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Episode 5: "The Very Black Witch" from "How Culwhch Won Olwen"
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In this episode storyteller Kathy Shimpock, shares two versions of "The Very Black Witch" found within the story of "When Culwhch Won Olwen." The first is the traditional story as found in The Mabinogion, the second, is a newly created variation. She also discusses the wisdom this witchy Crone can share with women today.
Story: "How Culwhch Won Olwen," in The Mabinogion, as translated by Lady Charlotte Guest in 1894.
Cover illustration: Fountains Abbey bestiary. England, probably North Yorkshire, ca. 1325-1350. MS M.890. Fol. 013v
Music: The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Copyright 2019, Kathy Shimpock.
For more crone tales, visit the "Wise Crone Cottage in the Woods" (http://www.wisecronecottage.com).
49 episodes
Manage episode 273552729 series 2799527
In this episode storyteller Kathy Shimpock, shares two versions of "The Very Black Witch" found within the story of "When Culwhch Won Olwen." The first is the traditional story as found in The Mabinogion, the second, is a newly created variation. She also discusses the wisdom this witchy Crone can share with women today.
Story: "How Culwhch Won Olwen," in The Mabinogion, as translated by Lady Charlotte Guest in 1894.
Cover illustration: Fountains Abbey bestiary. England, probably North Yorkshire, ca. 1325-1350. MS M.890. Fol. 013v
Music: The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Copyright 2019, Kathy Shimpock.
For more crone tales, visit the "Wise Crone Cottage in the Woods" (http://www.wisecronecottage.com).
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