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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 & Storytelling
She Will Be Heard, Sheela Will Be Heard | S6 Ep6
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Stars, Stones, and Shadows: A Heroine's Tale | S6 Ep 5
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Bid the Unbiddable, a Story by Fiona Doris | S6 Ep4
OUR STORY The story of a wild and wonderful girl named Bid, who was born of a long, powerful line of Brigids. Love, loss, and magic all woven together that…
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Maggie’s Doll by Dee Mulrooney | S6 Ep3
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The Invitation: Song and Conversation with Amano | S6 Ep 2
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Brigid’s Cloak of Light with Treacy O’Connor | S6 Ep1
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Best of KnotWork ~ Brigid: Rebirth of the Mother by Laura Murphy | S5 Ep20
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When Tides Rise, Build Your Own Boat: Cessair’s Arrival in Ireland | S5 Ep19
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Best of KnotWork: A Sacred Detour to Iona with Royce Fitts | S5 Ep18
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Twelve Rays of Solstice | S5 Ep17
Our Story Marisa invites you to explore the lore of the Cailleach, the winter solstice at Newgrange, and the work of the Irish mystic philosopher John…
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A Storyteller, A Story Listener with Rab Fulton | S5 Ep16
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The Cailleach Weaving Through Our Bones, Song & Conversation with Sionnáin | S5 Ep 15
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Aodh Ó Riagáin | S5 Ep14 | Myth Workers and Culture Makers Series
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Remembering a Goddess, Three Years On | S5 Ep13
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A Story About Getting Unstoried | S5 Ep12
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Molly's Story by Erica O'Reilly | S5 Ep11
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Language, Idea, Metaphor, Myth: Poetry by Adam Wyeth | S5 Ep10
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A Mother’s Love, A Mother’s Sacrifice: Tailtiu and Lugh | S5 Ep9
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A Story Waiting to Be Untangled: Our Lady, Undoer of Knots | S5 Ep 8
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Magic Illuminates the Mundane: a story of Flidais by Regina de Búrca | S5 Ep7
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The Inheritance of the Not-Chosen People, a story of Cessair by Sandy Dunlop | S5 Ep6
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Being Human Is a Habit that Can be Broken: A Story of Mannanán by Seán Pádraig O'Donoghue | S5 Ep5
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Bardic Return: Poems by Aisling Fraser | S5 Ep 4
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The Coming of the Sons of Mil, a story by Brian Walsh | S5 Ep3
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Achtan: A Brave Mother’s Tale, featuring Karina Tynan | S5 Ep2
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Patrick + Sheelah Forever (Maybe) | S5 Ep1
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Take Back the Magic with Perdita Finn | S4 Ep12
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My Life As a Prayer with Elizabeth Cunningham | S4 Ep11
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Tell Me My Story with Dimple Dhabalia | S4 Ep10
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Divine Embodiment with Eleanora Amendolara | S4 Ep9
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The Last Sovereignty Goddess | S4 Ep 8
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Ireland’s Forgotten Goddess-Queen-Witch (Re-Release) | S4 Ep7
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Fite Fuaite: Interwoven, A Story by Jen Murphy | S4 Ep6
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A Sacred Detour to Iona, A Story by Royce Fitts | S4 Ep5
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Birth, Death, and Rebirth: A Story of the Goddess Lilith | S4 Ep4
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Miriam's Sensual Universe with Sophie Strand | S4 Ep3
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Danu: Rise of the Mother, a story by Laura Murphy | S4 Ep2
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For the Guides, Gods, and Ancestors | S4 Ep1
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The Cauldron of Inspiration: A Story of Ceridwen & Taliesin | S3 Ep15
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Niall of the Nine Hostages, A Story by Mari Kennedy | S3 Ep14
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The Women of the Grail, told by Tara Wild | S3 Ep13
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The Curator's Mythology with Owen King | S3 Ep12
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Two Worlds, Two Women: A New Perspective on the Mad Sweeney Story | S3 Ep11
Our Story In Season 2 of KnotWork Storytelling, Marisa Goudy took Seamus Heaney’s translation of the Irish medieval epic poem, Sweeney Astray and crafted Lost…
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Bride and the Cailleach: A Scottish Story told by Katy Swift | S3 Ep 10
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When Tides Rise, Build Your Own Boat: Cessair’s Arrival in Ireland | S3 Ep9
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The Look of the Scots Gaelic Language: Stories About Race & Kinship | S3 Ep8
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Driftwood Man, A Story by Dee Mulrooney | S3 Ep7
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In the Company of the Banshee with Caoimhe Nic Giollarnáth | S3 Ep6
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The Power of Pillow Talk: The Story of Queen Medb | S3 Ep 5
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The Buried Moon, Told by Mitlé Southey | S3 Ep4
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Choosing the Mystery: The Rosary’s Radical Feminine Heart with Perdita Finn | S3 Ep3
Our Story In recent years, the rosary has been used to shame and restrain women and sexuality, but what if it is actually the umbilical cord that connects us…
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Art, Love, God: The Tragedy of Líadan and Cuirithir | S3 Ep2
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Brigid: Rebirth of the Mother, a Story by Laura Murphy | S3 Ep1
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Three Goddesses Walk Into a Bar | S.2 Ep.15
Our Story Marisa reads an excerpt from her 2020 book, The Sovereignty Knot, in which she imagines three Irish goddesses, Brigid, the Morrígan, and the…
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Fierce Tenderness: Stories of the Cailleach told by Kate Chadbourne | S2 Ep14
Our Story The Cailleach is the longest living supernatural woman in the Celtic tradition. This goddess is a world builder who consorted with kings and is still…
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Mysteries and Holy Wells By Elizabeth Stack | S.2 Ep.13
Our Story This trio of stories about holy wells, faith, and illness traces the evolution–or perhaps the devolution–of folk belief and the power ascribed to…
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Ethne and the Cauldron of Hospitality | S.2 Ep.12
Our Story Before Ethne became a queen of Tara and married Cormac mac Airt, she was a foster child to Buchet, a man known for his tremendous hospitality. In…
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Walking in the Footsteps of a Legend, A Personal Story by Christian Bolden | S.2 Ep.11
Our Story In a departure from our usual format, our guest Christian Bolden tells a personal story of visiting Ireland for the first time as a graduate student…
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The Fenland Lanterns: An Autumn Story from East Anglia by Robyn Watt | S 2 Ep 10
Our Story This is a story of a cheerful, fearless farmhand named Fred who lived in the Fens, the marshy, bogs of East Anglia. He was at home in himself and on…
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Deirdre, Who Is So Much More Than Her Sorrows | S.2 Ep. 9
Our Story The story of Deirdre or the Exile of the Sons of Uilsliu is a pre-tale of the Táin, the greatest epic in Irish mythology. At her birth, Deirdre is…