House of Legends: World Myths & Legends

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House of Legends: World Myths & Legends

World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the world, all told in Daniel's intimate and lyrical style. Also featuring guest spots from the world's best oral storytellers.

  1. 19 JAN

    Episode 89: The Fire Spirit

    Today’s story comes from the Selkup people of Siberia. It’s one I recorded a few years back for my patrons and wanted to share with you this January. It's an animistic tale about respect for the spirit of fire, coming from people who live in some of the harshest conditions on the planet. You can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying a book for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythol...

    30 min

  2. 08/10/2024

    Episode 88: Thomas the Rhymer with Kat Houghton

    Kat Houghton is a storyteller, author, wilderness rites of passage guide, transformational coach and forest farmer. Originally from the Scottish Borders, she now lives and works in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia. For the last eleven months Kat has been a student on my Myth Singers program, which led her to start her new podcast, Celtic Medicine Stories, which I highly recommend. On this episode, Kat tells the classic Scottish story of Thomas the Rhymer, which is well overdue a te...

    34 min

  3. 28/08/2024

    Episode 87: Whuppity Stoorie with Dougie Mackay

    My guest today is Dougie Mackay. Dougie hails from the Scottish Highlands and draws on his background in nature connection and ancestral skills in his storytelling. He founded the Inverness Storytelling Festival, hosts the Tales for Our Times podcast, recently toured British Columbia and hosts regular events at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. On this episode Dougie tells the Scottish story of Whuppity Stoorie, and afterwards we talk about the story and his work. I’m t...

    36 min

  4. 05/08/2024

    Episode 86: Lughnasa Special with Danica Boyce

    Today’s episode is a joint release with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk Podcast to mark Lughnasa. It’s been a few years since Danica and I last guested on each other’s podcasts, during which time our work has evolved and changed, we’ve started collaborating and Danica has moved to Scotland. So it was about time for a catch up. On this episode we take the story of The Coming of Lugh as a starting point for a conversation about accessing Celtic myth, pagan ritual song and the nature of devotiona...

    57 min

  5. 30/07/2024

    Episode 85: Auld Croovie

    We're a bit past midsummer but it's such a great story, I couldn't resist!This is another Celtic story taken from my new book Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II, told by me. It's an old pagan tale of dancing trees which, to me, is an illustration of the overflowing of life and light we experience in Scotland in the middle of summer, when the nights never truly darken. I wonder if the people of Ancient Scotland might have believed that all the trees, not just those in this one glen, danced...

    16 min

  6. 17/07/2024

    Episode 84: Fair Maid's Tresses with Angus King

    Today’s episode is a special one as it marks the release of my new book, Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II.For this episode I wanted to share with you a story narrated by Angus King, who narrated the audiobook of Scottish Myths & Legends Volumes I & II. The story comes from the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides. I first heard it from Linda Williamson, the wife of the famous Traveller storyteller Duncan Williamson, and it’s called Fair Maid’s Tresses. You can buy Scottish Myth...

    21 min

  7. 13/07/2024

    Episode 83: The Edgewell Tree with Stephen McCabe

    My guest today is Stephen McCabe of Green Temple Therapy. A former student on my Myth Singers course, Stephen is a storyteller, author, Zen Buddhist, tarot reader and nature therapist based in the village of Temple in Scotland. He’s the author of The Moorfoot Tales, a collection in which his deep love for nature is always present and eloquently expressed. You can use the chapter marker or go to around 47mins if you’d like to skip straight to the story. Learn more about Stephen by vi...

    52 min

  8. 28/06/2024

    Episode 82: Davey Boy & The Devil with Jess Smith

    My guest today is Jess Smith. Jess is a storyteller, author and singer from the Scottish travelling people. She spent much of her childhood living on a bus and travelling around Scotland with her parents and seven sisters, spending evenings around fires listening to the stories carried by the travelling people while the rest of the country was busy forgetting them. Listening back to the interview, which we recorded a couple of year ago, I’m struck once again by gratitude that I know and ...

    1h 7m
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World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the world, all told in Daniel's intimate and lyrical style. Also featuring guest spots from the world's best oral storytellers.

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