3. STORY VASALISA

Menstruation, reverence, sacred images of the feminine, and Inanna all come together in this conversation with mythologist, Goddess Studies scholar, and author Dr. Annalisa Derr.Through the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna’s descent, we explore the body as living mythology, femini ...  Show more

Ancient Peru, the living land, and the wisdom of the more-than-human world weave through this conversation with K.M. Huber, author of Call of the Owl Woman and Dance of the Owl Woman.Together, we explore the ancient Nasca world, the meeting place between archaeology and imaginati ...  Show more

Today's story is inspired by the Russian Fairy tale “The Book of Magic”. Follow along as Daria learns a valuable lesson about meddling with a wizard's belongings and gets herself out of a tight spot with some clever thinking. Check out Stories RPG our new show where we play game ...  Show more

Looking out for your fellow creatures of the forest might just keep you out of Baba Yaga's clutches. Here are two classic Baba Yaga tales, one from 19th-century American folklorist Katharine Pyle and one by the turn-of-the-century Russian folklorist Verra Xenoph ...

Two stories from Russia. On the first, we catch up with the famous witch, Baba Yaga, as we follow yet another young person who has been sent on an errand/to be eaten at the evil witch's walking hut. The second one is about a dragon slayer, Dobrynya, as he makes a wrong turn down ...  Show more

Margaret reads you a story about werewolves, polyamory, and cycles of trauma.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.