Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast
Emily & Niamh 85 episodes Nov 11, 2026
Two internet friends, one American and one Irish, explore folklore, mythology, and dark history through a feminist and sometimes spooky lens. Topics include goddesses, folk tales, animal symbolism, hauntings, and more. The podcast releases one main episode and one whimsical short per month, with bonus content available on Patreon.
Episodes
Episode Fifty-Seven: La Loba & Music in Folklore with Emily Magpie
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSRCIBE OR YOUR BONES MAY NEVER REASSEMBLEThis is a special treat for the musically inclined. Indie pop artist Emily Magpie joins us from a stormy residency in Cornwall to talk about the folkloric inspiration behind her mini album, 2026's Howl which invokes powerful imagery and old-world storytelling set to looping, dreamy beats. Emily speaks about her rediscovery of folklor
PATREON Preview: Threehouse of Horror 1
This is a preview of our Patreon offering for October! Niamh's husband and past guest, Ewan, has selected 3 movies to pair with Rowan and Pine past topics. We are calling it Threehouse of Horror (pls don't sue). For more content like this ad-free, check out our Patreon!Let us know if you like it because he says he won't do any more otherwise.Music by Ewan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co
Episode Fifty-Six: La Llorona the Woman in White - HALLOWEEN Spooktober Urban Legends👰♀️💀
CW for mentions of child death and postpartum mental health issuesPLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSRCIBE OR WE'LL CRY OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE.It finally happened - we met in person! This is our 5th Halloween episode and the first episode we have EVER recorded in the same room. Strap in for a momentous occasion as we chat about meeting IRL after almost 20 years of online friendship, then do what we do best: chat
Dead Air: A Creators Collective Audio Anthology - Part 2
It's heeere! This is the concluding part of our Halloween Anthology, featuring a story by us - DEAD last! It was a great excuse to research into the spooky history of the Hellfire Club and for Niamh to lend her voice to the story. Please be sure to check out the other pods on the list and once again, thanks to the CC for having us!👻👻👻👻👻Welcome back,When we last left off, our hosts were in a pe
Pine Cones: 🪞 Mirror Folklore | Rowan & Pine Shorts
Long before they were everyday fixtures, mirrors were viewed not as simple reflective glass, but as windows into the unseen. In medieval Europe, the practice of catoptromancy (divination using reflections) was closely tied to witchcraft and the belief that a mirror reveals the future rather than the present. Ancient traditions said that a mirror reflected a person's very soul: a distorted image si
Dead Air: A Creators Collective Audio Anthology - Part 1
HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON, WITCHES! Niamh got to try out some voice acting for this very special horror anthology with our pals at Creators Collective as one of the Five Doomed Hosts trapped in an abandoned radio station. Our story contribution will show up in Part 2, but you need to get the lore before that. Be sure to check out the pods in the LinkTree below and don't say we never do anything nice
Episode Fifty-Five Pt.2: Bloody Mary [feat. Back Away Slowly] Spooktober Urban Legends
PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE OR we'll show up in unlikely places.Spooktober continues, Fiends! We are back for the second part of our Bloody Mary episode.Em of the Back Away Slowly Podcast has done an insane deep dive into urban legends and Mary herself, so it was only fitting that we summon her for this one. This second part gets into international variations of Mary, what the legend tells u
Episode Fifty-Five Pt.1: Bloody Mary [feat. Back Away Slowly] Spooktober Urban Legends
PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE OR we'll do it in YOUR bathroom.Happy Spooktober, Fiends! This month, we are treating you to an Urban Legends Special and kicking off with the most iconic bathroom ghost of all: Bloody Mary.Em of the Back Away Slowly Podcast has done an insane deep dive into urban legends and Mary herself, so it was only fitting that we summon her for this one. It's going to be a two-
Spill the Tea Leaves #5 |✨Witchy Special w/ Katie Ortiz, Author ✨
Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. Niamh chats with author Katie Ortiz about her upcoming debut novel, The Southern Sorority of Superstitious Witches. We explore witchcraft in the South, women's liberation, and the inspiration behind Katie's writing.We also share our ultimate recommendation list of books, movies, TV, and games f
Pine Cones: Sunken Cities | Rowan & Pine Shorts
On 7 June 1692, a massive earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami killed two thousand people and submerged the city of Port Royal in Jamaica. Once dubbed the "wickedest city on earth," Port Royal was the infamous haven for the real-life pirates of the Caribbean, and its sudden sinking was widely deemed a swift act of divine retribution...S O U R C E S:https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sunke
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Pine Cones: Doomsday Fish [Giant Oarfish] | Rowan & Pine Shorts
During the Edo period, tales of mysterious yokai prophesying danger began to sweep across Japan. First came the Amabiko, a three-legged monkey-like spirit predicting hard times. Later, off the coast of Higo, stories spread of the Amabie, a strange, glittering creature with three legs, long flowing hair, a bird’s beak, and mermaid scales, surfacing to warn humanity of an impending epidemic.Over the
Spill the Tea Leaves #4 | Spooky Szn Watchlist, Victorian Hair Art, Em's Birth Story
CW mentions of Sexual Assault, Addiction, Suicide, ChildbirthGrab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. In this outtake from the Sea(tember) floor, we chat about the ethics of meat and taxidermy, how Emily has been since baby no.3 came into the world, plus our spooky season watchlist.CREATORS COLLECTIVECheck out the CC featured pod: Dow
Episode Fifty-Four: Funayūrei, Japanese Ghost Ships 🌊 it's Testicle Tuesday!
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
Pine Cones: The Zodiac | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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 a
Episode Fifty-Three: Astrology Pt.2 [With Megan] - Whimsigoths
PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or 🫵 WIIIIITCHThis 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 pra
Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast Trailer
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
WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. Check out the video version of this episode on Patrreon for all tiers“As for speaking, there was no one to speak to, and as for laughing, she had no mind to it; so she sat on and looked at nothing but her work.” — The Six Swans, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1812), translated by Margaret Hunt ”The Brothers Grimm are household names: spoken with the same familiarity as Cin
Episode Fifty-Two Pt.2: Damsels [feat. Fairy Tale Fix] - Unsuspecting Ass
CW - Mention of sexual assaultPLEASE 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
Episode Fifty-Two Pt.1: Damsels [feat. Fairy Tale Fix] - F*ck Perseus!
CW - Mention of suicidePLEASE 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 pi
Pine Cones: Hagstones | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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
Episode Fifty-One: Monuments & Ley Lines w/Heather Wildflower
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 sub
Pine Cones: Blue Moon 🌑 | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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
Episode Fifty: The Divine Feminine & Divination - Trad wife trash talk
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 t
Pine Cones: The Plague Cult of St. Roch | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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 succumb
BONUS: Ghost Story Spooktacular | Appalachian Witch, The Black-Eyed Children
This is the audio of our Ghost Story Spooktacular from Instagram - for those of you too scared of social media.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode Forty-Nine: HALLOWEEN Dante's Inferno - The ghost co-host 👻
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 fan
Pine Cones: The Greek Underworld | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts
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 Shttps://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Places/The_Underworld/the_underworld.htmGarland,
Episode Forty-Eight: Spooky Shadow People - The Feeur (with Megan)
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:https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3788890/shadows-of-ourselves-the-unexplained-pheno
Pine Cones: The Man Who Wasn't There | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts 🎃
“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 MearnsYou’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 i
Pine Cones: Sedna | Rowan & Pine Shorts
Her right hand traces the fjord in her thighShe counts the things she is afraid of:Nothing,Her own fingers—Ringed sealsTrapped in the freezing sea.Sedna by Allyson YoungThe 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 goddes
Pine Cones: Finfolk | Rowan & Pine Shorts
“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
Episode Forty-Seven: Selkies (collab with It Came From The Maritimes) - weird uncle stories
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 Cree
Pine Cones: Judicial Astrology | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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
Spill the Tea Leaves #3 |Astrology Birth Chart Bonding
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/
Episode Forty-six: Astrology Part 1 - Final Boss Scorpio (with Megan)
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 wen
Pine Cones: Corpse Roads | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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:https://www.ouririshheritage.org/content/knowyour5k/t
Episode Forty-Five: Inanna, The Final Girl - Full bush/no bush (with Ewan)
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 cha
Pine Cones: Witch Bottles | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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 r
Freaky Folklore 1: Bigfoot Boss | NSFW Patreon Preview
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 <3Check out the FULL episode on Patreon now!https://linktr.ee/rowanandpineC
Spill the Tea Leaves #2 | Sinners, The Ugly Stepsister, The Sleeping Beauties
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/rowanandpineTheme by Nick Payne https://buymeacoffee.com/prompternickMentioned:T
Pine Cones: Hand of Glory | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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:https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198607663.001.0001/acref-9780198607663-e-462https://www.atlaso
Spill the Tea Leaves #1 | Hadestown, Beating the Bounds
GET EARLY ACCESS FOR PATRONS!https://linktr.ee/rowanandpineWelcome 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://
Episode Forty-Four: Little Red Riding Hood- obscure white people
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE or may Little Red hunt down your packEmily 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 g
Pine Cones: Fire in Folklore | Rowan & Pine Shorts 🔥
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
Episode Forty-Three: Medusa - Snake pubes
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
Pine Cones: Pregnancy Superstitions | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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:Pregnancy Superstitions, Richard M. Dorson, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1955) pp. 55-56 (2 pages) Published By: Western States Folklore Societyhttps://www.britannica.com/story/9-bizar
Episode Forty-Two: Midwifery & Witchcraft - It's not the devil just because you don't know how it works
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 suppressio
Pine Cones: Incantations | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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:https://www.gutenberg.org/files/376/376-h/376-h.htmhttps://www.dictionary
Episode Forty-One: Blodeuwedd, Flower Goddess - The power of three will set us free
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 paral
Episode Forty: HALLOWEEN Psychopomps - Hermes and his dorky lil' sandals
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:http
Pine Cones: Grim Reaper | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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
Episode Thirty-Nine: Zombies & Revenants- zombussy [with Ewan]
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 t
Pine Cones: Hel, Half-dead | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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.Sourceshttps://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/giants/hel/https://www.britannica.com/topic/
Episode Thirty-Eight: Ravens & Crows - night crap
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:“A
Pine Cones: Harpies | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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:https://www.greeka.com/thessaly/pelion/myths/jason-argonauts/https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-harpy-in-greek-mythology-definition-orig
Pine Cones: Ghost Ships | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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:Ghost Ships by Kevin Hilehttps://moonmausoleum.com/b
Episode Thirty-Seven: Mermaids- Serpent Saturdayyy
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 bacc
Pine Cones: Sailor Superstitions | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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=2ahUKEwj9lIbA4K2IAxXmTkEA
Episode Thirty-Six: Baba Yaga - C.G.E (Calming Geese Energy)
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 episo
Pine Cones: Lughnasadh | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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
Pine Cones: Sin Eaters | Rowan & Pine Shorts
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 ins
Episode Thirty-Five: Japanese Witchcraft - Too many oranges
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 Ja
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Episode Thirty-Four: Mexican Brujeria feat. Melina - X-tina is that u?
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or may La Bruja haunt the tree in your yard.We have our first special guest! The hilarious Melina joins us to help us learn all about Mexican Witchcraft, AKA Brujeria. In this episode we talk about how the colonisation of Mexico by Catholic invaders forced indigenous beliefs on to the fringes of acceptable society until it became an act of resistance. Today, Brujeria is,
Episode Thirty-Three: African Azande Witchcraft - Donegal Catch
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or your chicken will betray you.Niamh is in continental Africa this week with a very broad overview of post-colonial witchcraft and how it has endured to the present day. Please adhere to content warnings and take care of yourself! We finish off with a case study of Azande witchcraft :)Intro clip from "Witchcraft Among the Azande" by John Ryle from the Disappearing World
Episode Thirty-Two: Witch Trials of Western Europe - Original Incel
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or your penis might get robbed.Niamh Is back in Europe this episode with a scene-setting of how we went from folk magic and healing to mass execution. We focus on Scotland, England, Ireland and Germany. Lots of justified slamming of weak murderous men and a little tour of the criminal justice system.Additional sounds by Pixabay, voice acting from Eleven Labs.Sources:The
Episode Thirty-One: Norse Witchcraft - Disappointed Dad, Odin
YOOO-HOOOO aaaaalllll hands. Better rate/like/comment/subscribe or risk the wrath of the Allfather!Emily's episode this week is about the roots of Norse Witchcraft!. From seiðr, galdr, and Runic magic, we learn about what makes such a fascinating mythology tick! Did you know Odin was a poet?Sources:https://norsemythologist.com/norse-magic/#:~:text=The%20three%20types%20of%20basic,enemies%2C%2
Pine Cones: Celtic Brehon Legal System | Rowan & Pine Shorts
First Pine Cones of 2024, witches!Niamh gets to nerd out over the Brehon Legal system, the Celtic civil law system which preceded the Common law. This is an Episode 30 outtake, so if you were just getting into it, there's an hour of that waiting for you! All the credit to the sources below:Brehon law: Medieval Sex Magic to Divorce https://www.irishhistorypodcast.ie/interviews/brehon-law%3A-mediev
Episode Thirty: Celtic Witchcraft - Counter fairy attacks
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE OR WE'LL PUT A CHARM OF IMPOTENCE IN YO MANS BED.The Witchcraft series continues with Witchcraft of the Celtic world! From natural paganism, sacred trees to scruffy druid men and the goddess Brigid (hay gurl). Cursing, folk healing, wise women and fairy mischief have been a huge part of Irish and Manx culture right through Christian influence. We also have tales of a mod
Episode Twenty-Nine: Greco-Roman Witchcraft - We love scary b*tch*s!
PLEASE LIKE/SHARE/SUBSCRIBE to avoid a nasty hex.Emily kicks off our new thicccqq mini-series on witchcraft with a rundown of Greek and Roman witches. From myths about Hecate, Circe and Erictho, to an examination of magical men who didn't face the same scrutiny as practicing witches of their time. We also hear from a certain Roman baby for relationship advice in Creature Counsel.SOURCES:https://ww
Episode Twenty-Eight: Snow Maidens, Queens & Goddesses - Are we the Brothers Grimm?!
TW for brief mentions of weight loss chat at the beginning and again around the 1 hour mark. Skip about 30 seconds each time and you'll be good,PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or your coffee will be cold for 2024!HAPPY NEW YEAR SPOOKY BITCHES.Grab your fluffiest socks and crank up the heat because Niamh is back with a look at Ladies Who Snow. From fictional characters from Narnia to inventions of pure
Episode Twenty-Seven: Jack Frost - Hot Guyliner
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or you won't get any pretty patterns on your windows.You might need a hot drink for this one as we are all about the Frosty Boi himself - Jack Frost. Where did he come from, and does he have any basis in folklore? We take a trip back through time and over to our Nordic Neighbours for some frosty fun. Apologies in advance for any pronunciation errors - we did really try!S
Episode Twenty-Six: House Spirits Pt.2 - Ominous Bucket
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or the kobold will either roast you on a spit or push you over, it's hard to predict...Emily is back this week with the conclusion of our 2-parter on house spirits. We pick things up in Japan with the Zashiki-warashi and look into some dark population control. Then Germany shows us how they manage to run such a tight ship (or mine?). Our Creature Counsel this week is fro
Pine Cones: Victorian Macabre Christmas | Rowan & Pine Shorts
Hello Hello! We did pledge to keep releasing Pine Cones once a month as our schedules allow. This one is a primer for our LIVE Instagram event on December 2nd! All the information is here:https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz12oy-usEa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== and also here:https://www.facebook.com/events/1747824102391199/?ref=newsfeedPlease get cosy, make a drink and maybe
Episode Twenty-Five: House Spirits Pt.1 - I'll get into your van, Witchy Woman
PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUBSCRIBE or may the Tomte wreak havoc on your socks!Emily is back this week with the first of a TWO parter on house spirits. We start with a little frolic though northern Europe and learn why real estate might be abit more compicated. Our Creature Counsel this week is from an ominous road passenger...C O N T A C T:rowanandpinepod@gmail.comlinktr.ee/rowanandpine Hosted on Ac
Episode Twenty-Four: HALLOWEEN Crossroads Folklore - My dog Shart
PLEASE RATE/REVIEW/SUBSCRIBE OR Betty will be at your window TONIGHTHAPPY HALLOWEEN, NERDS!We have a bumper, extra long, extra spooky episode to close out the greatest month of the year. Niamh looks into the folklore of Crossroads, including liminal spaces and times, some dark history, and of course Vodou Loa to guide us beyond the veil. Don't forget to stick around to the end for some Creature Co
Pine Cones: Friday the 13th| Rowan & Pine Shorts
Our Spooky Short this week was inspired by the special phenomenon of an OCTOBER Friday the 13th! Where does the superstition - or fear - come from? Emily take us on a trip through history that shows it has to be more than just mere coincidence...Written, researched and voiced by Emily, edited by Niamh.Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusicAdditional Sounds by Pixabay and Chest CrystalSources:https://
Pine Cones: Witches' Brooms | Rowan & Pine Shorts
Our Spooky Short this week is a barrelling swoop into the connection between witches and their broomsticks. What were those ladies doing on their sabbath.Theme song: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic on Pixabay.Script by EmilyWith quotes from "The Crucible" by Henry Miller - special thanks to Glen Ridge High School English Dept!Sources:https://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/DetailsPage.aspx?Feminae_ID=3
Episode Twenty-Three: Haunted Dolls - it's the WAAARREENNS
PLEASE RATE/REVIEW/SUBSCRIBE or Robert will be sitting on the end of your bed.Spooktober Spectacular brings us Emily's compilation of haunted dolls, from Annabelle and Robert to some lesser known little creeps, plus a new holiday destination.https://www.nhregister.com/living/article/Real-Annabelle-story-shared-by-Lorraine-11382545.phphttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-do
Pine Cones: Jack O'Lantern | Rowan & Pine Spooky Shorts
Spooktober Bonus Content continues with a solo episode from Niamh on Stingy Jack: The Origin of the Jack O'Lantern.Ever wondered were your pumpkin friend got his name? This could very well be his origin story. Compiled from folklore sources across the web, written & edited by Niamh.https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine Thanks to: OldSoulArtisanThe Irish Times Púca FestivalNational GeographicAni Balan
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