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Mythos Podcast

Mythos Podcast

Nicole Schmidt

This podcast is a storytelling journey through world-folklore. With brief context and analysis in the introductions, the main focus is the retelling of stories themselves. From saucer-eyed spectral dogs to pond-scum haunting child-eating witches - experience the darker side of Britain's folklore in Series 1. Then journey to central and eastern Europe to the world of Slavic folklore, home of Baba Yaga and lurking nature spirits (Series 2). From there, step into the vast world of Nordic Folklore, where creatures abound in the woodlands, mountains and fjords of beautiful northern climes. Look out a series called 'Earth Lore' this autumn/winter to celebrate the natural world and a series on Japanese and Korean folklore next spring.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Mythos Podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Mythos Podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Mythos Podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Mythos Podcast - S01 Episode 3: Prehistoric Sites
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01/16/17 • 28 min

From southern England’s chalk ridges to boggy Scottish headlands overlooking deep and mysterious lochs, there are barrows, megaliths and standing stones of great antiquity. Before the Romans, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Scandinavian or Norman invasions, there were these weird structures: temple like megalithic standing stones, like the well-known Stonehenge, and large grass covered earthen mounds, man-made earthworks with seemingly subterranean magical intent.

All music courtesy of Co-Ag Music (available on Youtube and HIGHLY recommended)

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Mythos Podcast - S04 Episode 3: Goddaughter of the Rock Maidens
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02/28/21 • 47 min

Goddaughter of the Rock Maidens. The name of the story lit up my imagination, as did the brief outline of a plot in W.F Kirby’s 1895 English translation of famous Estonian tales. In just a few sentences, I sensed a powerful narrative: nature spirits and underworlds; a young girl tutored by powerful female fey-folk and enchantments and serpent kings.

For all my listeners, consider joining my upcoming Story Heritage Webinar on Power & Powerlessness. The aim is to explore the wisdom and insights of world folklore surrounding this fundamental human experience. If you want to explore our world storytelling heritage, get inspiration for your own creative life and experience the therapeutic powers of story, go to https://www.mythosstorytelling.com/storyheritage-webinars

Please do consider helping with research costs so I can bring the stories of the folk into our cultural consciousness: https://www.patreon.com/mythospodcast

A huge thank you to Maarja Nuut and Co-Ag Music for allowing me to use their music!

Donate to Maarja here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rQSHGbaVqFhj4gcXDAjKy?si=5YLWNMrOSaORlMXbkEfMyA

Maarja Nuut songs: 'Veere, Veere päevakene,'

'Handi pandimehe lugu' - Estonian Folk Song

Co-Ag Music: 'Beautiful Days' and 'A Dark Myth'

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Mythos Podcast - The Dragon & the Three Soldiers
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04/10/20 • -1 min

This short episode is a part of the Lockdown Lore series - a short story published bi-weekly for a bit of escape and respite.

In this Polish folktale, a dragon is outwitted when a soldier decides to heed the wisdom of Mother Forest.

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Mythos Podcast - Season 4: The Baltic States Introduction
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09/30/20 • 6 min

A quick introduction to the Baltic States and why a journey into the folkloric realms of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania is well worth your time.

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Mythos Podcast - S04 Episode 7: Mothers of the Underworld
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10/30/21 • 27 min

October, in much lore, is a spiritually potent time and the oft stated idea that the veil between worlds is thin at this time holds true in traditional Latvian practice. The living would prepare their homes for a visit from deceased ancestors, with the house cleaned and table laden with food for the occasion. To open this feast, an elder of the home would call the names of all the ancestral dead in living memory, inviting them to eat with the living.

In this story, we follow a young man into a Latvian forest, where he follows yet another tradition - retrieving the ancestors from the forest cemetery in a horse drawn cart.

Please head to www.mythospodcast.com and sign up for the email list for weekly stories and research content, for both creative inspiration and the solace of story. Also consider becoming a Patron: a library of episode transcript e-books and some special patrons-only episodes for top two tiers. And I welcome support for upcoming series on Japanese and Korean Folklore - and the Earth Lore series exploring the folklore of the natural world around the globe.

Thank you to Co-Ag Music for the excellent soundscapes of this episode.

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Mythos Podcast - Kosodate Ame: A Japanese Tale of the Weird
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05/14/20 • -1 min

This short episode is a part of the Lockdown Lore series - a short story published bi-weekly for a bit of escape and respite.

Listen to Dan Tovey tell an unusual story about a very strange woman turning up to a candy store after closing hours.

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Mythos Podcast - Lost Lady of the Pines
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05/03/20 • -1 min

This short episode is a part of the Lockdown Lore series - a short story published bi-weekly for a bit of escape and respite.

The story was inspired by the idea of avenging forest spirits - creatures made of the forest itself (much like the recently released 'Birch' from indie folk horror online station Crypt TV), as well as more traditional monsters like the Slavic Leshy.

For more information on the guest storyteller, Jason Buck, visit www.jasonbuckstoryteller.co.uk and follow his page on Facebook. His storytelling shows are highly recommended and he is currently telling to great effect on Zoom!

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Mythos Podcast - Taster Episode: Soviet Urban Legends
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09/01/17 • 20 min

From the dread KGB to the Western consumerism that threatened communist values, this episode will look at urban legends told fairly widely in the Soviet Union from the 1960s to the 1990s. This is a taster episode of the Urban Legends series that will be available only to Patreon supporters. If you would like to support Mythos Podcast monthly please go to www.patreon.com/mythospodcast.
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In Baltic folklore, birds are mediators of heaven and earth, between the living and the dead. Their music is heraldic and their song a prophetic chanting. Birds inhabit and embody the dynamic force of space, soaring through the invisible ether of the atmosphere.

In this story, we will journey to the thrice-three realm, to the garden of a Baltic King, where, amidst bone white birches and tall meadow grasses, there dwells a bird only accessible to the truly wise

Music (Youtube)

This Fascinating World, Co-Ag Music

Siidisulis linnukene' (Silken Feathered Bird), Maarja Nuut

Traditional kokle music variation 1, Laima Jansone

Abandoned 1, Co-Ag Music

Muutuja, Maarja Nuut & Ruum

Edge of Silence, Co-Ag Music

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The Sami are the Nordic region's indigenous people: though they share a similar ethnic identity, they inhabit a vast geographical area - from the Atlantic coast of Norway, the lakes, rivers, mountains and forests of Norway, Sweden and Finland to the Kola peninsula of Russia. These stories were collected by a Danish ethnographer, who lived among Swedish Sami. Here is what she has to say about their storytelling tradition:

‘In the protective light, everything may be named, all the horror and sorcery conjured by the darkness. Outside [the tent] in the deepest night wander the dead, the spirits, the evil thoughts one person sends to another...out there are storms and clouds, the moon stars and northern lights. Here inside the tent is the campfire; here is home, the great safe place...During the day the Sami, like other people, are busy with tasks. But when the darkness draws them to the campfire, when the stew kettle hangs on its sooty chain and the steam and smoke rise through the tent opening to the clouds and the night sky, then rest comes, memories slip in, like dreams to a sleeper. The tales and customs of olden times are still a well-spring among the Sami.’

Music: Co-Ag Music, Berit Margrethe Oskal and Sofia Jannak

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How many episodes does Mythos Podcast have?

Mythos Podcast currently has 37 episodes available.

What topics does Mythos Podcast cover?

The podcast is about Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Podcasts, Books and Arts.

What is the most popular episode on Mythos Podcast?

The episode title 'S04 Episode 1: The Wood of Tontla' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Mythos Podcast?

The average episode length on Mythos Podcast is 35 minutes.

How often are episodes of Mythos Podcast released?

Episodes of Mythos Podcast are typically released every 49 days.

When was the first episode of Mythos Podcast?

The first episode of Mythos Podcast was released on Jan 16, 2017.

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