Rejected Religion Podcast RR Podcast E16 P2 Dr. Jenny Butler: Death, the Otherworld & The Good People in Irish Folklore & Contemporary Pagan Worldviews
Part 2 Highlights:
My conversation with Jenny goes in a direction that I had not really anticipated, but was happy to let organically unfold. Jenny begins by talking about the contemporary pagan practices and traditional Irish views about Samhain or Halloween, but from there we talk rather in-depth about the complex relationship between the dead and 'the good people', otherwise known as fairies- whether they like humans or not - and how the ideas about 'the good people' are tied up in Irish culture (that has had a difficult past, especially due to Catholicism), and how new narratives are emerging due to contemporary pagan efforts.
PROGRAM NOTES:
Bio Dr. Jenny Butler (website and UCC page): About - Dr Jenny Butler
UCC Research Profiles: Jenny Butler, Study of Religions
Academia.edu page: Jenny Butler | University College Cork - Academia.edu
Selected works:
(PDF) Neo-Pagan Celebrations of Samhain | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu
(PDF) The Neo-Pagan Ritual Year and Historical Reinterpretations | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu
(PDF) The Neo-Pagan Ritual Year | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu
(PDF) Irish Neo-Paganism: Worldview and Identity | Jenny Butler - Academia.edu
Other Reference Works:
The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger by Patricia Lysaght: The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger by Patricia Lysaght (goodreads.com)
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles by Ronald Hutton: The pagan religions of the ancient British Isles : their nature and legacy : Hutton, Ronald : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer by Gearoid O'Crualaoich: The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise Woman Healer: Amazon.co.uk: Gearóid Ó Crualaoich: 9781859184127: Books
Theme music: Daniel P. Shea
Other music: Stephanie Shea