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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
Life and Death on the Farm Atop the Hill: A Story of an Irish Cailleach | S.2 Ep.8
Our Story There’s a long, strange tradition in Irish mythology and folklore in which a powerful man tries to steal a valuable cow from an old woman…
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Bóinn Re:membered: A Story of Poetic Inspiration by Laura Murphy | S 2 Ep 7
Our Story This original story of the Irish goddess Bóinn was written by Laura Murphy and is being offered for the first time here on KnotWork Storytelling…
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Lost in the Wild, At Home Within: A Story of Mad Sweeney | S 2 Ep 6
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Bright And Obscure: Stories of the Irish Goddess Áine with Jen Murphy | S. 2 Ep. 5
Our Story A Irish sovereignty goddess whose origins lie with the mythical Tuatha Dé Danann, Áine is also a sun deity, a bean sidhe (woman of the Sí), and fairy…
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Launching Ships: A Story of Helen of Troy | S. 2 Ep. 4
Our Story Storyteller Maura McMahon offers us a clip from her show, Launching Ships: A User's Guide for Your Face. She took to the stage at Green Kill Art…
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Landscape, Lovers, and Mycelial Consciousness: The Story of Tristan and Isolde with Sophie Strand | S. 2 Ep. 3
Our Story Probably the precursor to the King Arthur tales, the story of Tristan and Isolde includes star-crossed lovers, castles and the wilds, as well as…
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Maeve, the Celtic Magdalen, Finally Comes to Call with Elizabeth Cunningham | S. 2 Ep. 2
Our Story You must meet Maeve, the Celtic Magdalen, the heroine of the four novels in Elizabeth Cunningham’s The Maeve Chronicles. From her beginnings on the…
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Tansy Field At Midnight: A 2,000 Year Old Abortion Story | S. 2 Ep. 1
OUR STORY Your KnotWork Storytelling host, Marisa Goudy, reads a brief excerpt from her novel-in-progress, Above In the Bog. You meet two women of first…
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The Heroine At the Crossroads: The Story Is the Knot | Ep 15
Our Story “Lord Thomas and Fair Eleanor” appear in a ballad from the 17th century that has been passed across Scotland, England, Ireland, Canada, and the US…
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The Otherworld Is Always Close at Hand with Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue | Ep 14
Our Story Our guest Seán Pádraig O’Donoghue tells the story of his legendary ancestor, Donal O'Donoghue. O’Donoghue Mór was a great warrior, a generous…
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How to Heal a Poet’s Heart, or The Invention of the Irish Harp, with Maureen Buscareno | Ep 13
Our Story Cana Cludhmor was a banfhile, an Irish woman poet of great renown. We know her story from only a few lines in Imtheacht na Tromdháimhe or The…
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The Descent of Inanna, with Pearl Gregor | Ep 12
Our Story Inanna, Goddess of the Upperworld, is at the core of a 6,000 year old myth from ancient Sumer. Upon the request of her sister Ereshkigal, Inanna pays…
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The Man Without a Story, With Michael Newton | Ep 11
Our Story At a céilidh, a home-based social gathering in the Highlands of Scotland, a young man is asked to follow the custom of sharing a song or a story. He…
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The Girl Who Defied Expectations with Nicole Burgess | Ep 10
Our Story This story, written by Marisa Goudy, is inspired by a piece simply named “A Story,” found in the Irish Schools’ Folklore Collection from the 1930s…
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A Feast for the Senses, the Story of La Quaintrelle by Elizabeth des Roches | Ep 9
Our Story Elizabeth des Roches tells her own story of La Quaintrelle and welcomes you to a gathering of four of the most elegant women you can imagine. This…
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The Unlikely Friendship of Oisín and St Patrick with Kevin Michael Murphy| Ep 8
Our Story Irish mythology offers us a tale of a pagan hero named Oisín who left his companions, the warriors of the Fianna, and followed a fairy woman named…
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Some 4000 Year Old Relationship Advice with Blair Glaser | Ep 7
Our Story Leah and Rachel are two sisters from the Book of Genesis who were both married to the patriarch Jacob. Our Guest Blair Glaser is a writer, leadership…
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The Birth of a Heroine with Barb Buckner Suarez | Ep 6
Our Story This is the story of Macha, a goddess, a fairy woman, a woman of the Sidhe, who took a human lover for a year. This story sets the stage for the…
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Power and Reality in the Midst of Fantasy, with Kelly Braffet | Ep 5
Our Story Kelly Braffet reads to us from her novel The Broken Tower’s preface, which reads like a myth. These initial pages serve to (re)introduce readers to…
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The Skerries Selkie with Jen Murphy | Ep 4
Guest and storyteller Jen Murphy is a Feminine Embodiment Coach, Mythologist and Anthropologist. She is the creator of Celtic Embodiment, a cutting-edge…
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A Most Ferocious Lady of the Castle, with Maura McMahon | Ep 3
Maura McMahon is a storyteller and spoken word poet whose collection of Irish tales, pirate adventures, and women's sovereignty songs have entranced and…
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Ireland's Forgotten Goddess-Queen-Witch with Meg Sweeten | Ep 2
In this week's story, you'll meet Mongfind, the Sovereignty Goddess turned queen turned witch who appears in the Book of Lecan, a medieval Irish manuscript…
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Conspiring With Brigit this Imbolc, with Kate Chadbourne | Ep 1
My guest Kate Chadbourne is a singer, harper, and storyteller, an award-winning songwriter and poet, a scholar and teacher of Irish language and folklore with…
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Ep 0: Fáilte: Welcome to KnotWork Storytelling
From your host, Marisa Goudy, word witch, writing coach, story healer, and author of The Sovereignty Knot: A Woman’s Way to Freedom, Power, Love, and Magic: I…