Prince Lindworm and the Unembraceable
11/10/22 • 41 min
In this Norwegian fairy tale, the queen makes a mistake.
That's not the whole story.
There's also a dragon. And an opportunity to reflect on our fallibility, the tendency to blame, our story inheritance, and the empathy we might develop through imaginative engagement with what angers and disturbs us.
I hope you enjoyed the story.
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In this Norwegian fairy tale, the queen makes a mistake.
That's not the whole story.
There's also a dragon. And an opportunity to reflect on our fallibility, the tendency to blame, our story inheritance, and the empathy we might develop through imaginative engagement with what angers and disturbs us.
I hope you enjoyed the story.
Email Catherine at [email protected]
Post a positive review on apple podcasts!
Learn how you can work with Catherine at https://mythicmojo.com
Buy me a coffee. Thank you!
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Myth Matters - Prince Lindworm and the Unembraceable
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Hello, and welcome to Myth Matters, storytelling and conversation about mythology and what myth can offer us today. I'm your host and personal mythologist Dr. Catherine Svehla. Wherever you may be in this wide, beautiful, crazy world of ours, you are part of this story circle.
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