Tales for our Times
We live in turbulent times, such times need great stories and storytelling.
This podcast presents the ancient craft of storytelling as tool for connection, imagination, entertainment and empowerment.
Scottish storyteller Dougie Mackay, shares folk tales, myths and musings. Sometimes joined by guest storytellers, change-makers, rebels and poets, who share their perspective on stories and folk culture and its impact on modern life.
Themes of rewilding, nature connection, folk arts, primitive skills and regenerative culture are explored.
Tales for our Times
Druid Lore and Story Dreaming with Eimear Burke
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In this episode I speak with Irish Storyteller and chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids, Eimear Burke.
We discuss fairy doors and healing wells, the practice of restoring female stories in folklore and myth, and methods of walking stories out on the land an reweaving the tales.
We cover grief, love and poetry, seasonal cycles and nature connection, and touch upon several stories from the Celtic cannon, especially the Birth of Ossian and tales involving Fionn McCoull, Lugh & Taliesin.
You can find Eimear on Youtube during her weekly 'fireside chats' or through her work with OBOD at druidry.org.
If you'd like to become a storyteller or improve your storytelling skills I'll announce a new cohort programme starting in September 26 https://sendfox.com/lp/3epnd0
You can find my writing on Substack at 'Rekindling the Hearth' and join a live storytelling event in the north of Scotland via the Shieling Collective or in Edinburgh at the Scottish Storytellling Centre.
Thanks for listening!