Samhain Special: Badbh and the Banshee
We talk about that old Irish harbinger of death, the Banshee, her connections with Badbh and the Morrigan, the tradition of keening at funerals and Professor of folklore, Patricia Lysaght's extensive research on the topic.
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Written, presented and produced by Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh and Marcas Ó hUiscín.
Music – Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 public licence
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All sounds cc licence from freesound.org
Irish Mythology Podcast
Marcas and Stephie adapt and retell famous, and not so famous stories from Irish Mythology and Folklore.
Each episode features a dramatic reading of one of these tales, along with a deep dive into the original versions that they are adapted from.
Encounter mighty warriors, druids, witches, demons, monsters, gods, fairies, ghosts, saints, and scholars as we travel to magical locations in the Irish otherworld - below the ground, under the sea, in the sky and beyond the realm of comprehension.
Support our work: https://www.patreon.com/irishmythologypodcast
- No. of episodes: 34
- Latest episode: 2024-08-22
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