Fair Folk Podcast

The story of how I began this podcast out of burnout and illness and began feeling into the path on a different level. Plus a dive into pagan conceptions of destiny and free will from Old Norse and Old English. (Take courage!)
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Old English poem the Wanderer: http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=wdr
Music in this episode:
Weja Ura by Olivia Fern - buy the album: https://oliviafern.bandcamp.com/album/red-thread
Seven Daughters of the Sea by Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin - buy the album: https://www.irishsong.com/shop/seven-daughters-of-the-sea/
Waltz for the Cosmos by Lassi Logrén - buy the album: https://lassilogren.bandcamp.com/album/jouhikko
Theme music is Forest March by Sylvia Woods. Buy Sylvia Woods' music: https://www.harpcenter.com/category/harp-cds

In this episode, I speak with Veronica Rottman, a somatic practitioner specializing in the female nervous system, about holy well and spring folklore and the ways it resonates with trauma integration and healing. You can sign up for our upcoming collaborative workshop, Sacred Waters: Healing at the Well of Brigid here:
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Veronica Rottman's website: https://waking-womb.com/
Veronica Rottman's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wakingwomb
Mentioned in the episode:
Frau or Mother Holle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle
Rosaleen Durkin’s Irish sacred wells walking tours: https://visitwicklow.ie/listing/irish-sacred-wells-walking-tours/
Brielle Elise: waking the well: https://www.instagram.com/wakingthewell
The well maidens account in the Elucidation: https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/text/elucidation.html
(Lines 29-132)
A note: birds are associated with the fisher king’s court (and fish) more than other animals, somewhat counter to what I said in the episode.
A special thank you to Sylvia Woods, whose tune Forest March is the intro theme to Fair Folk!
Image: The goose maid at the well by Arthur Rackham
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In this episode I talk with Irish sean nós (old-style) singer Chan Reid about the experience of living as an immigrant far from one’s ancestors, and how experiences of migration and dislocation resonate in the heart of Irish traditional song and music. Chan sings some heart-cracking-open songs, and even obliges me by explaining how Irish traditional singers do the “diddly bits” that make sean nós songs sound so unbelievably cool.

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References:
Joe Heaney for sean nós songs
Irish Traditional Music Archive: https://www.itma.ie/
Scottish sound archive Tobar an Dualchais (Kist o' Riches): https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/

Songs in the episode:
Dooley Gate by John Shiel (sung by Chan Reid)
Here's a Health to the Company, traditional (sung by Chan Reid and Danica)
The Shores of Loch Bran (sung by Chan Reid)

Thank you to Sylvia Woods whose tune, Forest March, is the theme music to Fair Folk podcast

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