Today I speak to David Novak, one of the world's most talented storytellers. Described as ‘the brothers Grimm meet Carl Jung and Monty Python’, and as ‘the most eclectic storyteller on the scene today’,  David Novak is acknowledged as a master of the art of storytelling. A veteran of the US National Storytelling Festival, he has been a keynote speaker for the Sydney International Storytelling Conference and received the Circle of Excellence Award from the National Storytelling Network. David's website:http://www.david-novak.com/homeBlog:https://atellingexperience.blogspot.com/2015/02/spherical-storytelling.htmlhttps://atellingexperience.blogspot.com/2015/08/cinderellas-coach.htmlhttps://atellingexperience.blogspot.com/2019/01/telling-possibility.htmlVideo:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL00ACBD5C1EBD6797https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD94C2CB43D6378FESupport House of Legends on Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/houseoflegendsGet my book, The Bone Flute, at Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LHV0C9LXX449&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565192&sprefix=Daniel+all%2Caps%2C374&sr=8-1And Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Sorcery-Prehistoric-Scotland-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H9JF1VI7OSTY&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565229&sprefix=Daniel+Allison%2Caps%2C395&sr=8-2Join the House of Legends Club at:https://www.houseoflegends.me/landing-pageMusic by Kate Young https://www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

This week we meet one of the world's finest storytellers, Mara Menzies, and hear a story from her show Blood & Gold.Find Mara at:https://www.marathestoryteller.comhttps://business.facebook.com/MaratheStoryteller/https://www.instagram.com/marastoryteller/?hl=enhttps://twitter.com/marastoryteller?lang=enSupport House of Legends on Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/houseoflegendsGet my book, The Bone Flute, at Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LHV0C9LXX449&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565192&sprefix=Daniel+all%2Caps%2C374&sr=8-1And Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Sorcery-Prehistoric-Scotland-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H9JF1VI7OSTY&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565229&sprefix=Daniel+Allison%2Caps%2C395&sr=8-2Join the House of Legends Club at:https://www.houseoflegends.me/landing-pageMusic by Kate Young https://www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

This week's story comes from the pygmy people of the Congo. I heard it told by Joseph Campbell in an interview he gave with Bill Moyers. You can watch a clip here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F7Wwew8X4YSupport House of Legends on Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/houseoflegendsGet my book, The Bone Flute, at Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LHV0C9LXX449&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565192&sprefix=Daniel+all%2Caps%2C374&sr=8-1And Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Sorcery-Prehistoric-Scotland-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H9JF1VI7OSTY&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565229&sprefix=Daniel+Allison%2Caps%2C395&sr=8-2Join the House of Legends Club at:https://www.houseoflegends.me/landing-pageMusic by Kate Young https://www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

In this episode I interview Noah Tetzner, the host of The History of Vikings Podcast. Noah gives an overview of the Norse cosmology and then we discuss the source texts and different aspects of the subject in more depth. Sources episodes are a new feature for House of Legends, in which we delve deeper into mythology and folklore as opposed to hearing stories. Let me know if you'd like to hear more of these.You can learn more about The History of Vikings at:www.thehistoryofvikings.comFollow Noah on social media at:https://twitter.com/HistoryofVikinghttps://www.instagram.com/thehistoryofvikings/Support House of Legends with a Patreon pledge at:https://www.patreon.com/danielallisonYou can get my book, The Bone Flute, described as 'spellbinding', 'masterful' and 'the next big thing in fantasy' at Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars-Book-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RW1U3NL65AIC&keywords=the+bone+flute&qid=1575969804&sprefix=the+bone+fl%2Caps%2C229&sr=8-1And Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+bone+flute&qid=1575969840&sr=8-1And worldwide.Music by Kate Young:www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

In this episode I talk to Danica Boyce, the host of Fair Folk, an outstanding folklore podcast. Clarification from Danica: The version of the Cruel Mother that she sings is by Shirley Collins, an English singer; the song is English/Scottish but the lines about the afterlives are from The Maid and the Palmer, a ballad collected from an Irish traveller.Check out Fair Folk Podcast at:https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fair-folk-podcast/id1177770160Support House of Legends on Patreon at:https://www.patreon.com/houseoflegendsGet my book, The Bone Flute, at Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LHV0C9LXX449&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565192&sprefix=Daniel+all%2Caps%2C374&sr=8-1And Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Sorcery-Prehistoric-Scotland-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3H9JF1VI7OSTY&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1576565229&sprefix=Daniel+Allison%2Caps%2C395&sr=8-2Join the House of Legends Club at:https://www.houseoflegends.me/landing-pageYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

This week's story is from Scotland. It's a tale of the kelpie, one of our most famous and fascinating otherworld creatures. I heard it from Ian Stephen, a storyteller from the Isle of Lewis, and have been telling it a lot in performance recently.Support House of Legends with a Patreon pledge at:https://www.patreon.com/danielallisonYou can get my book, The Bone Flute, described as 'spellbinding', 'masterful' and 'the next big thing in fantasy' at Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars-Book-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2RW1U3NL65AIC&keywords=the+bone+flute&qid=1575969804&sprefix=the+bone+fl%2Caps%2C229&sr=8-1And Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+bone+flute&qid=1575969840&sr=8-1And worldwide.Music by Kate Young.You can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

It's time for snowy stories! We kick off the season of wintry tales with a perennial favourite of mine, The Snow Maiden. This is a Russian folk tale collected by Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev, which was later made into a play and opera, and lingers in that classic Christmas film, The Snowman.You can support House of Legends by getting a copy of my book, The Bone Flute, which reviewers are calling 'masterful', 'breathtaking' and 'the next big thing in fantasy' at Amazon UK:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars/dp/1709378727/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Daniel+allison&qid=1575371845&sr=8-1Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars-Book-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Daniel+allison&qid=1575371871&sr=8-1And worldwide.Music by Kate Young www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

We remain in Orkney for a tale which introduces us to the strange beings known in Orkney as the finfolk. You can learn more about the finfolk n Tom Muir's excellent Orkney Folk Tales. Get it in the UK at:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orkney-Folk-Tales-United-Kingdom/dp/075249905X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=orkney+folk+tales&qid=1574719255&sr=8-2Get my novel The Bone Flute, set in Prehistoric Orkney, at:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bone-Flute-Tears-Stars-Book-ebook/dp/B081P2TRR6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3M83GEVTZ56UK&keywords=daniel+allison&qid=1574719324&sprefix=daniel+all%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1Music courtesy of Kate Young www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

A special episode featuring a reading from my new novel, The Bone Flute, set in Iron Age Orkney and drawing on Scottish and Orcadian mythology.The Bone Flute is available now from Amazon; follow the link below:https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B081P2TRR6?pf_rd_p=3730611c-1654-405c-a45c-eec586a43cc7&pf_rd_r=7FNG5BJBGJ9F5AAHQ6RRMusic by Kate Young.You can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

We kick off our mini-series of Orcadian stories with The Mermaid Bride.You can find this story in two books by Orcadian storyteller Tom Muir. The first is The Mermaid Bride and the other is Orkney Folk Tales. I highly recommend both.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tom-Muir/e/B0034QAO6C?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1573505319&sr=8-1Tom recently helped develop the Orkney Folklore Trail app - read about it here:https://www.orkneyology.com/orkney-folklore-trail.htmlMusic by Kate Young, one of Scotland's most innovative traditional musicians.www.kateyoungmusic.comYou can join Daniel Allison and Danica Boyce's 'Cave of Dreams' gatherings here.Support the podcast by buying one of my ebooks for the price of a cup of coffee here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.