly Cannady, Runa Inginumdardottir, Gudny Robertsdóttir Orlygur Kristfinsson, and Gustav Danielsson. Thank you also to the Icelandic folk music centre in Siglufjordur and Herhusid artist residency for hosting and helping me while I researched this topic.
My paper on tvísöngur for the International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony October 2018: www.academia.edu/37863707/Tv%C3%A…rary_Performance
Fair Folk Patreon:
www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast
Music and Notes:
0:00 “Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
:50 “Ísland Farsælda Frón” by Jean Christian
2:40 “Ísland Farsælda Frón” by Kvæðamannafélagið Rima
4:00 Guðrún Ingimundardóttir and Svanfríður Halldórsdóttir
5:22 “Húmar Að Mitt Hinsta Kvöld” by Pétur Halldórsson & Símon Þórðarson
7:25 Baroque Cello and Langspil by Gadus Morhua 
8:55 “Fagurt Syngur Svanurinn (Beautifully Sings the Swan)” by Spilmenn Ríkínís (Rikini Ensemble: Marta Halldórsdóttir, Örn Magnússon, Ásta Sigríður Arnardóttir, and Halldór Bjarki Arnarson) - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
10:45 Langspil and Symphonie by Marta Halldórsdóttir and Örn Magnússon
11:15 Spilmenn Ríkínís (Ásta Sigríður Arnardóttir) - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
13:00 Reykjavík Trad Sessions
14:00 “Langspils Kvæðalag” by Örn Magnússon
14:55 “Fryeja” by Gadus Morhua (Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson, Björk Níelsdóttir and Steinunn Arnbjörg Stefánsdóttir)
16:15 Duo Atlantica
17:45 “Ísland Farsælda Frón” by Jean Christian
20:00 Gustaf Danielsson and Örlygur Kristfinnsson
20:30 Gadus Morhua 
23:35 Spilmenn Ríkínís (Ásta Sigríður Arnardóttir) - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
26:00 & 27:45 Gustaf Danielsson and Örlygur Kristfinnsson
30:15 Speech: Marta Halldórsdóttir
31:10 Speech and diatonic langspil: Örn Magnússon
34:30 “Björt Mey og Hrein” by Duo Svanni
35:20 Speech: Guðrún Ingimundardóttir
French explorer mentioned is Paul Gaimard, author of Voyage en Islande et au Groënland
39:20 “Björt Mey og Hrein” by Duo Svanni
41:10 Spilmenn Ríkínís (Ásta Sigríður Arnardóttir) - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
43:05 Speech: Ómar Ellertson
48:20 Speech: Linus Orri
55:00 Correction provided by Linus Orri: The author mentioned is actually Jón Þórarinsson
57:20 Spilmenn Ríkínís (Ásta Sigríður Arnardóttir and Halldór Bjarki Arnarson) - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
58:20 Speech: Örn Magnússon
59:15 “Fagurt Syngur Svanurinn (Beautifully Sings the Swan)” by Spilmenn Ríkínís - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
1:02:25 Speech: Linus Orri
1:03:40 Spilmenn Ríkínís - Recording courtesy of Arni Moller
1:06:30 Rímur by Linus Orri

The Wailing Of The Old Timers - Tvísöngur and Iceland's Hidden Folk Music Past

May Day, or Beltane in Scottish Gaelic, is a joyous occasion to welcome new growth and fertility in the fields, the hills and home. With its all-night bonfires, green branches, towering may poles and delicate flowers, this might be the most tactile and sensual holiday of the entire year. And it's just bursting with song.

Check out my 2020 May Almanac episode and others: https://www.patreon.com/posts/generous-wood-36480866

Instagram:  danica.boyce   https://www.instagram.com/danica.boyce
Youtube channel:  Fair Folk https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw5BgVgYLuRWmEs66AHx38A/featured

Music:
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Hal-An-Tow" by the Watersons
"Arise, Arise" by Robert White
"Jack in the Green" by Martin and Shan Graebe
"Maypole Dance" by Richard Myhill
"Searching For Lambs"(feat. Graham Coxon) by Lisa Knapp
"As I Walked Through the Meadows" by Magpie Lane
"As I Roved Out" by The Voice Squad
"Bedfordshire May Carol" by Jack Sharp
"In the Merry Month of May" by Patricia Spero
"The May Morning Dew" by John Lyons
"Padstow Hobby Horse" on English Customs and Traditions (album)
"Padstow" by Steeleye Span
"May Song" by Beggars Velvet

Big Beltane: May Day Song and Custom

This episode traces the age-old European origins of many of the Winter Solstice traditions we enjoy today, from mother goddess worship through stories of the wizard child Jesus, to Christmas fortune telling with bones.

Support Fair Folk: 
www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast
PayPal.me/DanicaBoyce

Music:
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” by the Ballycastle Players
“Miri it is While Sumer Ilast” by Ensemble Belladonna 
“O Frondens Virga” by Augsburg Early Music Ensemble
“Podblyadnye Song” by byAgrafena Glinkin
“Ancient Gates” by Olga Glazova
“Podblyadnye Songs” by Ensemble Joy
“Persephone” by Stellamara
“Tec, Peleite, Zernju Zogtu” by Kitka
“The Holly She Bears a Berry” by the Voice Squad
“Haugebonden” by Tiriltunga
“Oi Linksta Suolaliai” by Keisto Folkloro Grupė” 
“Et Lite Barn Så Lystelig” by Julestemmer
“The Bitter Withy” by the Valley Folk
“Cherry Tree Carol” by Shirley Collins
“Mari Lwyd (The Grey Mare)” by Carreg Lafar  
“Ecco donne la befana / Ninna nanna ninna oh (Filastrocche e canto natalizio Bologna)” by Stefano Zuffi & Pneumatica Emiliano Romagnola 
“Fum, Fum, Fum” by Winter Harp Ensemble
“Frau Holle, Frau Holle, die Schüttelt ihre Betten aus” by Philharmonischer Kinderchor Dresden & Blockflötengruppe Bautzen
“Bring Us In Good Ale” by Maddy Prior & Tim Hart

Winter Solstice, Queen of Feasts

In this episode I speak with Vicki Noble, co-creator of the Motherpeace Tarot Deck, a set of cards for divination that incorporates images of the sacred feminine from mythology and folklore. The creation of the Motherpeace Tarot in the late 1970s in Berkley California helped to kickstart the so-called Goddess movement, whose influence endures today. 

Links:
Fair Folk Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast
Paypal: paypal.me/DanicaBoyce
Michael Levy, ancient lyre: https://www.ancientlyre.com/

Music:
“Forest March” by Sylvia Woods
“Demeter’s Song” by Starhawk & Reclaiming
“The Temple of Venus (Original Composition for Replica Lyre in the Ancient Hypolydian Mode)” by Michael Levy
"Hurrian Hymn No. 6 (c.1400BCE)  Ancient Mesopotamian Musical Fragment” by Michael Levy

Interview with Vicki Noble, creator of the Motherpeace Tarot

This episode is a recording of Žemyna Trinkūnaitė playing a Kanklės, a traditional Lithuanian instrument, in a concert for a small group of people in a Baltic pagan temple in Lithuania.
For more recordings, contact Žemyna Trinkūnaitė by email at zemynat@gmail.com
To support Fair Folk:
www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast
paypal.me/DanicaBoyce

Lithuanian Kanklės Concert in a Pagan Temple: Žemyna Trinkūnaitė

A brief update about Fair Folk's summer and fall plans from northern Iceland, plus a spontaneous summer playlist to enjoy on the road or at home.

To contribute to the Fair Folk travel fund:
www.patreon.com/fairfolkcast
paypal.me/DanicaBoyce

Music:
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Langspils - Kvæðalag" by Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson
"Lenten is Come" by Briddes Roune
"Aililiu Na Gamhna (Calling Home The Calves)" by Iarla O' Lionáird
"The Band of Shearers" by Carla Sciaky
"Två Konungabarn" by Myrkur
"A Maid in Bedlam" by the John Renbourn Group
"Hares on the Mountain" by Shirley Collins and Davey Graham
"Nay, Ivy, Nay" by Sue Brown and Lorraine Irwing
"Herding the Calves" by Noirin Ni Riain
"Heiemo og Nykkjen" by Kirsten Bråten Berg
"Hollin Green Hollin / Thomas The Rhymer / Young Benjie / Tam Lin" by Gordon Mooney
"Rideboll" by Hallvard T. Bjørgum
"Alex'Julpolska" by Daniel Peterson
"Death and the Lady" by John Fleagle

July Update and a Summer Playlist

This episode explores some of the better and lesser known celebrations and songs of the midsummer solstice in Europe. In the process it addresses some of the perennial questions of this holiday, like: What is a maypole? Why are all of those Russians bathing together? And how can I find buried treasure when all I’m wearing is this garland of mugwort? And what’s all this about human sacrifice?
Music:
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Sumer Is Icumen In" by Shelley Phillips
"Helan går" by Polyteknikkojen Kuoro
"The Fiddle: Kvitbergjen, springleik" by Petters Erik Eriksson, Hans Brimi, Mauno Jarvela & Levy Wilsen
"I denna ljuva sommartid" by Frifot
"Set Dance: King of the Fairies" by Tom McHaile
"Oro Mo Bhaidin" by In Harmony's Way
"Tansys Golowan (Midsummer Bonfire)" by Dalla
"Sumer Is Icumen In" by Trouvere Medieval Minstrels
"Ivan Na Rada (Ivan spoke to Rada)" by Donka Paneva and Mitka Petkova from Malomir Village, Yambol District
"Ligojati, Ligojati" by Skandinieki
"Midsummer Song" by Stalti Family
"Kupala" by Tim Rayborn
"Porushka" by Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
"Summer Solstice/Kupala Na Ivana" by Zeellia
"Fern Flower" by Nutopia
"Celies, Brālīti" by Skandinieki

Image: Ivan Sokolov, Night of Ivan Kupala

Some articles I used for this episode:
Leslie Ellen Jones, “Hi, My Name’s Fox”?: An Alternative Explication of “Lindow Man’s” Fox Fur Armband and Its Relevance to the Question of Human Sacrifice among the Celts” http://celtic.cmrs.ucla.edu/22papers/jones.pdf

Sandra Billington, “The Midsummer Solstice As It Was, Or Was Not, Observed in Pagan Germany, Scandinavia and Anglo-Saxon England” http://anthreligion.commons.uaa.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/67/2015/10/Midsummer-solstice.pdf

Midsummer Solstice

The second in a series on traditional polyphonic singing, this episode visits the hunter-gatherer pygmies of the African rainforest, the peasants of pre-Christian Russia, and the possible residents of outer space, via one very special song from Georgia. It also features an interview with Georgian ethnomusicologist Joseph Jordania, organizer of the International Symposium on Traditional Polyphony in Tbilisi, Georgia, and author of several books on polyphony and early human evolution, including the award winning Who Asked the First Question: Origins of Vocal Polyphony, Human Intelligence, Language and Speech.

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Music
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
“Central African Pygmy Polyphony” from Simha Arom and Rounder
“Bobangi” by Aka Pygmies (from Aka Pygmy Music - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Nzombi [I]” by Aka Pygmies (from Aka Pygmy Music - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Mongombi” by Aka Pygmies (from Aka Pygmy Music - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Mo-nzombe” by Pygmees Mbenzele 
“U vorot, vorot solovey poet” (“There is a nightingale singing at the door”)by the Ensemble of village Krasnyi Zilim
“Strela (The Arrow)” by Belyj Svet and Vyselki
“Love Is Gone (feat. The Gypsy Orchestra of the Cabarets Russes de Paris & Gyula Kokas)” by Micha Thomas & Serge Nicolaieff
“Typu (Stepan)” by The Women's Vocal Folklore Ensemble of Chindyanovo
“Oak Forest” by Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble
“Chakrulo” by Rustavi Folk Choir
“Song for "Thinking: Piere” - Gbaya men (Central African Republic - UNESCO Collection from Smithsonian Folkways)
“Zinskaro” by Vokal Ansambl Gordela
“Hawsa” by Marewrew
“Group of Nurstani singers, accompanied by harp (watj) and drum (jamba)” recorded on Sept. 10, 1968, Vienna Phonogram Archive
“Dikoboda Sombe” by  Aka Pygmy Singers

You can find Joseph Jordania’s books and projects at http://josephjordania.com
The International Research Center for Traditional Polyphony: http://polyphony.ge/en/home-2/
Learn more about Ekaterina Rets and her band Belyj Svet here: https://www.art-laguna.com/
Survival International advocates for Central African Pygmies: https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/pygmies

Polyphony Worldwide feat. Joseph Jordania

The first in a series on vocal polyphony, this episode gives credit to the ancient origins of vocal polyphony in rural community practices, looking specifically at the polyphony of Lithuania, whose sutartinės are a symbol of the nation's strong pre-christian folk heritage.

Music:
"Georgia: Vocal" by Greek Orthodox Church Choir
"Vay, More" (Oh, the Sea) by The Women's Folklore Ensemble of Staraya Terizmorga
Chant dedicated to St. Boniface, patron saint of Germany, 10th century by Quintin Beer and John Clapham
"Responsory: Favus Distillans" by Anonymous 4
"Äs Zäuerli" by Öse Schuppel
Latvian Song recorded by Andres Jurian in 1895 by Ensemble Sausejas
"Kaval Sviri (The Flute Plays)" by Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir
"Porazh Veles" (Porazh Village) by The Women's Folklore Ensemble of Staraya Terizmorga
"Trep Trepo, Martela" by Trys Keturiose
"Kas Tar Taka" by Obelija
"Kā Palinkai, Berželi?" (Recorded 1939)
"Ka Palinkai, Berželi" by Jievaras
"Daudas" by Kūlgrinda
"Vakarinė Žvaigždelė" by Kūlgrinda
"Responsory: Favus distillans" by Anonymous 4

This episode relied heavily on books and articles by Joseph Jordania and Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė. Special thanks to Eglė Česnakavičiūtė of the band Obelija for assisting research, translating and explaining sutartinės for me.

Image:
An elderly group of sutartinės singers from the village of Smilgiai dancing, by Balys Biračas, 1936. Found in Daiva Račiūnaitė-Vyčinienė's "The Archaic Lithuanian Polyphonic Chant Sutartinė." Lituanus 52, 2006.

Ancient Multi-part European Folk Singing - Polyphony Part 1

This episode I chat with Jonny Dillon, an archivist at the Irish National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin. We discuss the history of the Folklore Collection, his podcast, Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments, and the deep need for folk tradition in modern life.

The Irish National Folklore Collection is one of the largest folklore collections in Europe, and has just this month been ascribed to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.

Blúiríní Béaloidis / Folklore Fragments Podcast:
https://soundcloud.com/folklore_podcast

The National Folklore Collection:
https://www.ucd.ie/irishfolklore/en/

Music:
Intro: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Amhráin na Trá Báine" by Fiachra O'Regan
"Aisling Gheal" by Fiachra O'Regan
"An Leanbh Sí" by Fiachra O'Regan

Image: An Irish family outside thatched cottage: Eason Photographic Collection, National Library of Ireland

Interview with Jonny Dillon of the Irish National Folklore Collection

Traditional herding calls from Sweden and Norway, with an interview with Swedish folk musician and kulning instructor Siri Holm. 

Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
“Kulning” by Adolf Fredriks Kyrkas Kammarkör & Karin Backstrom
“Kulning” Maria Hulthén Birkeland
“Kulning” by Susanne Rosenberg
“Farlock (Sheep Calls) - Getlock (Goat Calls) - Kalvlock (Calf Calls)” by Karin Edvardsson Johansson
“Kulning” by Nygards Elisabet Nordkvist
“Lockrop” by Karin Edvardsson Johansson
“Koukning, get - och farlock (Goat and Sheep Calls)” by Erika Johansson
“Kulokk” by Eli Storbekken
“Kulokk” (Grieg) by Reidun Horvei
“Hornlat fran Rattvik och Ore (Herding Call from Rattvik and Ore)” by Pelle Jakobsson
“Vallat efter Frisell, Mockfjard” by Pelle Jakobsson
“Lurlat fran evertsberg efter Tommos Kersti” by Pelle Jakobsson
(interview begins)
“Puksanger - Lockrop” by Lena Willemark, Susanne Rosenberg & Helena Gabrielsson
“Kolock (Cow Call)” by Lena Willemark
(interview ends)
“Komarschlåten” by Ulrika Bodén

Mastered by Ross Waldron 

Error: at 16:57, I say a herding signal from Mockjard, when I meant to say a herding signal from Mockfjard

More information on kulning and other herding call traditions:

-If you want to learn kulning and you cannot find a workshop, there is a book and CD set of lessons for sale at www.uddatoner.com

-A kulokk instruction manual can be found here: 
https://www.ingebretsens.com/sing-til-cows-come-home-w-cd.html

-A fun old Finnish herding call documentary film:
https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2010/08/13/karjan-kutsumahuudot

-A great article on the technical aspects of kulning by Susanna Rosenberg:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23268263.2013.829712?needAccess=true

Kulning and other herding calls

Malevolent or helpful, pinched and small, or beautiful beyond description, elves are a mainstay of western folk belief. Today we’re exploring the many manifestations of elf belief, delving into the folklore of the British Isles and Scandinavia, the two regions where elves have been most robustly represented. This episode features an interview with Terry Gunnell, professor of Folkloristics at the University of Iceland, and expert on the history - and present - of elf belief in Iceland. 

Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Ólavur Riddararós" by Valravn
"The Pilgrim's Prayer" by Oliver Schroer
"The Elfin Knight" by Mary O'Hara
"Trivium" by Arvo Pärt
"Liti Kjersti og Elvekongen" by Kirsten Bråten Berg
"Cello Suite No. 1, Op. 72 II. Lamento Lento Rubato" by Denise Djokic
"True Thomas" by Christina Stewart
"The Passing of the Elves" by Howard Shore
"Queen of Elfan's Nourice" by Rachel Newton
Interview:
"Hollin Green Hollin / Thomas the Rhymer / Young Benjie / Tam Lin" by Gordon Mooney
"Metamorphosis" by Sylvia Woods
"A Fairy's Love Song" by Celtic Harp Soundscapes
"Ólafur Liljurós" by Icelandic Folk Music
"Starálfur" by Sigur Rós - End Interview
"Tam Lin" by Fairport Convention

Image: "A Fairy and a Knight" by Richard Doyle

Elves

This episode is dedicated to the many wonderful tales shared in ballad form in Scandinavian countries. You'll learn that not all stories have happy endings (most don't), which part of the dragon you need to eat in order to gain the gift of prophecy (the heart), and how Groundhog Day is really a holiday about a Scottish hag's woodpile (she's called the Cailleach).

Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Herr Peders Sjöresa" by Hilma Ingberg
"Kall Og Svein Ung by Sláið Ring" (Faroese ballad dancing)
"Alex'Julpolska" by Daniel Peterson
"Sigurdskvadet" by Strengleikr and Renessanse Consort
"Drömde mig en Dröm" by Thomas von Wachenfeldt and Leo Flavum
"Röcklavisan" by Sågskära
"Kallt Väder" by Triakel
"Rolandskvadet" by Jessica Comeau
"Silibrand" by Marianne Maans
"Maria Magdalena" by Hulling
"Ebbe Skammelson" by Carin Kjellman & Ulf Gruvberg
"Abrege - Folk Suite for Nyckelharpa and String Orchestra: Till Farmor" by Emilia Amper & Trondheimsolistene, Geir Inge Lotsberg, TrondheimSolistene, The Trondheim Soloists, Øyvind Gimse & Emilia Amper
"Bendik og Årolilja" by Bukkene Bruse
"Heiemo Og Nykkjen" by Ale Møller & Kirsten Bråten Berg
"Hansin Koira" by Eeva-Leena Sariola, Martti Pokela & Matti Kontio
"Varulven" by Elias Akselsen & Hulda Johansen
"Villemann Og Magnhild" by Kalenda Maya

Ian Cumpstey's site about Scandinavian ballads:
http://balladspot.blogspot.com/

Image (of Faroese dancers) from TUTL Économusée: http://tutleconomusee.com/

Ballads of Scandinavia

Elves, epic poetry, sheep milk and murder... welcome to the world of Icelandic folk music! This episode features an interview with Bára Grímsdóttir and Chris Foster, two of the most accomplished performers of Icelandic folk music, and experts on rímur chanting, a form dating from middle ages, with its ancestry in the Icelandic Sagas and Eddas.

Music:
Opening theme: Forest March by Sylvia Woods
Heyr Himna Smiður by Anneke van Giersbergen & Árstíðir
Icelandic Folk Songs: I. Iceland, Land of Prosperity by Duo Landon
Icelandic Folk Songs: VIII. The Virgin by Duo Landon
Nafnaþula by Sólveig Indriðadóttir
Haustið Nálgast by Steindór Andersen & Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson
Interview:
Vorvísur by Steindor Andersen
Kveðið Við Spuna  by Funi (Bára Grímsdóttir  & Chris Foster)
Göngu-Hrólfsrímur by Helgi Einarsson
Ríma Afhent by Bára Grímsdóttir 
Stóð ég við Öxará by Eddukórinn
Gott Ár Oss Gefi (Give us a Good Year) by Funi (Bára Grímsdóttir  & Chris Foster) --interview end
Krummavísur by Þrjú á Palli
Íslandsklukkur by Íslandsklukkur
Móðir Mín Í Kví Kví by Guðrún Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir
Olafur Liljuros by Ö Barna
Stóðum tvö í túni by Ryan Koons
Þat Mælti Mín Móðir by Feðranna Frægð
Mitt var starfid by Bára Grímsdóttir


For more about Funi: 
http://www.funi-iceland.com/
https://funi.bandcamp.com/

and the Kvæðamannafélagið Iðunn(Idunn society):
http://rimur.is/
https://www.facebook.com/rimur.is/

Iceland

This episode features some of the more ancient and obscure midwinter traditions that have endured alongside Christmas, as well as some lesser-known carols of this festival, many of which are pagan in origin. 
Content warning for animal sacrifice and general heathen revelry.

Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand" by Norma Waterson
"Bonny At Morn / Hunting the Cutty Wren" by Clive Williams & Mark Prescott
"Nou Is Yole Comen" by Shira Kammen
"The Boar's Head Carol" by The Young Tradition, Shirley Collins & Dolly Collins
"Wexford Mummer's Song" by Mary O'Hara
"Gloomy Winter" by Bonnie Rideout
"The Cutty Wren" by Royston Wood & Heather Wood
"Dryw Bach" by Carreg Lafar
"Hela'r Dryw" by Fernhill
"The Hern" by John Fleagle
"Down in Yon Forest" by Shirley Collins
"Apple Tree Wassail" by Doug Eunson & Sarah Matthews
"Malpas Wassail" by the Watersons
"Gower Wassail" by Kerfuffle 
"Green Grow'th the Holly" by Coope, Simpson, Fraser & Freya
"Nay Ivy Nay" by Sue Brown & Lorraine Irwing
"The Ditchling Carol" by Waterson : Carthy

Rarer Carols

This episode, you’ll learn why the Swedish will be wearing candles on their heads and dressing up as goats this week, you’ll hear about Saint Nicholas’ past life beating and kidnapping children with his demon slave companion, and you’ll meet St. Stephen, the first man to be stoned to death for bringing a rooster back to life.

Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
Staffansvisa Från Jämtland by Triakel
Karolinermarsch by Peter Hedlund
Staffan Var en Stalledräng by Folk & Rackare
Vittskövlevisan by Esbjörn Hazelius
Ut Kommer Staffan by Folk & Rackare
Rudisar Vísa by Kari Sverrisson
Saint Stephen by Magpie Lane
The Carnal and the Crane/King Herod and the Cock/The Miraculous Harvest by Nowell Sing We Clear
St. Nicholas by Anúna
La Légende de Saint Nicolas by Anne Sylvester
The Last Stand by Michael Sobel
Tackvisan by Triakel
Coventry Carol by Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band

Saints & Demons of December

***CORRECTION***
In this episode I talk about Sami joik, and then play a Karelian joik, which I have been informed is not related at all. 

This episode of Fair Folk delves into the rich musical and mythical world of Finland, blisses out on rune-song, and investigates the science behind the smell of snow.

Music:
Intro theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"Valolle" by Lau Nau
"Valkealan Valssi" by Martti Pokela, Matti Heikki Kontio, and Eeva-Leena Sariola
"Armoton" by Suden Aika
"Kaipaava" by Rajaton
"Tappelupolkka" by Martti Pokela, Matti Heikki Kontio, and Eeva-Leena Sariola
"Soittelen Soutusalmen Suorimaista" by Karoliina Kantelinen
"Saimaan Rannalla" by Joose Keskitalo ja Kolmas Maailmanpalo
"Yksi, Kaksi, Kolme, Neljä" by Merja Soria
"Peltoniemen Hintrekin Surumarssi" by Martti Pokela, Matti Heikki Kontio, and Eeva-Leena Sariola
"Raudan Synty" by Veera Voima
"Velisurmaaja" by Akkajee
"Departing Song" by Anna Kivisoo & Ryhma Chorus
"Juokse Sinä Humma" by Lau Nau

Image: Skiing Lapp with the Northern Lights(1885) by Frants Diderik Bøe

Finland

This episode of Fair Folk you’ll hear about how an early modern Scottish king literally wrote the book on witchcraft, making Harry Potter possible for future generations, I’ll tell you about the Swedish Queen who is revered to this day for murdering her suitors, and you’ll hear some of the very best folk songs about witches.

Music:
Opening Theme - "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
"I Once Lived in Service" by The Witches of Elswick
"La Harpe et l'Enfant" by Alan Stivell
"Willie's Lady" by Anaïs Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer
"Martinmas Time" by Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
"The Witch of the Westmoreland" by Stan Rogers
"Mammy Redd" by John Allison
"The Death of Goody Nurse" by John Allison
"The Broomfield Hill" by Malinky
"Alison Gross" by Dave & Toni Arthur
"Come, Witches, to the Dance" by Lady Isadora with Lord Pan
"Witches Reel" by Green Crown
"The Brown Girl" by Frankie Armstrong

Witches

On this episode, you'll find out just how many landscape features can be attributed to the petty hostilities of overgrown men, you'll hear about that one time Stan Rogers dabbled in druidism, and you'll learn what Fe Fi Fo Fum actually means.

Music:
Intro theme: Sylvia Woods - Forest March
"The Sun" by Warsaw Village Band
"Jotunheimr" by Adrian Von Ziegler
"Giant" by Stan Rogers
"The Legend of Fionn Mac Cumhaill " by Nick Mason
"Herr Mannelig" by Garmarna
"Paul Bunyan" by Gene Bluestein
"Ballad of John Henry" by Doc Watson
"You Can't Save Everything" by Magnolia Electric Co.
"The Giant of Illinois" by Andrew Bird
"Early One Morning (Friendly Giant Theme) by Bob Homme & John Duncan