Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Emily & Niamh
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Two internet friends (one American, one Irish) talking about folklore, mythology and dark history all through a feminist (and sometimes spooky!) lens. Think goddesses, folk tales, animal symbolism, hauntings, and everything in between... 🦋 Proud member of Podmoth Media Network. 🎶 Theme - Allegretto Autunnale by Dee Yan Key 🗓 1 main episode & 1 whimsical short per month. Get early, ad-free & bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Pine Cones: The Plague Cult of St. Roch | Rowan & Pine Shorts

    11/14/2025

    Pine Cones: The Plague Cult of St. Roch | Rowan & Pine Shorts

    WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. He walks through the fevered cities of medieval Europe - half man, half myth - healing the dying, blessing the dead. A saint, they said… though in the fields and forests, the old women knew better. They left bread for his dog and icons in the wells. St Roch, or San Rocco, was a medieval nobleman who gave up his wealth and title to care for plague victims. After succumbing to pestilence, some time in exile, and help from a very special dog, his fame evolved into a distinctly witchy practice of iconography, offerings, and ritual not so different from its pagan predecessors... S O U R C E S:  https://jothornely.medium.com/when-the-saints-go-arting-in-roch-1c402639bb0ahttps://reliquarian.com/2020/04/04/saint-roch-the-saint-par-excellence-against-disease/https://www.catholiccompany.com/blogs/magazine/st-roch-patron-of-dogs-6114https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/salvation-time-plague/2020-05"The Golden Legend ," by Jacobus de Voragine, A.D. 1275 C O N T A C T: https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine rowanpinepod@gmail.com Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured:The Ugly Radio Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    15 min
  2. BONUS: Ghost Story Spooktacular | Appalachian Witch, The Black-Eyed Children

    10/31/2025 · BONUS

    BONUS: Ghost Story Spooktacular | Appalachian Witch, The Black-Eyed Children

    This is the audio of our Ghost Story Spooktacular from Instagram - for those of you too scared of social media.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min

  3. 10/31/2025

    Episode Forty-Nine: HALLOWEEN Dante's Inferno - The ghost co-host 👻

    PLEASE like/comment/rate/subscribe, or we will hang you over a trench by your naughty bits. Miss Emily is BACK for our Halloween 2025 episode! Spooktober concludes with Niamh's guided tour of the Afterlife. We look at some comforting imaginings, such as the Egyptian Field of Reeds and the Celtic Tír na nÓg, cut right through Norse Hel and the Greek Underworld to arrive at the ICONIC self-insert fanfiction that is The Divine Comedy and specifically (as you probably know it) Dante's Inferno.. This is a tangenty one, don't say we didn't warn ya. S O U R C E S Attitudes to Death: Some Historical Notes Kenneth Boyd Journal of Medical Ethics, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Sep., 1977), pp. 124-128 (5 pages)https://www.worldhistory.org/article/701/ancient-mesopotamian-beliefs-in-the-afterlife/ https://www.worldhistory.org/Field_of_Reeds/https://www.oriire.com/article/the-twelve-gates-of-duathttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Sukhavatihttps://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htmhttps://vikingr.org/norse-cosmology/valhallalahttps://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/d/the-divine-comedy-inferno/poem-summaryhttps://sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/fip78.htm C O N T A C T rowanandpinepod@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 37m
  4. Pine Cones: The Greek Underworld | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts

    10/28/2025

    Pine Cones: The Greek Underworld | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts

    Hidden beneath the living world, beyond the reach of sunlight, lies the sunless kingdom of Hades and Persephone — the Greek Underworld. It’s not a place of fire and brimstone, but of chill stillness, memory, and silence. The Greeks imagined it as the mirror opposite of life and its inverse state.  S O U R C E S https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htmGarland, Robert -  The Greek Way of Deathhttps://www.metmuseum.org/essays/death-burial-and-the-afterlife-in-ancient-greeceHomer - The Odyssey, Book 11Sampled Audio (We own nothing): Clash of the Titans (1981) CharonTheFerryman.movOrpheus & Eurydice - Jim Henson Co. C O N T A C T: https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine rowanpinepod@gmail.com Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    16 min

  5. 10/22/2025

    Episode Forty-Eight: Spooky Shadow People - The Feeur (with Megan)

    Megan is BACK to talk about her experiences with Shadow People - beings at the edge of sight: nothing but an outline, a fast-moving silhouette that may suggest a human or animal but never offers detail. We look at the meaning of shadows across cultures and what they can tell us about ourselves. S O U R C E S: https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3788890/shadows-of-ourselves-the-unexplained-phenomena-of-shadow-people-dead-time/https://www.mythweb.com/encyc/gallery/shade_c.html#:~:text=The%20insubstantial%20remains%20of%20the,Hades%2C%20ruler%20of%20the%20Underworld.https://marshagomes.wordpress.com/2021/12/12/caribbean-folklore-part-10-the-moongazer-phantom/https://hauntedsavannahtours.com/the-mystery-of-shadow-people-stories-theories-and-investigations/#:~:text=Djinn%20(Genies):%20An%20intriguing,while%20others%20are%20merely%20eerie.https://www.janetchui.com/astrology-shadow/https://time.com/6259846/sleep-paralysis-ghosts/https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/shadow-boxing/201307/shadow-peopleMarie D. Jones, Larry Flaxman - Demons, the Devil, and Fallen Angels Diane Ahlquist - The Complete Idiot's Guide to Life After Death: A Fascinating Exploration of Afterlife Concepts and Experiences Briggs, Katharine Mary An encyclopedia of fairies : hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures Monique Joiner Siedlak · The Shadow Realm: A Journey Into the Mysterious World of Shadow PeopleN. V. Shesterkina, Е. N. Vaganova - The Mythological Concept ‘Shadow’ (On The Material Of Folk Riddles)C O N T A C T rowanandpinepod@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 19m
  6. Pine Cones: The Man Who Wasn't There | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts 🎃

    10/17/2025

    Pine Cones: The Man Who Wasn't There | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts 🎃

    “Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there! He wasn’t there again today, Oh, how I wish he’d go away!” - Antigonish by William Hughes Mearns You’ve probably heard these lines before - whispered in a film, included in a book of ghost poems, or even whispered as harmless childhood nonsense.. But there’s something about them - something sticky. Sixteen lines, no real story, and yet it clings. Because it names something we all know, but rarely say aloud: the feeling of not being alone when you should be. S O U R C E S: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mysterious-haunting-antigonish-county-macdonald-farm-1.6631829https://jayvelosobatista.com/whats-a-vardoger/(Used as a recital throughout the episode) I Met a Man Who Wasn't There (Antigonish by Hughes Mearns)https://orionphilosophy.com/the-shadow-carl-jung/ C O N T A C T: https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine rowanpinepod@gmail.com Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    12 min
  7. Pine Cones: Sedna | Rowan & Pine Shorts

    09/26/2025

    Pine Cones: Sedna | Rowan & Pine Shorts

    Her right hand traces the fjord in her thigh She counts the things she is afraid of: Nothing, Her own fingers— Ringed seals Trapped in the freezing sea. Sedna by Allyson Young The legend of Sedna flows through the icy waters of the Arctic, told and retold in many places, bending to each culture. But no matter the version, one thing remains the same: Sedna is the mother of all sea creatures, and as goddess of the deep she decides when the seals, the whales, the walrus, and the fish will rise to meet the hunters of the North. S O U R C E S: https://www.polarlife.ca/traditional/myth/sedna.htmhttps://cmszabo55.medium.com/untangling-suffering-sedna-creatrix-under-the-sea-a11cfc660b51https://www.tumblr.com/bestiarium/683396691391561728/the-myth-of-sedna-the-mother-of-the-sea-inuithttps://guidetogreenland.com/travel-blogs/Christina-gamborg-holm/storytelling-up-north-the-inuit-legend-of-sedna/https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/InuitMythology Prokop, Carol Ann - Written in stone : a comparative analysis of Sedna and the Moon Spirit as depicted in contemporary Inuit sculpture and graphicsSedna: The Goddess of the Sea & Marine Animals - (Inuit Mythology Explained) C O N T A C T: https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine rowanpinepod@gmail.com Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured: Getting Down and Wordy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    12 min
  8. Pine Cones: Finfolk | Rowan & Pine Shorts

    09/17/2025

    Pine Cones: Finfolk | Rowan & Pine Shorts

    “Twilight arrives on an Orkney shore. In the space between land and sea, the Finfolk are said to slip silently from their hidden kingdom, seeking humans to drag below the waves.” The Finfolk are a race unique to Orkney and Shetland, creatures of contradiction much like the islands themselves: part sea, part land, both wild and ordered. Amphibious and powerful, they can step from waves onto shore as they choose, living comfortably between two worlds. .Unlike the mermaids we might picture, Finfolk are fully humanoid - men and women alike -though their daughters sometimes appear with mermaid tails. Their bodies are draped with fins that fall like clothing, making it difficult to tell them from land-dwellers at a distance. Up close, the fins reveal their otherworldly nature. They are strong, athletic, and extraordinary sailors, able to cross the tempestuous North Sea in mere strokes of an oar... S O U R C E S: https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/the-finfolk-of-orkney-folklorehttps://www.orkneyology.com/tales-from-tom2.htmlhttps://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/an-orkney-folk-tale-the-mermaid-bride/https://archaeologyorkney.com/2021/01/08/finfolk-and-the-odyssey-a-perspective-on-the-north-atlantic-and-the-mediterranean-worlds/THE Scottish Antiquary OR Northern Notes and Queries Published Quarterly EDITED BY The Rev. A. W. CORNELIUS HALLEN, https://ztevetevans.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/orkney-folklore-the-strange-story-of-annie-norn-and-the-finfolk/ C O N T A C T: https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine rowanpinepod@gmail.com Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured: Getting Down and Wordy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    18 min
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Two internet friends (one American, one Irish) talking about folklore, mythology and dark history all through a feminist (and sometimes spooky!) lens. Think goddesses, folk tales, animal symbolism, hauntings, and everything in between... 🦋 Proud member of Podmoth Media Network. 🎶 Theme - Allegretto Autunnale by Dee Yan Key 🗓 1 main episode & 1 whimsical short per month. Get early, ad-free & bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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