House of Legends: World Myths & Legends
Episodes
101 episodes
Episode 102: Connla's Voyage with Sorcha Hegarty of Candlelit Tales
This episodes features a story told Sorcha Hegarty. Sorcha co-hosts the Candlelit Tales Irish Mythology Podcast with her brother Aron. She and Aron co-authored Celtic Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook and reg...
Episode 101: The Legend of Enyo & Stana with Nana Tomova
Nana Tomova returns to House of Legends with a beautiful story taken from her new book, Bulgarian Folk Tales. Nana is the host of the Story Apothecary Podcast. She's from Bulgaria and now based in the Scottish Highlands. You can lea...
Episode 100: Anniversary Special with Sorcha & Aron Hegarty, Danica Boyce & Sam Gillespie
House of Legends is 100 episodes old! I decided to celebrate by having a hangout with my co-facilitators from the Oak & Ash retreat. We talk about the event and what we learnt from it about story, song and ceremony.
Episode 98: Hyena Husband
A village tale of predatory men and feminine secrets from Ghana, told by Daniel Allison.
Episode 97: The Jaguar King
On this episode I tell the Amazonian story of The Jaguar King.My new series of online Cave of Dreams events with Danica Boyce begins 25th October 2025. Learn more and get a discounted bundle ticket
Episode 96: Midir & Étaín: Part Three read by Aidan Kelly
This episode is the sixth in a series celebrating the audiobook release of Irish Mythology: The Children of Danu, narrated by Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly.In episodes 94-96 I share my retelling of the unforgettable story of Midir & ...
Episode 95: Midir & Étaín: Part Two read by Aoife McMahon
This episode is the fifth in a series celebrating the audiobook release of Irish Mythology: The Children of Danu, narrated by Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly, available exclusively from Audible. In episodes 94-96 I share my retelling ...
Episode 94: Midir & Étaín: Part One read by Aidan Kelly
This episode is the fourth in a series celebrating the audiobook release of Irish Mythology: The Children of Danu, narrated by Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly. Over the next three episodes I'll share my retelling of the unforgettable ...
Episode 93: Irish Mythology Special: The 1st Battle of Moytura read by Aidan Kelly
This episode is the third in a series celebrating the audiobook release of Irish Mythology: The Children of Danu, narrated by Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly, available exclusively from AudibleGet the audiobook
Episode 92: Irish Mythology Special: Fire in the Sky read by Aoife McMahon
This episode is the second in a series celebrating the audiobook release of Irish Mythology: The Children of Danu, narrated by Aoife McMahon and Aidan Kelly, available exclusively from Audible.Over three episodes I'll share the first thr...
Episode 91: Irish Mythology Special: The Landing read by Aidan Kelly
This episode is the first in a series celebrating the audiobook release of Irish Mythology: The Children of Danu, available exclusively from Audible. Over three episodes I'll share the first three chapters of the book, recounting th...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 &...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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
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...