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Mythos Podcast

This podcast is a storytelling journey through world-folklore. With brief context and analysis in the introductions, the main focus is the retelling of stories themselves. From saucer-eyed spectral do... Read more

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Earth Lore: In the Beginning, Part 1

Earth Lore: In the Beginning, Part 1

Eggs are an ancient symbol. The magical properties, burial rites and folk beliefs surrounding eggs are many.In this firs... Read more

14 Apr 2023

34mins

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S04 Episode 8: Tales from the Amber Sea Part 2 - The Magic Bird

S04 Episode 8: Tales from the Amber Sea Part 2 - The Magic Bird

In Baltic folklore, birds are mediators of heaven and earth, between the living and the dead. Their music is heraldic an... Read more

26 Feb 2022

47mins

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S04 Episode 7: Mothers of the Underworld

S04 Episode 7: Mothers of the Underworld

October, in much lore, is a spiritually potent time and the oft stated idea that the veil between worlds is thin at this... Read more

30 Oct 2021

27mins

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S04 Episode 6: Tales from the Amber Sea Part 1, The Sea Queen & The Fisherman

S04 Episode 6: Tales from the Amber Sea Part 1, The Sea Queen & The Fisherman

The mythic origin tales of Baltic amber are full of magic, and the pre-history of the golden-umber resin-stone is no les... Read more

24 Sep 2021

36mins

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S04 Episode 5: The Washerwoman and the Lake Spirits

S04 Episode 5: The Washerwoman and the Lake Spirits

In this episode, we journey again to Lithuania: we will go to the noble hall of an ignoble count and to a sylvan lake, t... Read more

20 Aug 2021

35mins

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S04 Episode 4: Eglė, Queen of the Serpents

S04 Episode 4: Eglė, Queen of the Serpents

In this episode’s panorama of ancient woodland, northern seas and shamanic underworlds, the world-traversing magic of th... Read more

9 May 2021

53mins

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S04 Episode 3: Goddaughter of the Rock Maidens

S04 Episode 3: Goddaughter of the Rock Maidens

Goddaughter of the Rock Maidens. The name of the story lit up my imagination, as did the brief outline of a plot in W.F ... Read more

28 Feb 2021

47mins

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S04 Episode 2: The Night People & The Time of Souls

S04 Episode 2: The Night People & The Time of Souls

It is November in an Estonian village and it is the Time of Souls, when dead ancestors return and roam, visiting homes a... Read more

4 Nov 2020

38mins

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Season 4: The Baltic States Introduction

Season 4: The Baltic States Introduction

A quick introduction to the Baltic States and why a journey into the folkloric realms of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania i... Read more

30 Sep 2020

6mins

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S04 Episode 1: The Wood of Tontla

S04 Episode 1: The Wood of Tontla

Welcome to episode 1 of 'Folklorica Baltica' - the fourth season of Mythos focusing on The Baltic states of Lithuania, L... Read more

8 Sep 2020

39mins

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