Send us a text In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares a Scottish story about the changing seasons. It comes as we reach winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere. This is a story of the Cailleach Beira, the Queen of Winter. She may be frightening but she has much to tell us about our role as elders and how we should best approach the winter season. She’s a very wise crone indeed! Story: Donald Alexander MacKenzie, "Beira, Queen of Winter," in Wonder Tales from Scottis...
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Send us a text In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares a Scottish story about the changing seasons. It comes as we reach winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere. This is a story of the Cailleach Beira, the Queen of Winter. She may be frightening but she has much to tell us about our role as elders and how we should best approach the winter season. She’s a very wise crone indeed! Story: Donald Alexander MacKenzie, "Beira, Queen of Winter," in Wonder Tales from Scottis...
"The Vampire Skeleton Corpse" an Iroquois Folktale (S5, #7)
Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
27 minutes
10 months ago
"The Vampire Skeleton Corpse" an Iroquois Folktale (S5, #7)
In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares the story of "The Vampire Skeleton Corpse." This is a frightening tale from the Iroquois tradition. Although there is never a single meaning for any story, this one has an important teaching for the days ahead. Story: This story is a conflation of early Iroquois variants and my version of the story as told by Joseph Bruchac. Iroquois Stories: Heroes and Heroines, Monsters and Magic as told by Joseph Bruchac (Freedom, C...
Wise Crone Cottage Podcast
Send us a text In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares a Scottish story about the changing seasons. It comes as we reach winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere. This is a story of the Cailleach Beira, the Queen of Winter. She may be frightening but she has much to tell us about our role as elders and how we should best approach the winter season. She’s a very wise crone indeed! Story: Donald Alexander MacKenzie, "Beira, Queen of Winter," in Wonder Tales from Scottis...
