Stories Of The Sun Podcast

Dawn Nelson
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Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. thehollowinthetree.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 04/26/2024

    Episode 8 - Below The Horizon

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller, and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. In this last episode of this limited series podcast, I share with you, just a few of the things that did not quite make it into the book. Grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfy spot and come with me now for the last of my sunrise vigil. Mentioned in this episode: The Nef Clock - In The British Museum’s Clock Gallery The 6000 year old Elm Leaf from The British Museum’s Stonehenge Exhibition References for this episode include: Tithonus by Alfred Lord Tennyson - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45389/tithonus The Gatekeeper Butterfly - https://butterfly-conservation.org/butterflies/gatekeeper The Sowilō Rune - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowilō_(rune) The Nef, clock, in The British Museum - https://www.bmimages.com/preview.asp?image=00168811001 For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  Join The Cauldron here - http://cerridwenscauldron.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

  2. 04/19/2024

    Episode 7 - The Dark Half

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller, and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. This episode explores the dark half, the importance of rest, hunkering down and hibernating. Grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfy spot and come with me now my sit-spot on the hill. For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  Join The Cauldron here - http://cerridwenscauldron.substack.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

  3. 04/12/2024

    Episode 6 - Dancing In The Liminal Space

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. This episode explores liminal spaces, what may dwell there and why these spaces are where it’s all happening.  For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

  4. 04/05/2024

    Episode 5 - Sun-S**t & Chocolate

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. This episode looks at the taming of the sun, autumn, gold and sundogs.   For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

  5. 03/29/2024

    Episodes 1-4 Now Available

    The first four episodes of my limited series podcast, to accompany the book 'Stories Of The Sun' are now available. Listen via my Substack Cerridwen's Cauldron, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and your favourite streaming services. How the sun is halfway through its life, who first started to chronicle our stories and history, eclipses and solar events, and sun worshipers are just some of the subjects in the first four episodes. For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

    Episodes 1-4 Now Available

  6. 03/29/2024

    Episode 4 - Sun Worshippers

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. This episode explores ways in which we can greet the sun and bring its warmth and fire with us throughout the day through rituals and practises with ancient roots.   For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  Sources: What Is Hatha Yoga: https://www.ekhartyoga.com/articles/philosophy/what-is-hatha-yoga Professor Jim Mallinson - https://www.balliol.ox.ac.uk/professor-jim-mallinson Carmichael, Alexander, The Carmina Gadelica: Hymns and incantations collected in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Patterson, Rachel, Sun Magic, Pagan Portals. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

    Episode 4 - Sun Worshippers

  7. 03/22/2024

    Episode 3 - Chasing The Sun

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. This episode explores the Summer Solstice, the phenomenon that is a solar eclipse and why we are still drawn to these events over 5000 years on from the first recordings of these happenings?   For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  Sources: Preseli Bluestone Information - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2015/dec/stonehenge-bluestone-quarries-confirmed-140-miles-away-wales#:~:text=The%20very%20large%20standing%20stones,the%20Pembrokeshire%20Coast%20National%20Park. Thousands welcome summer solstice at Stonehenge -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567 History of eclipses - https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/history/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

    Episode 3 - Chasing The Sun

  8. 03/15/2024

    Episode 2 - If You Liked It Then You Really Should Have Chronicled It!

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. For this episode we’re on a whistle stop tour of some of the most famous recorders and history takers: the chroniclers. For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

    Episode 2 - If You Liked It Then You Really Should Have Chronicled It!

  9. 03/08/2024

    Episode 1 - Midlife Crisis

    Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. This episode explores the vernal equinox and celebrates the return of long sunny days. Grab yourself a cuppa, find a comfy spot and come with me now my sit-spot on the hill to watch the sunrise. For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story. Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories. You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thehollowinthetree.substack.com/subscribe

    Episode 1 - Midlife Crisis
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Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’. thehollowinthetree.substack.com

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