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Tag: folklore

Episode 18Frau Perchta and Gryla

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  • Brigid Burke
| 29 Dec 2019

It’s the last podcast of the year, during the 12 days of Christmas—a good time to discuss 2 Christmas “witches” that seek out naughty children—and adults—to either cannibalize them or cut them open and stuff them full of straw. It’s Austria’s Frau Perc …

Episode 11Baba Yaga

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  • Brigid Burke
| 6 Oct 2019

I talk with Dr. Joanna Madloch about the Slavic witch Baba Yaga. Joanna grew up in Poland with traditional Slavic folklore, and we discuss the common motifs and meanings of the old witch who lives in the forest, in a house that moves, and is only found …

Episode 6Medusa

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  • Brigid Burke
| 28 Jul 2019

Medusa is well-known in literature, art, and film as the snaky-haired woman who turns anyone who looks at her to stone. But Medusa, like similar monstrous ancient female beings, represents two different things to the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Episode 4Nightmares and Night Hag Syndrome

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  • Brigid Burke
| 30 Jun 2019

This episode explores the origins of the term “nightmare” and its connection to the feminine “demonic”, and the phenomenon of sleep paralysis (also called Night Hag Syndrome) from a mythological and psychoanalytical point of view.

Episode 3Lilith

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  • Brigid Burke
| 16 Jun 2019

Explores the folklore behind the alleged first wife of Adam, who is associated with seduction, temptation, and producing demons with unsuspecting men on one hand, and is a symbol of feminine autonomy on the other.

Episode 1The Mother Goddess

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  • Brigid Burke
| 17 May 2019

We think of mother goddesses as being gentle and loving, but ancient mother goddess worship had a dark side. This first episode looks at ancient mother goddesses of the Near East.

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