House of Legends: World Myths & Legends

Daniel Allison
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Jun 4, 2019 • 23min

Episode 6: The Corpse Bride

This story is taken from:'The Creative Fire: Myths & Stories on the Cycles of Creativity' by Clarissa Pinkola EstesEstes is best known for her seminal work 'Women Who Run With The Wolves'. If you enjoy this podcast, you will enjoy this book! If you've already read it, do give her audiobooks a try. They're full of great material and her voice is incredibly rich.Support the podcast by buying an ebook for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythology Handbook here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.
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May 28, 2019 • 19min

Episode 5: The Prince Of Wolves

A gorgeous wintry Tsimshian tale, taken from Winter Tales by Lari Don.Discover more of Lari's work here.Learn more about the Tsimshian culture here.Support the podcast by buying an ebook for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythology Handbook here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.
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May 21, 2019 • 27min

Episode 4: The Fairy Lover

I heard this story from Ian Stephen, a storyteller, author and poet from the Isle of Lewis. Learn more about Ian's work here.Support the podcast by buying an ebook for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythology Handbook here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.
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May 11, 2019 • 18min

Episode 2: Ossian & Niamh

The classic Celtic legend of Ossian and Niamh, in which the son of Fionn Mac Cumhaill travels to Tir Nan Nog, Land of the Ever Young.Support the podcast by buying an ebook for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythology Handbook here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.
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May 11, 2019 • 27min

Episode 3: Seventy Languages

In this episode we visit Siberia for the story of Seventy Languages. This story was taken from ‘Singing Story, Healing Drum’ by Kira Van Deusen. Other recommended volumes by the author are ‘Raven and The Rock’ and ‘The Flying Tiger’.Learn more about Siberian spiritual traditions in the seminal text, ‘Shamanism; Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy’ by Mircea Eliade.A wonderful album of Siberian music is ‘Voices From The Distant Steppe’ by Shu-De.Support the podcast by buying an ebook for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythology Handbook here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.
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May 11, 2019 • 23min

Episode 1: The Hunter's Tears

This episode welcomes you to the House of Legends before taking you to the Kalahari Desert for the story of the Hunter’s Tears.If you would like to learn more about the San or Bushmen people, who tell this story, take a look at:The Lost World of the Kalahari by Laurens Van Der PostThis clip from The Life of Mammals, showing a San hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_oThe Bushmen face many pressures today - learn more about their situation and how to help at https://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/bushmenSupport the podcast by buying an ebook for the price of a cup of coffee here.Get Daniel's free full-colour Celtic Mythology Handbook here.Thanks for being part of House of Legends.

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