Bride and the Cailleach: A Scottish Story told by Katy Swift | S3 Ep 10

KnotWork Myth & Storytelling · Apr 5, 2023 · 55m

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Katy Swift shares a story of Scotland’s creation and the cycle of the seasons, featuring the Cailleach, the goddess of winter, and Bride, the goddess of spring. The story is inspired by Donald Alexander Mackenzie’s Scottish Wonder Tales from Myth and Legend. Katy’s version offers us a vision of the Cailleach as creatrix, and explores why this mother god transformed into fearsome figure remembered in…