Witch Country

Sarah Robinson

A podcast of Wildwood, Witches, and Wyrd! Join Author & Yoga Teacher Sarah Robinson as she sets out to seek (and meet) the witch in the British Isles and Europe through myth, superstition, and walking the land. Thoughts on this episode? questions? ideas? new witchy places I should explore? Say Hi on Instagram! @thisiswitchcountry Show notes and homepage for the podcast can be found at https://sentiayoga.com/witchcountrypodcast

  1. AUG 28

    Witch Country Episode 20: September - Shadow Hounds & Wolf Women

    As autumn descends, I wanted to face a classic symbol in British and European folklore - the black dog We start in East Anglia, England, with perhaps the most famous of all shadow hounds: Black Shuck, who makes an appearance in St Mary's church of Bungay in 1577, storms to raise havoc. And a reading drawn from Ghosts and Witches by Wentworth + Ayrton, 1991, on the Galleytrot and Shuck. Before facing: The Barghest of Yorkshire, accompanied by rattling chains, may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula's transformation into an enormous black dog in Whitby. Yeth Hounds (Devon) Whisht Hounds (Devon/Dartmoor) Richard Cabell's Hounds (Dartmoor) widely considered a major inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles. The Devil's Dandy Dogs (Cornwall): A terrifying hunt led by Satan himself. The Wish Hounds or Witch Hounds of Sussex The Church Grim, a guardian spirit that appears as a large black dog And The Moddey Dhoo of the Isle of Man: Meaning "black dog" in Manx, this giant shaggy-haired dog that haunted Peel Castle  And we finish with readings of The Moddey Doo or the Black Dog of Peel Castle from Manx Fairy Tales by Sophia Morrison, 1911 and The Book of Were-Wolves by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1865. And accounts of witch wolves from Estonia. These are just a few of the countless legends of black dogs, wolves and hounds. Do drop me a message if you would like to share your own favourites!  Happy September Sarah X

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A podcast of Wildwood, Witches, and Wyrd! Join Author & Yoga Teacher Sarah Robinson as she sets out to seek (and meet) the witch in the British Isles and Europe through myth, superstition, and walking the land. Thoughts on this episode? questions? ideas? new witchy places I should explore? Say Hi on Instagram! @thisiswitchcountry Show notes and homepage for the podcast can be found at https://sentiayoga.com/witchcountrypodcast

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