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Month: March 2025

  • The treasure of Downhouse

    Today I invite you to ponder an English ghost story as I live on a misty mountain, and we have been smothered in dripping clouds for days and will continue to for more days to come. Who is the tall shadow that you fear but may hold the secret to your fortune? What can you…

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  • The most splendid one of the universe

    Today I invite you to linger with a Thai folktale adapted from ‘The best male in the universe’ retold by Uraiwan Prabripu and translated and published by Dr Wajuppa Tossa & Dr Margaret Read MacDonald (2008). Folktales and storytelling. Thank you to dear (now passed) Wajuppa who shared this story with me. Who in your…

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  • Áine

    This Friday afternoon I take you to the world of the Irish goddess Áine. Thank you to a local store who introduced me to Áine and to Aron Hegarty for his splend telling of Cnoc Áine – IRISH MYTHOLOGY STORYTELLING PODCAST – Ep 93 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOuvbwb1YtU With this story I invite you to ponder: Who in…

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  • Ukrainian sunflower legend

    I have chosen today’s story to stand with Ukraine, for the sunflower is Ukraine’s national flower. However, there are complexities to know and to hold. Sunflowers originated from lands now called Arizona and New Mexico. They were introduced to Ukraine in the mid-18th century and for the last two decades Ukraine has been the global…

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  • The Goose

    Today I invite you to ponder with golden eggs, as many have searched and are indulging in chocolate eggs across the globe, despite cocoa shortage due to climate crisis affecting production and the exploitative labour abuses due to Western demand. I share with you The Goose Adapted from Italian fairytale collector Giambattista Basile’s (1634) La…

  • La Loba

    Today I invite you to ponder another tale from Estes, C.P. (1992). Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype. Rider. This time La Loba (pp. 27-28) which draws from Mexican folklore. What do you collect that is in danger of being lost in the world? What restores your…

  • Sealskin, soulskin

    Today I invite you to ponder an Inuit tale adapted from Clarissa Pinkola Estes’ exquisite retelling – Sealskin soulskin in Estes, C.P. (1996). Women who run with the wolves myths and stories of the wild woman archetype (pp. 189-191). Ballantine Books. Read – https://louptales.education/sealskin-soulskin/ Then ponder – Where is your sealskin (soulskin)? What do you…

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