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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.

House of Legends: World Myths & Legends Daniel Allison

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    • 5.0 • 75 Ratings

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.

    Episode 80: Calling Spirits with Judith-Kate Friedman & featuring the late Daniel Deardorff

    Episode 80: Calling Spirits with Judith-Kate Friedman & featuring the late Daniel Deardorff

    This is a very special episode!

    My guest on today’s episode is Judith-Kate Friedman. Judith-Kate inhabits the flinty places where art, activism, ritual and oral tradition dance. She sings, composes, writes, performs, curates spaces, produces events, tends hearth-fires, tells stories and documents aliveness. Born in New York City, she now calls Washington State’s rural north Olympic Peninsula (traditional Coast Salish lands) home. 
    Judith-Kate was married to the late Daniel Deardorff, who was a mythsinger, storyteller, ritualist, composer, and producer. A polio survivor and early teacher about Otherness, he toured extensively with renowned soft-rock band Seals and Crofts and produced award-winning albums for other artists. When post-polio sequelae required change, he became an independent scholar of myth teaching internationally alongside such renowned teachers as Robert Bly, Martin Shaw,  and Michael Meade, all of whom adored and revered him, and speak passionately of him and his work. 
    Judith-Kate runs the Mythsinger Legacy Project which continues Daniel’s work restoring myth to culture and community. In this episode, Judith-Kate and I talk about Daniel’s life and work, and we are very, very fortunate to feature a recording of Daniel telling a story.
    You can learn more about Daniel Deardorff, Judith-Kate and the Mythsinger Legacy Project at their respective websites, which are linked below, along with a link to purchase the new edition of The Other Within. 

    The story starts at 57mins.
    https://mythsingerlegacy.org
    https://judithkate.com
    https://www.amazon.com/Other-Within-Genius-Deformity-Culture/dp/1556437609

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    • 1 hr 27 min
    Episode 79: The Hounds of Actaeon

    Episode 79: The Hounds of Actaeon

    On this episode I share my interpretation of a classic Greek myth.

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    Music by Kate Young 

    • 20 min
    Episode 78: The Voyage of Bran with Aron Hegarty

    Episode 78: The Voyage of Bran with Aron Hegarty

    My guest on this episode is Aron Hegarty.  Aron is an Irish born Actor and Storyteller, and the cofounder of Candlelit Tales. Through Candlelit Tales he and his sister have introduced many thousands of people to Irish mythology, and their podcast is one of my absolute favourites. 
    We performed together in Dublin last year and again when Aron came to Thailand this month. We also sat down in a little hut by the beach to record a chat and a story for House of Legends. If you’d like to go straight to the story, use the chapter marker or skip ahead manually to 49mins. 


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    Music by Kate Young 
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    • 1 hr 27 min
    Episode 77: The Mustard Seed with Siobhan Asgharzadeh

    Episode 77: The Mustard Seed with Siobhan Asgharzadeh

    My guest on this episode is Siobhan Asgarzadeh. Siobhan is a storyteller and grief pilgrim based in Colorado. She holds grief pilgrimages both in person, in nature and online, in which she helps individuals and groups to work with their own grief.  Siobhan is a member of the Roundhouse Storytelling School, a highly valued member of our community and a very powerful storyteller, so I was delighted that she agreed to come on the podcast to talk about her work and share a story. 
    Learn more about Siobhan at https://griefpilgrim.com/

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    Learn about Myth Singers, my storytelling coaching program, at:
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    Get my books, Scottish Myths & Legends, The Shattering Sea and Finn & The Fianna, at Amazon US:
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    Music by Kate Young 
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    • 47 min
    Episode 76: To the Sea with Tamar Eluned Williams

    Episode 76: To the Sea with Tamar Eluned Williams

    This episode is a collaboration with Pathways, a podcast by Welsh storyteller Tamar Eluned Williams. After a brief chat with Tamar you’ll hear an episode of her podcast in which she guides you on a story walk along the Ely River and down to Cardiff Bay.
    Learn more about Tamar at https://www.tamarelunedwilliams.com
    Explore Tamar’s Pathways project at https://www.pathways-llwybrau.com
    Support House of Legends by becoming a patron at:
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    Study with me at the Roundhouse Storytelling School:
    https://www.roundhouseschool.com
    Learn about Myth Singers, my storytelling coaching program, at:
    www.houseoflegends.me/story-coaching
    Get my books, Scottish Myths & Legends, The Shattering Sea and Finn & The Fianna, at Amazon US:
    https://www.amazon.com/s?k=daniel+allison&crid=3LFU9R8PFUBP1&sprefix=daiel+all%C3%AD%2Caps%2C217&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_10
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    Get my FREE ebook Silverborn at:
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    Music by Kate Young 
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    • 1 hr 2 min
    Episode 74: The Smith & The Fairies

    Episode 74: The Smith & The Fairies

    Apologies for the lower sound quality on this episode, I had trouble finding a quiet space to record for this one. Normal service will resume soon.
    Get access to every House of Legends episode and patron-only worksheets by becoming a patron at:
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    Study with me at the Roundhouse Storytelling School:
    https://www.roundhouseschool.com
    Learn about Myth Singers, my storytelling coaching program, at:
    www.houseoflegends.me/story-coaching
    Get my books, Scottish Myths & Legends, The Shattering Sea and Finn & The Fianna, at Amazon US:
    https://www.amazon.com/s?k=daniel+allison&crid=3LFU9R8PFUBP1&sprefix=daiel+all%C3%AD%2Caps%2C217&ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_1_10
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    Get my FREE ebook Silverborn at:
    https://www.houseoflegends.me/landing-page
    Join us on Instagram:
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    Music by Kate Young 
    https://www.kateyoungmusic.com

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
75 Ratings

75 Ratings

wearethemedicine ,

Such a beautiful gift

I love Daniel’s story telling. I often listen as I fall asleep, like bedtime stories.

lkjb j j ,

Brilliant

Classic engaging yarn spinning

SamanthaRae_of_light ,

perfection

all the tenets of a brilliant raconteur. Bravo.

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