House of Legends: World Myths & Legends
World myths and legends with Scottish storyteller and USA Today bestselling author Daniel Allison. Discover breathtaking stories from around the world, all told in Daniel's intimate and lyrical style. Also featuring guest spots from the world's best oral storytellers.
Episodes
90 episodes
Episode 90: The Red Woman
This episodes features a story taken from my book Finn & The Fianna, a retelling of the Finn MacCool stories which originated in Ireland, and which tell of the legendary band of warriors known as the Fianna. Their captain at the he...
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Episode 89: The Fire Spirit
Today’s story comes from the Selkup people of Siberia. It’s one I recorded a few years back for my patrons and wanted to share with you this January. It's an animistic tale about respect for the spirit of fire, coming from people wh...
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Episode 88: Thomas the Rhymer with Kat Houghton
Kat Houghton is a storyteller, author, wilderness rites of passage guide, transformational coach and forest farmer. Originally from the Scottish Borders, she now lives and works in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia. For the last eleven mon...
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Episode 87: Whuppity Stoorie with Dougie Mackay
My guest today is Dougie Mackay. Dougie hails from the Scottish Highlands and draws on his background in nature connection and ancestral skills in his storytelling. He founded the Inverness Storytelling Festival, hosts the Tales for Our Times p...
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Episode 86: Lughnasa Special with Danica Boyce
Today’s episode is a joint release with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk Podcast to mark Lughnasa. It’s been a few years since Danica and I last guested on each other’s podcasts, during which time our work has evolved and changed, we’ve started collab...
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Episode 85: Auld Croovie
We're a bit past midsummer but it's such a great story, I couldn't resist!This is another Celtic story taken from my new book Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II, told by me. It's an old pagan tale of dancing trees which, to me, is a...
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Episode 84: Fair Maid's Tresses with Angus King
Today’s episode is a special one as it marks the release of my new book, Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II.For this episode I wanted to share with you a story narrated by Angus King, who narrated the audiobook of Scottish Myths &...
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Episode 83: The Edgewell Tree with Stephen McCabe
My guest today is Stephen McCabe of Green Temple Therapy. A former student on my Myth Singers course, Stephen is a storyteller, author, Zen Buddhist, tarot reader and nature therapist based in the village of Temple in Scotland. He’s the author ...
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Episode 82: Davey Boy & The Devil with Jess Smith
My guest today is Jess Smith. Jess is a storyteller, author and singer from the Scottish travelling people. She spent much of her childhood living on a bus and travelling around Scotland with her parents and seven sisters, spending evenings aro...
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Episode 81: Keeping Out The Sea Man
In this episode I share a Scottish story taken from my forthcoming book, Scottish Myths & Legends Volume II.The story comes from Orkney, an archipelago northeast of the Scottish mainland.Get my free ebook of Orcadian stories...
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Episode 80: Calling Spirits with Judith-Kate Friedman & featuring the late Daniel Deardorff
This is a very special episode!My guest on today’s episode is Judith-Kate Friedman. Judith-Kate inhabits the flinty places where art, activism, ritual and oral tradition dance. She sings, composes, writes, performs, curates spa...
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Episode 79: The Hounds of Actaeon
On this episode I share my interpretation of a classic Greek myth.Support House of Legends by becoming a patronLearn about
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Episode 78: The Voyage of Bran with Aron Hegarty from Candlelit Tales
My guest on this episode is Aron Hegarty. Aron is an Irish born Actor and Storyteller, and the cofounder of Candlelit Tales. Through Candlelit Tales he and his sister have introduced many thousands of people to Irish mythology, and the...
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Episode 77: The Mustard Seed with Siobhan Asgharzadeh
My guest on this episode is Siobhan Asgarzadeh. Siobhan is a storyteller and grief pilgrim based in Colorado. She holds grief pilgrimages both in person, in nature and online, in which she helps individuals and groups to work with their own gri...
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Episode 76: To the Sea with Tamar Eluned Williams
This episode is a collaboration with Pathways, a podcast by Welsh storyteller Tamar Eluned Williams. After a brief chat with Tamar you’ll hear an episode of her podcast in which she guides you on a story walk along the Ely River and down to Car...
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Episode 75: Puss in Boots with Emily & Leo Hanna-Grazebrook
My guests on the episode are Emily Hanna-Grazebrook and her son Leo, who tells stories together on their wonderful Dragonfly Tales podcast. Here they give us their unique version of that old classic, Puss in Boots.Listen to Emily and Leo...
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Episode 74: The Smith & The Fairies
Apologies for the lower sound quality on this episode, I had trouble finding a quiet space to record for this one. Normal service will resume soon.Get access to every House of Legends episode and patron-only worksheets by becoming a patr...
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Episode 73: The Golden City with Nicholas Jubber
Our guest on the episode is Nicholas Jubber, author of the new book The Fairy Tellers. I talk to Nick about the book and we hear Nick tell the story of The Golden City.You can find Nick at http://www.nickjubber.comGet his book a...
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Episode 72: The Crow's Wife
Our story on this episode is The Crow’s Wife, which you can also find in my book Scottish Myths & Legends. Get access to every House of Legends episode and patron-only worksheets by becoming a patron at:https://www.patreo...
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Episode 71: The Gods are All Here with Phil Okwedy
On this episode my guest is Phil Owedy, a Welsh-Nigerian storyteller based in Pembrokeshire. He draws deeply on his dual heritage and multiple cultures in order to find the contemporary in the traditional. Phil regularly performs i...
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Episode 70: The Coming of Lugh
On this episode I share an early draft of the Irish story of The Coming of Lugh from my forthcoming book, The Children of Danu.Get access to every House of Legends episode and patron-only worksheets by becoming a patron at:https:/...
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Episode 69: Two Brothers, Two Boats with Ian Stephen
My guest on this episode is Ian Stephen. Ian is a a writer, poet and storyteller from the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides. He worked for 15 years in the coastguard service, based in Stornoway, and since 1995 has worked full-time in the arts...
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Episode 68: The Greedy Padshah with Sef Townsend
Our guest this week is Sef Townsend, a brilliant storyteller and musician who has worked on peace and reconciliation projects throughout the world, including in the West Bank, in Armenia-Azerbaijan and Northern Ireland. In our conversation we t...
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Episode 67: The Birth of Athena with Jay Leeming
Our guest this week is Jay Leeming, a performance storyteller whose poetic way of bringing traditional stories alive has captivated audiences in theaters, schools, libraries and National Parks. He is the creator of the Crane Bag Podcast, the au...
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