Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

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Episode Sixteen: The Northern Lights - Penguin farts Jan 18, 2023

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Our first episode of 2023 eases us in with an exploration of the Aurora Borealis. Featuring the usual WWDITS tangents, sorry.

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Episode Fifteen: Winter Solstice, Yule, & The Wild Hunt - Johnny from the Fields Dec 21, 2022

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Niamh marks the Winter Solstice with tales of The Wild Hunt and "Yule" wanna shove a tree in your hearth. Sorry to pug owners and Grizzly Adams.

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Additional sounds by Pixabay

MAKE PUGS GREAT AGAIN

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Episode Fourteen: Krampus, Yule Lads, Ded Moroz - Santa...adjacent? Dec 07, 2022

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Emily talks about some alternatives to Santa Claus: Ded Moroz in Russia/Slavic region, La Befana in Italy, and Iceland's Yule Lads. No apologies to Putin.

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Additional sounds by Pixabay

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Episode Thirteen: Sleep Paralysis - Humanoid finger? Nov 23, 2022

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Niamh looks into some of the weird and wonderful creatures that have been dreamed up to explain that horrible phenomenon called Sleep Paralysis. Also a Buffy tangent.

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Sleep Paralysis: Historical, Psychological, and Medical Perspectives By Brian A. Sharpless, Karl Doghramji https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637172/

Nightmare Disorder and Isolated Sleep Paralysis by Stefani, A., Högl, B. . Neurotherapeutics 18, 100–106 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-020-00966-8
Description of sleep paralysis in The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky by Stefani A, Iranzo A, Santamaria J, Högl B; SINBAR (Sleep Innsbruck Barcelona) group. . https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28366334/
Hat Men Phenomena https://austinseance.com/2020/12/31/hat-men-phenomena-ghostly-sightings-across-the-globe/The-Austin-S%C3%A9ance-c48638028
Sleep Paralysis: A Guide to Hypnagogic Visions & Visitors of the Night by Ryan Hurd https://books.google.ie/books/about/Sleep_Paralysis.html?id=ScAaSKTLwfAC&redir_esc=y
The Terror That Comes in the Night by David Hufford https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/zk51vj27t

Additional sounds: Pixabay

Piano Music: "Mysterious & Mystic" by Danielyan Ashot Makichevich

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Episode Twelve: Dimensions & Portals - The brain itchies Nov 09, 2022

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We are BACK with our first post-Spooktober episode and it's all science-y. Emily talks us through all the dimensions and why inter-dimensional travel could explain fairies?

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UFOs Trojan Horse by John Keel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial_hypothesis

https://denniscooperblog.com/big-feet-and-the-interdimensional-hypothesis-2/

https://www.history.com/news/j-allen-hynek-ufos-project-blue-book

https://books.google.ie/books/about/Jon_Erik_Beckjord.html?id=Iy6btgAACAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Green-Children-of-Woolpit/

https://www.gaia.com/article/ufos-bigfoot-evidence-interdimensional-connection

https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/physicists-outline-10-different-dimensions-and-how-youd-experience-them/

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Episode Eleven: Samhain - Like a centaur except it’s a cow Oct 26, 2022

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Spooktober culminates in our extended Samhain episode! Niamh takes us through the ancient Irish festival (and a creature feature), while Emily looks back on the history of Halloween in the US.

CW: Mentions of rape in a mythological context.

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The Ritual Killing of the Irish Kings G. P. Dalton
https://www.knowth.com/tara.htm
https://pucafestival.com/origins/
The Púca: A Multi-Functional Irish Supernatural Entity by Deasún Breatnach
November Eve Beliefs and Customs in Irish Life and Literature by Helen Sewell Johnson
The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various.. By Thomas Keightley
The History of Halloween - Ellen Feldman

Additional sound effects from Pixabay

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Episode Ten: Spooky Ghost Stories - 85% Hair Oct 19, 2022

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Spooktober 3 is us scaring the knickers off you with some listener/friend/personal ghost stories, as well as some chilling internet finds. Also we ridicule TV mediums. CW for mentions of panic attacks and anxiety.

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Episode Nine: The Spooky Banshee and Other Death Omens - Funky Funky Bancheese Oct 12, 2022

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In Spooktober 2, Niamh takes us on a journey through death omens, harbingers, and of course that creepy creep known as The Banshee. Who knew foxes were so scary?

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Patricia Lysaght

Death Omens in a Breton Memorate by Ellen Badone

Duchas.ie

Banshee: Ireland's Screaming Harbinger of Death | Monstrum

http://gaslight-lit.s3-website.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/gaslight/banshee.htm

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/starlight/2018/09/hail-lady-death-death-goddesses-from-around-the-world/

Roman Omens, Roman Audiences, and Roman History by PAULINE RIPAT

Croker, Thomas Crofton. Fairy legends and traditions of the south of Ireland, John Murray, London, 1825.

http://wesclark.com/jw/doppleganger_lincoln.html

Sound effects: BBC Sounds, Pixabay

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Episode Eight - The Spooky Bennington Triangle: Bigfoot, the grumpy B*stard Oct 05, 2022

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Spooktober 1 is is Emily telling us about the weird occurrences of the Bennington Triangle. Also a rant about millionaires.

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https://www.legendsofamerica.com/bennington-triangle-vermont/

https://medium.com/@archiegoodwin_80602/the-mystery-of-the-bennington-triangle-588a22338e72

https://obscurevermont.com/the-vanished-town-of-glastenbury-and-the-bennington-triangle/

Mentioned:

Lore Podcast - Ep 67 Red Coats

Bridgewater Podcast,

Sherpa documentary

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Episode Seven: Autumnal Equinox - Mabon Maybe? No, Persephone! Sep 21, 2022

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Spooky Season Spectacular continues with our joint Autumn Equinox episode just in time for the sabbat. Niamh talks about why it maybe shouldn't be called Mabon, and butchers some Welsh. Emily gets witchy wit' it. Hang on to your cauldrons.

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