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KnotWork Myth & Storytelling
On KnotWork, we explore the mythology and folklore of Ireland, and beyond. Episodes begin with a story, followed by a deep dive conversation about how this age-old tale still resonates today. Our guests include oral storytellers, writers, artists, musicians, and spiritual leaders. Occasionally, in our Myth Workers and Culture Makers series, our guest offers a song, a meditation, or another bit of creative magic. We talk about what it means to live a myth-inspired life. These conversations…
Episodes
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Cailleach Weaving Through Our Bones, Song & Conversation with Sionnáin | S7 Ep23
OUR STORY In this episode from our archives, Irish songcarrier Sionnáin offers an ode to the Cailleach called “The Wise One” - a deep, powerful conversation…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingWhy Is She Calling Us Now? Niamh, Oisín and the Irish Language in Liminal Times with Dian Killian | S7 Ep22
OUR STORY The days of the great Fianna warriors have ended. Unexpectedly, Oisín is invited to live out his retirement in the Otherworld and become husband to…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Hare, the Witch, and the Tower with Katy Swift | S7 Ep21
OUR STORY Deep in the forest in the Scottish Borders, there’s a hidden cottage that’s home to a shapeshifting witch. In this ghost story, a handsome…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Buried Moon with Mitlé Southey | S7 Ep20
OUR STORY We return to the archives for a story of the Fens of East Anglia, retold by Mitlé Southey. The moon becomes trapped in a marsh pool. Without her…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingNot End Times, But Mountain Time | S7 Ep19
OUR STORY Mis staggers away from a gruesome battle on Kerry’s Dingle coast and finds a home in the mountains. Over 200 years, she becomes at one with the wild…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingFrom the Archives: The Driftwood Man with Dee Mulrooney | S7 Ep18
OUR STORY “Driftwood Man” is a timeless tale of longing and belonging, existential homesickness and ultimately coming home that’s at once deeply Irish and…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Reddest Red & the Brightest Sun with Matthew Stillman | S7 Ep17
OUR STORY Nobody believes Phaeton's claim to divine heritage: Helios, the sun god, is his father. The boy sets out on a quest to find his dad, and when they're…
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Because She Could Not Stop for Death: An Irish Goddess in the Afterlife | S7 Ep16
OUR STORY According to traditional Irish myth, Tailtiu, the foster mother of Lugh of the Tuatha Dé Danann, uproots a vast forest with an axe and her own two…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingGrandmother Spider: Trusting the Threads with Kara Simons | S7 Ep15
Join Us at the Retreat! Meaning-Making: Claiming & Interpreting Signs November 6-8, 2026, near Philadelphia Kara will lead us over a weekend of asking for…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingFrom Anu to Saint Anne: Stories of Grandmother Wisdom with Perdita Finn | S7 Ep14
IN THIS EPISODE Perdita Finn returns to KnotWork for the third time to talk about the grandmothers, the mothers behind the mothers. She shares a story told in…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Eagle Remembers: A Bardic Vision for Lughnasadh from Jonathon Huet | S7 Ep13
OUR STORY “Lugh was a new type of hero, a hero that was needed then, a hero that is needed now. A hero who listens to everyone and anyone, and never strikes…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingAll Ground Is Sacred Ground, A Story and Conversation with Mary Reynolds | S7 Ep12
"If you want to save the planet, then start with your own patch of it." OUR GUEST Mary Reynolds is a reformed landscape designer who launched her international…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingMay the Roads Rise to Meet You: Following Macha’s Trail | S7 Ep11
"The moment she reached the shoreline, she began walking, walking, walking. She didn't need a road, not when she had a stride this purposeful and undeterred."…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingTo Fall from the Sky, To Cross Over the Sea: Stories and conversation with Kaitlin Curtice | S7 Ep10
OUR STORY In the Potawatomi origin story, the pregnant Sky Woman, Giizhgokwe, falls from Sky World. She is caught by a flock of geese and lowered onto mshiké…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Village Beyond The Dunes | S7 Ep9
It's the middle of the night. A wealthy woman sits alone by the fire, carding wool, when the first knock comes at the door. Open! Open! I am the Witch of One…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingChoosing the Mystery with Perdita Finn | S7 Ep8
Our Story The rosary has long been used to shame women and restrain sexuality, but what if it is actually the umbilical cord that connects us to The Mother?…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingA Tale of Two Poets with Kate Chadbourne | S7 Ep7
This episode is a medieval Irish permission slip for every creative who has ever felt too raw, too unformed, or too messy to call themselves a writer. It’s for…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingIsland Consciousness | S7 Ep6
OUR STORY The shoreline is a threshold. When we stand at the place where the ocean meets the land, we know we’re standing in between the worlds. In this…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingSex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: Cú Chullain, the Outsider by Peter Wucherpfennig | S7 Ep5
OUR STORY Cú Chullain is Ireland’s most renowned mythological hero, and his story comes what’s seen as the greatest of Irish epics, the Táin Bo Cualigne. And…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingWe Are the Grandchildren of the Selkies Who Stayed | S7 Ep4
OUR STORY The selkie story is one of the most enduring tales in the Celtic imagination. A woman caught between two worlds, a stolen skin, and the impossible…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Silver Wheel with Jen Murphy | S7 Ep3
OUR STORY Jen Murphy tells us the core tales Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, the great epic of Welsh mythology, beginning with King Math and his Goewin, his…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Invitation to Tir na mBan, the Land of Women | S7 Ep2
OUR STORY We’ve told the story of King Bran and the silver branch several times on KnotWork. This time, we the woman’s story, the story of the Bean Sídhe who…
KnotWork Myth & StorytellingThe Fires of Bealtaine and Eros with Robert Mulhall | S7 Ep1
OUR STORY Just in time for Bealtaine, the Irish festival of fertility and new life, we explore the erotic energy at the heart of all creation, specifically in…
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Bean Ghlúine of the Burren, The Midwife of County Clare with Sarah Richardson
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Conspiring With Brigit with Kate Chadbourne | S6 Ep42
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The Spin of the Brigid's Cross with Natalie O'Shea | S6 Ep41
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Ciarán and His Wild, Holy Kin | S6 Ep40
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Omen Days & Solstice Rays | S6 Ep39
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A Winter’s Gift with Erica O’Reilly | S6 Ep38
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The Christmas Visions of John Moriarty with Amanda Carmody | S6 Ep37
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Keeping Hold of the Sacred Branch | S6 Ep36
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Meet The Elemental Grannies with Elizabeth Cunningham | S6 Ep35
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Sovereignty Rising with Rima Bonario | S6 Ep34
When Rima Bonario invited me to be part of her Sovereignty Rising Summit, I was honored. You’re invited to the Sovereignty Rising Summit, too! Join us Nov…
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Gather Round the Fire with the Women and the Rabble | S6 Ep 33
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Through the Samhain Portal with Robert Mulhall | S6 Ep 32
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Digging Deeper Than Mythology Can Take Us | S6 Ep31
Last Call! Write with Us this September The Writers’ Knot is welcoming new members! This is the global creative community where where the mythic imagination…
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Silver Branch Perception: The Voyage of Bran | S6 Ep30
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Achtan: A Brave Mother’s Tale, featuring Karina Tynan | S6 Ep29
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Torn Between Two Worlds with Erica O'Reilly | S6 Ep28
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The Art of Arrival: A Modern Irish Immram | S6 Ep 27
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Lughnasa: Harvest, Sacrifice, Celebration | Ep6 S26
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The Descent of Inanna, with Pearl Gregor | S6 Ep25
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Bright And Obscure: Stories of the Irish Goddess Áine with Jen Murphy | S6 Ep24
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The Man Without a Story by Michael Newton | S6 Ep23
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S6 Ep22: Extraordinary Everyday Culture Work with Tad Hargrave
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The World Below: Song & Conversation with Katy Hellman | Ep6 S21
Explore your own mythic landscape… Join us for our summertime writers’ retreat on June 25th! During a three hour online retreat, we’ll explore a series of…
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S6 Ep 20 From Erosion to Regeneration: To Cessair Sang the Sea | S6 Ep20
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S6 Ep 19 From Lochlann to Éire: A Cailleach Story from the Outer Hebrides
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Gemini Mythologies | S6 Ep18
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The Theft of the Golden Apple featuring Stephanie MacKay | S6 Ep17
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Stepping Off the Path, a story by Katrice Horsley | S6 Ep16
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A Mythic Journey Through Wicklow & Kildare with Rónán Ó Raghallaigh | S6 Ep15
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The Coldest Day in May by Erica O'Reilly | S6 Ep14
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The Goddesses Who Welcomed the Winds of Change | S6 Ep 13
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The Wooing of Etain, told by Amanda Verdery | S6 Ep12
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Her Right to Privacy: A Story of Macha | S6 Ep11
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The Children of Lir, Told by Ellen O'Malley Dunlop | S6 Ep10
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A Woman’s Quest for Knowledge: Boan’s Tears by Ali Isaac | S6 Ep9
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Invocation of the Rebel Ma by Saoirse Connolly | S6 Ep8
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Myths Are a Blueprint for Balance, A Cailleach Story for the Spring Equinox by Nicole Marie | S6 Ep7
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