In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock explores  Norwegian folktales surrounding the Black Death. She shares a story that incorporates many of the motifs and elements found in these tales.  It&apos;s the story of two very different old women.  One is the wise crone and the other is Pesta! Perhaps we&apos;ll uncover some plague wisdom we can use today!Story:  a creative compilation based on Andreas Faye’s Norske Folke-Sagn (Norwegian Folk Legends, 1844) .Cover illustration by  Theodor Kittelsen&apos;s Pesta series (1894–1914) .Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock. 

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"Pesta's Norwegian Plague Tales" (S2, #12)

Greek mythology has a full pantheon of gods and goddesses.  Each deity has a story line with the past and present clearly defined.  There are stories of triumph and petty jealousies. There are stories of conflict.  Their relationships with humans and other gods are often tempestuous. Rarely do we see these gods and goddesses as exemplars.  More often than not, they teach the audience what not to do and who not to be. In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares stories of the Greek goddesses - Hera, Athena, and Demeter. When does the crone make an appearance in their stories?  What does it have to show us about the power of the crone in our lives today?Cover illustration:   Photograph of Greek vase, "Weavers." Attributed to the Amasis Painter.Date  | ca. 550 - 530 B.C..Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

"Crones in Disguise: Stories of Greek Goddesses" (S2, #11)

In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will explore the power of story. What is it?  How can a simple tale impact our lives so deeply?   The story I will tell (as the wise crone) provides one answer. “The Story that Grew in My Heart” was crafted from a book written by Walter Hackett entitled The Swans of BalleyCastle. It contains clear references to Irish mythology and folklore. Finally, we’ll examine the role of the storyteller in sharing these stories.Stories:The Swans of Ballycastle  by Walter Hackett. (NewYork: Ariel Books, 1954)."The Children of Lir," (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Lir)."Oisin and Niamh in Tir no nOg," https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamh_(mythology).  More on Peg Sayers (https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/sayers-peig-1873-1958).Cover illustration:   Photograph by Pixabay.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

"The Story that Grew in My Heart" (S2, #10)

In this episode, the storyteller Kathy Shimpock, will read you the Grimm tale, "The Goose-Girl at the Well." It&apos;s a tale within a tale - a story of a young girl&apos;s initiation into womanhood and the guiding hand and protection of the wise crone.  First discussed in an earlier podcast (S1, #4), this story just won&apos;t go away!  It is categorized as Aarne-Thompson tale type 923 (&apos;Love Like Salt&apos;). But even more importantly, the old woman in this story is a study of delightful contrasts.  Both young and old, trickster and crone, she has much to say about being the elder!Story: "Goose-Girl at the Well" (no. 179) recorded by the Brothers Grimm. Grimm&apos;s Household Tales, trans. by Margaret Hunt (London: George Bell & Sons, 1884).Cover illustration by  Arthur Rackham in Grimm&apos;s Fairy Tales ( 1901).Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.

More on "The Goose-Girl at the Well" (S2, #9)

In this episode, we&apos;ll explore the magic of spring.  I&apos;ll share two stories: one from Europe and one from China in which the beauty of the natural world is both honored and rewarded.  It&apos;s a message we all need to be reminded of after a long cold winter and an even longer pandemic.  In these stories we see the creation and protection of the flower-elves who bring forth pure pleasure and joy.Stories:"Goldenrod and Aster," in Phyllis&apos; Field Friends: Flower stories, by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets  ( Boston, MA: L.C. Page & Co., 1903)."The Flower Elves,"  in The Chinese Fairy Book, ed. by Dr. R. Wilhelm (New York: Frederick A. Stokes, Co., 1921). Cover illustration:   Vogue Magazine cover, 1913.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

Spring's Gift - the Flower-Elves! (S2, #8)

 In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will share the story of "The Crone vs. the Cyclops: A Confrontation in  the Forest."  It’s a fun story filled with motifs from both folklore and mythology that she wrote long ago.  These elements fill fantasy literature today and can be an excellent way to get the imagination going. Finally, we’ll explore how these stories can be analyzed for psychological and cultural insights.  In many ways, they become dreams made real with wisdom we can take into our daily lives.Story: "The Crone vs. the Cyclops: A Confrontation in  the Forest," by Kathy Shimpock.Information on fairy tale analysis:  "Fairytale Therapy Today: Determining its Boundaries and Content," Igor V. Vachkov (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816313969).Cover illustration:   Illustration of Hansel and Gretel, a well-known German folktale from the Brothers Grimm, by Arthur Rackham, 1909.  A first century AD head of a Cyclops from the Roman Colosseum .Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

"Crone vs. Cyclops: A Confrontation in the Forest" (S2, #7)

In the wake of insurgents overtaking the U.S. capital in pursuit of a “big lie,” this episode explores the truth that is found in stories.  The storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will start by reading a Spanish tale entitled “Falsehood and Truth.” Next, we’ll look at those folktales that provide a context to current events.  Finally, she will tell you a more positive counterpoint to the first tale.  It’s the Yiddish folktale of “Truth and Story.” Stories: Édouard de Laboulaye , "Falsehood and Truth," in Last Fairy Tales, trans. Mary L. Booth  (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1884), 331-337.LynnAnn Wojciechowicz, "Truth and Story," in The Oral Tradition Today,  by Liz Warren (Pearson Learning Solutions, 2009), 12.Hans Christian Andersen, "The Emperor's New Clothes" ("Keiserens nye Klaeder"),  in  Eventyr, fortalte  for Born, trans. Maria Tatar (Copenhagen: C.A.. Reitzel, 1837). Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm,  "The Children of Hameln" ("Die Kinder zu Hameln"), Deutsche Sagen, herausgegeben von den Brüdern Grimm (Berlin: In der Nicolaischen Buchhandlung, 1816), no. 244, pp. 330-33. In following editions this legend is numbered 245. Cover illustration:   Image of old woman, Pixabay.com. Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

'Truth, Lies and Story" (S2, #6)

In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, will share the story of "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen.  It is a tragic, Danish, literary tale written in 1845.  The subject has similarities to Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" written two years earlier in  Victorian England.  Both tales focus on the fate of the poor when the world is divided into "haves" and "have nots."  We'll also explore the character of the grandmother as a figure of hope and rescue.Story: "The Little Match Girl" by Hans Christian Andersen. Anonymous translation.  At Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.net/).Information on Victorian England from "What was it like to live in Charles Dickens' London" (https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/charles-dickens-longon.html).Cover illustration:   Arthur Rackham, illustrator, from Fairy Tales (1932). Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2021 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

"The Little Match Girl" (S2, #5)

In this episode, it&apos;s all about Santa: the folklore, story, and the greater archetype.  I posit the question of whether Santa can be gender-neutral.  We&apos;ll explore an adapted version of the poem, "A Visit from Santa Claus" written by Clement Clarke Moore, Think on it, for just a moment.  Santa as the wise crone?  Why not?Story: "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore (1892).Cover illustration: Pixabay.com Music: Up on a Housetop Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved.

Santa is Gender-Neutral (S2, #4)

In the third episode of Season Two, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares the story of "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces."  This Grimm Brothers' tale has variants found throughout Germany and central Europe. We’ll also explore how the wise crone handles youthful indulgence.Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Die drei  Spinnerinnen, Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales -- Grimms' Fairy Tales), 7th ed. (Berlin, 1857), no. 133.Cover illustration:  by R. Anning Bell in Grimm's Household Tales, Edwardes & Bell, 1912.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

"The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces" (S2, #3)

In this episode, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares the story of "The Witch."  It&apos;s a Russian variant of the Grimm&apos;s tale "Hansel & Gretel." In this story, we explore the character of the grandmother. These characters surprise us more in what they don&apos;t do than in what they actually do.  They stand in stark contrast to the figure of the wise crone.Story: "The Witch" (a Russian folktale).  Andrew Lang, The Yellow Fairy Book, new impression (London: Longmans, Green, and Company, 1906 [first published 1894]), pp. 216-21.  "Hansel & Gretel" (a German folktale). Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Die drei  Spinnerinnen, Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children&apos;s and Household Tales -- Grimms&apos; Fairy Tales), 7th ed. (Berlin, 1857), no. 15, pp. 79-87.Cover illustration: Lucy Fitch Perkins, illustrator, from Folktales from the Russian (1903). Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

Disappointing Grannies - Russia's "Hansel & Gretel" (S2, #2)

In the first episode of Season Two, the storyteller, Kathy Shimpock, shares the story of "The Golden Key."  This version of the Grimm Brothers&apos; tale is created for the child in all of us. Once told, we&apos;ll see if we can uncover just what was inside that box! Finally, we&apos;ll discover what the wise crone found.Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Die drei  Spinnerinnen, Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children&apos;s and Household Tales -- Grimms&apos; Fairy Tales), 7th ed. (Berlin, 1857), no. 200.Cover illustration: Pixabay image.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

"The Golden Key" (S2, #1)

 In this episode, the Storyteller Kathy Shimpock explores stories of spinning, as the wise crone spins the world - to help and guide 7 generations forward and 7 generations back. We&apos;ll focus on Native American mythology and compare those stories to the Grimm versions of the "Three Spinning Women."Story: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Die drei  Spinnerinnen, Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children&apos;s and Household Tales -- Grimms&apos; Fairy Tales), 7th ed. (Berlin, 1857), no. 14.Cover illustration: Arthur Rackham  for "The Three Spinners," from Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1917.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

Episode 12: "Three Spinning Women"

In this episode, the Storyteller Kathy Shimpock explores the character of Baba Yaga as she confronts "Vasilissa the Beautiful." She will also discuss the way folktales and their characters can impact our lives today.  These stories can serve the same function as Vasilissa&apos;s tiny wooden doll, providing needed guidance and insights for us all.Story: A.N. Afanasev, "Vasilisa Prekrasnaia," in Narodnye Russkie Skazki (Russian Fairy Tales), (Moscow: A. Semena, 1855-63).Cover illustration: "Vasilisa the Fair," by Ivan Bilibin, 1900. "Kitchen Witch Doll," by Kathy Shimpock, 2019.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved.

Episode 11: "Baba Yaga & The Kitchen Witch"

In this episode, the Storyteller Kathy Shimpock shares an original creation myth written in 2014. We&apos;ll discuss creation mythology generally and look at what these stories and the wise crone might have to say about the troubled times we face.Story: "The Story of One World" (an imagined creation myth) written by Kathy Shimpock. Cover illustration: Photograph from Pixabay.Music:  The Snow Queen Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Copyright 2020 Kathy Shimpock.    All rights reserved. 

Episode 10: The Story of One World

Welcome to the Wise Crone Cottage podcast with storyteller, Kathy Shimpock. Here we'll meet the crone and uncover her wisdom as found, in fairy tales, folktales and myths. New episodes are released by the fourth Sunday of each month (except December). All rights reserved.

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