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| Episode Fifty-Four: Funayūrei, Japanese Ghost Ships 🌊 it's Testicle Tuesday! | 09 Sep 2026 | 01:32:10 | |
PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll take the wind out of your sails. Seatember is back! And so is Emily! This time we set sail to Japan where we take a quick port stop in Japanese maritime folklore with sea dragons, whale cults and giant ocean monks (don't ask) before getting into the strange yet downright chilling folklore of the Funayūrei. These ships full of drowned sailors want one thing: to add to their crew by any means necessary (including using ladles to sink your ship). Tangents include live autopsies, some gushing about Widow's Bay, and why you shouldn't drive a Tesla through a cemetery. WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: The Zodiac | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 28 Aug 2026 | 00:24:27 | |
A tiny plaque, carved from mammoth ivory was dated to around 30,000 BCE. On its surface, a human figure stands in a pose that some researchers believe represents the constellation Orion. Deep within caves from that same era, paintings depict other familiar celestial forms, like Taurus, occupying the ancient sky then just as they do now. While it is nearly impossible to trace the exact moment our ancestors first looked up and traced these glowing patterns of light, astrology grew directly out of their deep desire to understand the universe and read the will of the gods. Across the globe, early human cultures interpreted the sky through their own unique lenses - tying starry shapes to local flora and fauna, weaving them into existing folk legends, or building brand new myths around the shapes they saw. S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Fifty-Three: Astrology Pt.2 [With Megan] - Whimsigoths | 12 Aug 2026 | 01:25:23 | |
PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or 🫵 WIIIIITCH This is the second of our Feminist History of Astrology with Niamh's bestie Megan. We recap the ancient astrology covered in Part 1 before getting into where it all went south, starting with the moral panic of the Witchcraft laws in Elizabethan England which led to the infamous Witch Trials, the discreditation of Astrology into a fringe pseudoscience practiced by the lower echelons of society, and right through to how it became reputedly the pasttime of bored houswives and gullible women and LGBTQIA+ people. We then navigate the sience behind both why people connect to astrology and the misconceptions held by the scientists who seek to discredit it. WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN S O U R C E S:
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| Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast Trailer | 06 Aug 2026 | 00:00:57 | |
Hi! We have recently had a few changes behind the scenes at R&P, mainly that we have switched podcast networks. Our new network, the Creators Collective, can be found here - (and in the podcast bio). Please check out the hige selection of amazing spooky podcasts! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pine Cones: The Brothers Grimm | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 31 Jul 2026 | 00:13:34 | |
WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. Check out the video version of this episode on Patrreon for all tiers The Brothers Grimm are household names: spoken with the same familiarity as Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, or Rapunzel. In German‑speaking Europe, their books were second only to the Bible in popularity, and by the twentieth century they had become the most famous collectors of folk and fairy tales in the western world... S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Fifty-Two Pt.2: Damsels [feat. Fairy Tale Fix] - Unsuspecting Ass | 22 Jul 2026 | 00:54:19 | |
CW - Mention of sexual assault PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll pelt you with gallnuts. This is the second of our TWO PARTER with our white knights, Kelsey and Abbie from Fairy Tale Fix! We will continue to deconstruct the Damsels in Distress Archetype and how the influence of Christian and family values have sanitised some of the juciest tales of our youth. We rewind the clock to the Italian origin of Rapunzel - Petrosinella - before having some pop culture chats about our favourite badass women. Please go show Kelsey and Abbie some love and tell 'em we sent ya! WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Fifty-Two Pt.1: Damsels [feat. Fairy Tale Fix] - F*ck Perseus! | 15 Jul 2026 | 01:12:43 | |
CW - Mention of suicide PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll make you wanna poke your other eye out. This month we have a TWO PARTER and Niamh has called in some white knights, Kelsey and Abbie from Fairy Tale Fix! We will get to know them and all about their fantastic "WTF fairytale podcast" before diving in to the Damsels in Distress Archetype and how it has grown and evolved with society. We pick out our bingo card of DID tropes before hearing the Irish myth, "Deirdre of the Sorrows" and her beautifully tragic ending. Join us again next week for Part 2 because we just yapped that much! WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. MENTIONED The Girl who Pretended To Be A Boy -AKA The Princess Who Would Be A Prince Andrew Lang collection A Choice of Magic by Ruth Manning Sanders S O U R C E S
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| Pine Cones: Hagstones | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 26 Jun 2026 | 00:12:37 | |
WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. There’s a particular joy in beach treasure: a rare shell, a shark’s egg sack, or an interesting rock - but what is extra special is finding a stone steeped in folk belief and holding it up to spy through it to the sea beyond. Witch stones, or, as they are commonly called, hag stones, have for centuries been believed to have magical uses. They have been called hex stones, lucky stones, pledge-stones or druid stones. In German, they are Hühnergötter, or "chicken gods,” but in Latin they were called silex pertussis, meaning "perforated flint. “ Some know them as Odin stones or eye stones, Cailleach stones, adder stones, or wish stones. Names vary from place to place, but they all tie into folk superstitions and beliefs. People felt there was something divine or otherworldly about a stone with a naturally occurring hole, and so they became symbols and tools of magical prowess, protection or warding against witchcraft... S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Fifty-One: Monuments & Ley Lines w/Heather Wildflower | 10 Jun 2026 | 01:43:00 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or we'll make you walk across the burial ground of your supposed ancestors. This month we have the incomparable Heather, AKA heather.wildflower to talk to us about Megalithic Prehistoric Sites, Standing Stones & Circles, and Ringforts & Cashels. Dotted around the landscape of Ireland, Great Britain and Europe, these surviving remnants of our past have been the subject of folklore and reverence for generations. We get into their astronomical alignment as well as some of the magical experiences Heather has had while visiting them. We also discuss Ley Lines and their controversial reputation among the archeological and scientific community. Find links to Heather's socials and other work here. S O U R C E S
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| Pine Cones: Blue Moon 🌑 | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 29 May 2026 | 00:08:32 | |
It has finally arrived. The formal beginning of the lighter half of the year, Bealtaine 2026, heralded the rise of the Flower moon, This name was originally given by the Algonquin people to the full moon in May thanks to the abundance of blooming flowers. Other names include the hare moon, the corn planting moon, and the milk moon. But this month has another, more significant moon to watch out for - the Blue moon. A Blue Moon is different from the monthly or seasonal moon names like the flower moon - it isn't restricted to a time of year. It is a movable feast. A full lunar cycle is a little over 28 days long. However, a calendar year is 365 days, which means that during some years, you may end up with thirteen full moons instead of twelve, depending on where in the month the lunar cycle falls. This is the Blue Moon. S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Fifty: The Divine Feminine & Divination - Trad wife trash talk | 14 May 2026 | 01:39:40 | |
Well, we made it to Episode 50! Emily gets one last episode in before she embarks on her new era of motherhood, and we are ANNOYED. The Divine Feminine has been co-opted poorly by the Conservative Trad Wife movement, which is nefariously convincing young women to be complicit in their own loss of autonomy. We talk about what Divine Femininity REALLY means - the strength, nourishment and community that complement the structure of the Divine Masculine, which exists in all of us. We then talk about women's intuition and tap into some divination practices as a means of connecting with our inner selves. This one is more of a chat than a structured facts piece, but we hope you enjoy before it's back to mythology and folklore next month! S O U R C E S/ C L I P S
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| Pine Cones: The Plague Cult of St. Roch | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 14 Nov 2025 | 00:15:18 | |
WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. He walks through the fevered cities of medieval Europe - half man, half myth - healing the dying, blessing the dead. A saint, they said… though in the fields and forests, the old women knew better. They left bread for his dog and icons in the wells. St Roch, or San Rocco, was a medieval nobleman who gave up his wealth and title to care for plague victims. After succumbing to pestilence, some time in exile, and help from a very special dog, his fame evolved into a distinctly witchy practice of iconography, offerings, and ritual not so different from its pagan predecessors... S O U R C E S:
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| BONUS: Ghost Story Spooktacular | Appalachian Witch, The Black-Eyed Children | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:20:42 | |
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| Episode Forty-Nine: HALLOWEEN Dante's Inferno - The ghost co-host 👻 | 31 Oct 2025 | 01:36:32 | |
PLEASE like/comment/rate/subscribe, or we will hang you over a trench by your naughty bits. Miss Emily is BACK for our Halloween 2025 episode! Spooktober concludes with Niamh's guided tour of the Afterlife. We look at some comforting imaginings, such as the Egyptian Field of Reeds and the Celtic Tír na nÓg, cut right through Norse Hel and the Greek Underworld to arrive at the ICONIC self-insert fanfiction that is The Divine Comedy and specifically (as you probably know it) Dante's Inferno.. This is a tangenty one, don't say we didn't warn ya. S O U R C E S
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| Pine Cones: The Greek Underworld | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts | 28 Oct 2025 | 00:16:18 | |
Hidden beneath the living world, beyond the reach of sunlight, lies the sunless kingdom of Hades and Persephone — the Greek Underworld. It’s not a place of fire and brimstone, but of chill stillness, memory, and silence. The Greeks imagined it as the mirror opposite of life and its inverse state. S O U R C E S
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| Episode Forty-Eight: Spooky Shadow People - The Feeur (with Megan) | 22 Oct 2025 | 01:19:14 | |
Megan is BACK to talk about her experiences with Shadow People - beings at the edge of sight: nothing but an outline, a fast-moving silhouette that may suggest a human or animal but never offers detail. We look at the meaning of shadows across cultures and what they can tell us about ourselves. S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: The Man Who Wasn't There | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts 🎃 | 17 Oct 2025 | 00:11:56 | |
“Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there! He wasn’t there again today, Oh, how I wish he’d go away!” - Antigonish by William Hughes Mearns You’ve probably heard these lines before - whispered in a film, included in a book of ghost poems, or even whispered as harmless childhood nonsense.. But there’s something about them - something sticky. Sixteen lines, no real story, and yet it clings. Because it names something we all know, but rarely say aloud: the feeling of not being alone when you should be. S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Sedna | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:11:46 | |
Her right hand traces the fjord in her thigh She counts the things she is afraid of: Nothing, Her own fingers— Ringed seals Trapped in the freezing sea. Sedna by Allyson Young The legend of Sedna flows through the icy waters of the Arctic, told and retold in many places, bending to each culture. But no matter the version, one thing remains the same: Sedna is the mother of all sea creatures, and as goddess of the deep she decides when the seals, the whales, the walrus, and the fish will rise to meet the hunters of the North. S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Finfolk | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 17 Sep 2025 | 00:18:00 | |
“Twilight arrives on an Orkney shore. In the space between land and sea, the Finfolk are said to slip silently from their hidden kingdom, seeking humans to drag below the waves.” The Finfolk are a race unique to Orkney and Shetland, creatures of contradiction much like the islands themselves: part sea, part land, both wild and ordered. Amphibious and powerful, they can step from waves onto shore as they choose, living comfortably between two worlds. .Unlike the mermaids we might picture, Finfolk are fully humanoid - men and women alike -though their daughters sometimes appear with mermaid tails. Their bodies are draped with fins that fall like clothing, making it difficult to tell them from land-dwellers at a distance. Up close, the fins reveal their otherworldly nature. They are strong, athletic, and extraordinary sailors, able to cross the tempestuous North Sea in mere strokes of an oar... S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Forty-Seven: Selkies (collab with It Came From The Maritimes) - weird uncle stories | 10 Sep 2025 | 00:54:06 | |
Sea-Tember returns! This time Niamh calls in Evan & Chelsea from It Came From The Maritimes to help shed some fascinating insight into the Selkie myth; seals who shed their skins to walk (and dance) upon land. We take a trip through Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, navigating people's problematic attraction to seal-folk. We also learn about the liminality of the shore as well as a certified Creepy B*tch, Selkolla. Check out It Came From The Maritimes here (and tell 'em we sent ya!). Thank you SO much to Evan & Chelsea for providing a Canadian perspective and being such fun first pod guests! S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Judicial Astrology | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 31 Aug 2025 | 00:15:28 | |
The year is 1607. A child has gone missing from a small English parish. Some whisper he has fallen in the river. Others say he’s been taken. There are no police to search, no telegraph to spread the alarm, no TV bulletin to circulate a picture. His family has nothing but their grief — and their faith. So they do what countless others did in those years: they carry their question to an astrologer. We explore the lives and fortunes of John Forman, William Lilly, Nostradamus and Evangeline Evans - controversial figures who made their names as beiing astrological authorities garnering massive followings. But there is a reason that forensic astrology is seen as pseudoscience to our modern eyes... S O U R C E S:
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| Spill the Tea Leaves #3 |Astrology Birth Chart Bonding | 21 Aug 2025 | 00:30:56 | |
This is an Episode 46 outtake where Megan ~G~, the Astrology believer, reads our birth charts for Niamh, the sceptic (and for all you sucka MCs...) and delves into our Big 3 - Sun, Ascendant, Moon. This reading gives insight into personality traits, life mapping, strengths and weaknesses as well as why we make such a great friendship combo! The information was taken from: https://cafeastrology.com/free-natal-chart-report.html Our signs are: Niamh
Megan
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| Episode Forty-six: Astrology Part 1 - Final Boss Scorpio (with Megan) | 13 Aug 2025 | 01:25:24 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or Megan will predict your date of death and tell your enemies! Please welcome Megan to her first ever podcast appearance! As an Astrology believer, Niamh has roped her in to explain to her sceptic ass all those common terms and misconceptions about the practice. Niamh will then take it right back to the (literal) beginning with a deep historical dive on how Astrology went from Mesopotamian star charts on stone tablets, to Greek belief in determinism, a tool of Roman emperors and Egyptian mystics, to Rennaisance-era christian secret. Keep an eye out for a special bonus chat where Megan reads Niamh's birth chart to absolute filth on your feeds next... https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/rowan/pl.u-jV890dkTDE5YzgW?ls S O U R C E S:
C O N T A C T https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :) Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Additional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic. Featured Podmoth podcast: What The French Toast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pine Cones: Corpse Roads | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 25 Jul 2025 | 00:12:43 | |
Corpse roads, also known as coffin roads, lych ways, bier ways, or burial paths, were historic routes used to carry the dead from rural homesteads to churches with burial rights. Born of necessity in remote parts of medieval Europe, these sombre trails wove through moor and woodland, over streams and stiles, the last journey of the dead. SOURCES:
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| Episode Forty-Five: Inanna, The Final Girl - Full bush/no bush (with Ewan) | 09 Jul 2025 | 00:50:38 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or we'll nominate you in our place to decend to the Great Below... Niamh is carrying the torch without Emily for the foreseeable and of course that means a Ewan episode! We take a hard look at the Final Girl trope - that horror genre staple that sees the underestimated, underskilled, underappreciated female protagonist left standing alone, covered in blood and forever changed at the end of the story. As with all stories, there is a mythical origin - specifically the Mespotamian goddess Inanna, AKA Ishtar: goddess of love and war, patroness of sexworkers, scorned woman and feminine icon. We contrast Inanna with her modern counterparts: Ripley (Alien), Sidney (Scream), and Sarah (The Descent) - full spoilers for all those movies herein! https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/rowan/pl.u-jV890dkTDE5YzgW?ls S O U R C E S:
C O N T A C T https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :) Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Additional sounds from Pixabay Featured Podmoth podcast:Saturdays Are For The Ghouls
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| Pine Cones: Witch Bottles | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 27 Jun 2025 | 00:13:00 | |
There’s something unsettling about a sealed room, especially one hidden inside a home. In 1976, a phone call to the National Museum of Ireland reported the discovery of a “cave” during construction work outside Wicklow Town. Dr Joseph Raftery, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, sent young archaeologist Eamonn Kelly t to investigate, on what would turn out to be his first ever fieldwork assignment. The report was misleading: it wasn’t a cave, or even a souterrain, but a sealed-up brick oven connected to a fireplace in Coolbeg House. The structure had been blocked off in the early twentieth century. Inside that bricked-up oven was a strange and silent cache. SOURCES:
C O N T A C T https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :) Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Featured Podmoth podcast: Caffeinated Conspiracies Get early, ad-free & bonus content on Patreon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Freaky Folklore 1: Bigfoot Boss | NSFW Patreon Preview | 22 Jun 2025 | 00:05:55 | |
Welcome to our inaugural Smutty Summer offering of Freaky Folklore! This episode Niamh recaps and reviews Bigfoot Boss by Luna Cantrip: a fun, smutty monster romance with surprising depth (if questionable clothing choices).This content is firmly NSFW and is posted with full respect and love to the monster smut community <3 Check out the FULL episode on Patreon now! https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Contact us: Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Spill the Tea Leaves #2 | Sinners, The Ugly Stepsister, The Sleeping Beauties | 02 Jun 2025 | 00:47:26 | |
Welcome back to our chit-chat corner where we talk about the folkloric media we consumed over the past two weeks, from movies to books, live theatre to content creators. Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. GET EARLY ACCESS FOR PATRONS! https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Theme by Nick Payne https://buymeacoffee.com/prompternick Mentioned:
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| Pine Cones: Hand of Glory | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 30 May 2025 | 00:14:33 | |
According to old European belief, a candle made from the severed, dried hand of a criminal who had been hanged—known as the Hand of Glory—had supernatural powers. The hand was usually the right hand of a felon—cut off while the body still dangled from the gallows... S O U R C E S:
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| Spill the Tea Leaves #1 | Hadestown, Beating the Bounds | 19 May 2025 | 00:33:23 | |
GET EARLY ACCESS FOR PATRONS! https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Welcome to the first of our new chit-chat episodes! This is our way of getting more folkloric content out to you guys while you wait for our long-form deep dives. We'll try to keep the tangents to these chats. Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. Theme by Nick Payne https://buymeacoffee.com/prompternick Visual cues: https://www.instagram.com/rowanandpine Mayday Festival with Morris Dancing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Episode Forty-Four: Little Red Riding Hood- obscure white people | 14 May 2025 | 00:52:10 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or may Little Red hunt down your pack Emily ventures into the deep dark woods this week with an analysis of Little Red Riding Hood. From victim-blamey perv tale to reclamation of feminine power, we have all grown up with the visual of an oblivious little girl being preyed upon by fearsome predators. Tangents include some Colin Farrell fawning, why Christina Ricci is our girl crush, and the nightmare that is deepfakes. Discussions of rape culture and sexual assault on film, because it's us... Playlist: https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/rowan/pl.u-jV890dkTDE5YzgW?ls S O U R C E S:
Books mentioned: Werewolf? There Wolf! from Hazy Dell Press Ebony, Blood & Snow by Tish Black - gifted ARC C O N T A C T https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :) Additional Sounds: Pixabay Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Featured Podmoth podcast: Caffeinated Conspiracies
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| Pine Cones: Fire in Folklore | Rowan & Pine Shorts 🔥 | 25 Apr 2025 | 00:11:45 | |
Our relationship with fire has always been one of awe, of need, of respect. It’s a dance we’ve never fully learned, a mystery we’ve never fully solved. Even now, we sit beside campfires and fireplaces, mesmerised by the flickering, ever-shifting light. Something ancient stirs in us, a memory of stories whispered in the dark. In honour of Bealtaine, the fire festival, we delve into the significance of Fire in Folklore 🔥🔥🔥 S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Forty-Three: Medusa - Snake pubes | 09 Apr 2025 | 01:19:45 | |
Content warning for discussions of sexual violence. This is a heavy one, friends. Niamh explores the monster behind the myth - Medusa. From ancient villain and cautionary tale for wayward women, Medusa has endured and evolved into a symbol of strength and resistance for survivors of sexual violence. We look at the differences between her Greek and Roman origins and what each version of her tells us about how society viewed women and the harms done against them at the time. Tangents take us to discussions of rape culture, victim blaming and how we navigate life after trauma. (with some Noah Wyle fangirling sprinkled in). Thanks to sewwhatifiknit on Tiktok. https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/rowan/pl.u-jV890dkTDE5YzgW?ls If this episode affected you, please reach out to sexual violence support groups in your area: S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Pregnancy Superstitions | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 28 Mar 2025 | 00:13:00 | |
For as long as women have been having babies, there have been beliefs and superstitions around what the baby will look like, their assigned sex, their temperament, and guarding against defects and miscarriage. S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Forty-Two: Midwifery & Witchcraft - It's not the devil just because you don't know how it works | 12 Mar 2025 | 01:02:50 | |
Discussions of pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy loss. PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or may your barber get handy with the forceps... Emily's first episode of Season 3 is a dark history account all about the science (and alleged magic) of midwifery, We delve into how the woman-dominated profession caused jealousy and suspicion from the (male) Church which led to persecution, executions, and a suppression of new knowledge. We learn about the realities of childbirth, how midwives were often blamed for unpreventable losses - and their successes attributed to the devil. Yes, we are ranting again. Helena (@therockballymac) for seed saving, gardening & herbalism. Please support Pro Choice causes wherever you are: Reproductive Freedom For All (US) Abortion Rights Campaign (IRL) Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada Centre for Reproductive Rights (Global) Children by Choice / The Abortion Project (Aus) https://music.apple.com/ie/playlist/rowan/pl.u-jV890dkTDE5YzgW?ls S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Incantations | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 27 Feb 2025 | 00:06:58 | |
The "art or act of enchanting by uttering magical words, with ceremonies supposed to have magical power; the formula of words or the ceremony employed," - late 14th century, The word for incantation comes from 13th century Old French incantacion meaning "spell or exorcism".... Sexy Voice Emily here to school you. S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Forty-One: Blodeuwedd, Flower Goddess - The power of three will set us free | 12 Feb 2025 | 01:06:06 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or may your hot lover get killed by a magician!! Season 3 is here! We have a life update for you (including a BBC appearance??) and lay out our new pod focus. Don't worry, all the spooky weirdness and animal lore will still be here, but its time for the ladies. Niamh kicks off the season with an introduction to Blodeuwedd, a flower goddess from Welsh folklore who has parallels with Eve, Pandora and Lilith. Expect the usual segues into celebrity culture, cathartic rants and all the usual nonsense. Oh and a playlist! Feminine Rage Playlist on Spotify Feminine Rage Playlist on Apple Music S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Forty: HALLOWEEN Psychopomps - Hermes and his dorky lil' sandals | 31 Oct 2024 | 01:11:37 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or may your family fail to pay Charon's fee... HAPPY HALLOWEEN, FIENDS! Niamh takes us on a tour of Psychompomps, those figures who transport souls to the afterlife. From Anubis in Egypt to Hermes in Greece, to Epona, the Valkyries, Gwyn Ap Nudd and Azrael, every culture has some form of death shepherd. Thanks so much for sticking with us for Season 2 :) S O U R C E S: https://cfa.lmu.edu/labandgallery/exhibitions/pastexhibitions/2017/psychopomp/ Encyclopedia Of World Mythology by Arthur Cotterell https://www.britannica.com/topic/Azrael https://www.crowsbone.com/blogarchive/into-the-underworld-psychopomps-and-deities-of-death https://www.psychopomps.org/psychopomp-guide.html https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/45247581/2015_Mackin_Ellie_1018354_ethesis.pdf https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htm https://www.collegeofpsychicstudies.co.uk/enlighten/guiding-souls-psychopomps-in-mythology-a nd-folklore/ https://phoenixalchemyjewellery.co.uk/gwyn-ap-nudd-my-favourite-welsh-folktale/ https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0308/ch12.xhtml C O N T A C T https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Please listen to an episode before contacting us for collaborations. :) Additional Sounds: Pixabay Check out more PodMoth podcasts here X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Additional sounds from Pixabay, Featured Podmoth podcast: Anything Bones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pine Cones: Grim Reaper | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 25 Oct 2024 | 00:14:34 | |
Special thanks to Tony for the suggestion on Discord! For thousands of years, different cultures have personified death in various ways, but few figures are as enduring—or as terrifying—as the Grim Reaper. Cloaked - literally in darkness, skeletal and cold, he’s the one who comes for us all, scythe in hand, to reap our souls when our time has come. But how did this eerie image come to be? S O U R C E S:
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| Episode Thirty-Nine: Zombies & Revenants- zombussy [with Ewan] | 16 Oct 2024 | 01:06:12 | |
Please heed the notes at the top of the episode and LIKE/SUBSCRIBE FOR BRAAAINS. Thanks so much to Ewan for stepping in to be the Emily of the episode. We trace the origins of zombies back to Haiti and Ewan runs us through zombies in pop culture, namedropping some best known media. Then Niamh brings us through to modern day substance-afflicted zombies recorded in medical journals. Lets not forget the relationship between zombies and revenants in mythology, how they have shown up in Game of Thrones, and how your ancestors buried their dead to ward against them coming back! S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Hel, Half-dead | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 11 Oct 2024 | 00:11:14 | |
Deep beneath the surface of the earth, in a realm hidden from the eyes of the living, there exists a place where death itself holds court. The air is cold, the ground unyielding, and at the heart of it all, sits a figure with half a face of life, half a face of decay—this is Hel, the queen of Helheim. Sources
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| Episode Thirty-Eight: Ravens & Crows - night crap | 02 Oct 2024 | 00:42:30 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE for good karma from your feathery ancestors! Emily does what she does best and brings us an animal folklore episode all about Ravens and Crows! From their crazy intelligence and fashion sense, to their appearance in dreams, nightmares, fables and creation myths ,we got it all! Bewaare the Nachtkrapp and the Nattramnen, and be sure to befriend your local murder. Sources:
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| Pine Cones: Harpies | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 27 Sep 2024 | 00:10:22 | |
Tonight, we journey deep into the ancient world where gods and monsters ruled the skies. This episode is dedicated to some of the most terrifying creatures in myth: the Harpies, Zeus’ hounds of the wind, feared by mortals and revered by gods. S O U R C E S:
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| Pine Cones: Ghost Ships | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 20 Sep 2024 | 00:17:26 | |
Every winter, the desolate shores of Block Island are shrouded in an unnatural gloom, where the spectral glow of a doomed vessel, the Palatine, haunts the eyes of those brave enough to look upon it..... For Sea-tember and our TENTH Pine Cones, we bring you on a spooky voyage into the world of ghost ships, bot phantasmal and abandoned. SOURCES:
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| Episode Thirty-Seven: Mermaids- Serpent Saturdayyy | 11 Sep 2024 | 00:47:02 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or your wife might turn tail and run! Niamh is deep in Sea-tember right now with a full length Mermaids episode. We go right back to the beginning with Atorgatis, then take a swim across continents with folk tales about Suvannamaccha, Rusalki, the Renvyle Merrow (Murrough) in Ireland, and how a school of scary ladies held up construction in Zimbabwe. Did you know the bacckgound to the Starbucks "siren"? Sources: /www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-mermaid “The Mermaid:” Nead an Iolraigh (roll number 11669) Cloonlooaun, Co. Galway Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhain, https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602688/4595293/4616680?HighlightText=mermaid&Route=stories&SearchLanguage=ga https://www.britannica.com/topic/rusalka https://www.culture.ru/s/vopros/rusalki/ https://theworld.org/stories/2017/05/13/zimbabwe-mermaids-appeased-traditional-beer-ritual https://www.worldhistory.org/Melusine/ Additional Sounds: Pixabay Featured Podmoth podcast: Speak of the Devil Contact Rowanandpinepod@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine We ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pine Cones: Sailor Superstitions | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 06 Sep 2024 | 00:10:22 | |
We are diving into Sea-tember with a rundown of old Sailor Superstitions. This fascinating custom still somewhat survives in the industry, but hopefully no Scottish people are being dunked? 🌊🦭☠️🧜♀️⚓️ Sources: - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/collections/top-20-sailing-superstitions&ved=2ahUKEwj9lIbA4K2IAxXmTkEAHVaeM4YQFnoECBgQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3uElSY_ndhv13Z70ioJ2zT - https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/List-of-Sailors-Superstitions-Burial-at-Sea.pdf Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Additional sounds by Pixabay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Episode Thirty-Six: Baba Yaga - C.G.E (Calming Geese Energy) | 14 Aug 2024 | 00:43:30 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or we'll send you off to the woods for fire... Emily talks us through her homegirl Baba Yaga! She is a huge inspiration in Emily's art and is the archetype for that Witch of the Woods figure we all know from folk tales, like Hansel & Gretel (and I guess Throne of Glass???). Expect some rabbit-holing about Canada geese... Also some feminist rants to round out the episode because it's us. Proud member of Podmoth Media Network Listen to our No Bodies episodes! Sources:
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| Pine Cones: Lughnasadh | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 01 Aug 2024 | 00:06:56 | |
Happy Lughnasadh to all who celebrate! Today we mark the harvest with this little explainer of who Lugh is and how his festival came to be. Sources: https://uisneach.ie/events/lughnasa-festival/ https://brehonacademy.org/tailtiu-the-divine-maternal-heartbeat-of-irelands-mythical-landscape/ Part of @Podmoth Media Network Check out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ X: @PodMothNetwork IG: @PodMoth Additional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic. Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Pine Cones: Sin Eaters | Rowan & Pine Shorts | 21 Jul 2024 | 00:08:43 | |
In the quiet, misty valleys of northern Europe and beyond, where the wind whispers secrets through the heather and the rugged hills keep ancient tales close to their heart, there existed a peculiar and eerie tradition—the ritual of the sin-eater. Surprise! Niamh keeps her word for once and does an episode she teased months ago. This was just enough for a short. The Sin Eater in Fargo was a huge inspiration for this one, and given the research out there, he was portrayed perfectly! Please enjoy while getting ready for bed or over your morning coffee. Don't forget to say hi on socials [especially the accompanying tiktok/reel] and let us know what you thought. Additional Sounds: Pixabay Theme: CreepyMood by SoulPordMusic Sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-sin-eater-1.284492 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater https://nearlyknowledgeablehistory.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-sin-eater.html Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Episode Thirty-Five: Japanese Witchcraft - Too many oranges | 02 Jul 2024 | 01:08:10 | |
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or we'll feed you to the spider creature in the woods! Niamh brings you lovely dotes to Japan for the FINALE of our witchcraft series. It's been a ride, eh? We start out with an overview of Shintoism and the relationship between Oni-Women and folkloric witches like the Yamauba. Then we look at Western wiccan influences and Majo, which probably resulted in your fave lil Japanese delivery broom rider. Then to close out, a look at Japan's answer to the Salem Witch Trials - the persecution of the Yuta in Okinawa. Intro clip from Okinawan Uta - the Women Shamans of Okinawa from Stray Compass Life Channel. Fair use, we own nothing. Listen to our No Bodies episodes! https://linktr.ee/nobodieshorrorpodcast?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZP1l_IgpciuibyOKEYwYHZHKAC5n-HCX2Ic8ukqOU6jFnHGIT_CbIE380_aem_mVDnRO9pxGNzbDWfrB399A Sources:
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