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The Wild Goddess
There is a gap in the hawthorn hedge, just wide enough for someone who knows how to look properly.
On the other side is Mossvale, an enchanted world where fairy folk move through the Storywood at dusk, where banshees keen across the Wild Moors and ancient oaks hold centuries of memory, where the wheel of the year is marked with fire and blossom and long tables pulled into the square before anyone has properly woken up.
The Wild Goddess Podcast is where that world lives.
Each episode is an invitation into the older, quieter, more enchanted version of things, through original fairylore stories, Celtic mythology, seasonal folklore, and the kind of storytelling that settles something in you you didn't know was unsettled. The fairy tales here aren't sanitised. The magic isn't neat. It arrives the way it always has - sideways, through the window you left open, smelling of woodsmoke and something you can't quite name.
This is a podcast for anyone who has ever felt the pull of an old forest. Who leaves offerings for things they can't see. Who marks Beltane and Samhain and the slow turning of the year. Who has always suspected the world is far more enchanted than it lets on.
Come find the gap in the hedge.
Welcome to Mossvale.
The Wild Goddess
Ep 59 - The Lantern Keeper - A Samhain Folklore Story
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Step into the magic of Samhain, the season of endings, ancestors, and enchantment, with this hauntingly beautiful folklore tale, The Lantern Keeper. ✨
In this special Samhain episode of The Wild Goddess Podcast, I'm inviting you into a world between worlds, where a woman named Elara ventures into the dark forest to rekindle her light. Guided by the Crone of the Cauldron, she discovers that true illumination isn’t borrowed or begged... it’s fed by honesty, courage, and the willingness to face our shadows.
This original Wild Goddess story blends Celtic folklore, witchcraft, and feminine wisdom, capturing the spirit of Samhain through vivid storytelling and sacred symbolism - the crow, the cauldron, the flame. 🌒
After the tale, stay for a Samhain reflection and candle ritual to help you release what no longer serves and tend your own sacred flame through the dark half of the year.
Perfect for those who love Samhain rituals, witchy folklore, dark goddess magic, spiritual storytelling, and ancestral connection.
🔥 Inside this episode:
– Samhain wisdom and the meaning of this sacred turning
– The Lantern Keeper, an original Wild Goddess folklore story
– Reflection prompts and a simple lantern ritual
🖤 Written and narrated by me, Kayleigh Priest, founder of The Wild Goddess and creator of The Enchantment, a space for women to reawaken to wonder, truth, and wild beauty.
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