Rowan & Pine: A Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

CW mentions of Sexual Assault, Addiction, Suicide, ChildbirthGrab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions. In this outtake from the Sea(tember) floor, we chat about the ethics of meat and taxidermy, how Emily has been since baby no.3 came into the world, plus our spooky season watchlist.CREATORS COLLECTIVECheck out the CC featured pod: Down the Crooked PathSTTL Theme: Midwestern Emo by Nick Payne https://linktr.ee/rowanandpine

PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll take the wind out of your sails.Seatember is back! And so is Emily! This time we set sail to Japan where we take a quick port stop in Japanese maritime folklore with sea dragons, whale cults and giant ocean monks (don't ask) before getting into the strange yet downright chilling folklore of the Funayūrei. These ships full of drowned sailors want one thing: to add to their crew by any means necessary (including using ladles to sink your ship). Tangents include live autopsies, some gushing about Widow's Bay, and why you shouldn't drive a Tesla through a cemetery.WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVENS O U R C E S:https://yokai.com/funayuurei/?srsltid=AfmBOopjItIBCXyrQJKAaVoWhLn85MU2gOsIEPzLyr5HQ5ZuavFMQVmlhttps://www.curiousordinary.com/2022/01/funayurei.htmlHennessy, K., Mitchell, A., Murrell, V., Plowman, F. and Pyke, V. (eds.) (2020) A History Of Ghosts, Spirits And The Supernatural. DK Publishing.https://japanesewithyumiko.com/obon-festival-dead-spirits-ancestorshttps://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/funa-yurei/ https://hyakumonogatari.com/2013/05/10/bakekujira-and-japans-whale-cults/https://hyakumonogatari.com/2010/10/28/funa-yurei/https://yokai.com/ryuuguunotsukai/?srsltid=AfmBOopDp0eMbhF4OvdhPqDzqlhr6G32D67Zh-oPBF-XUv4TqrcOGIqqhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/long-fish-predicts-earthquake-legendhttps://metropolisjapan.com/water-spirits-japanese-folklore/CREATORS COLLECTIVEFeatured CC podcast: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes C O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpine

A tiny plaque, carved from mammoth ivory was dated to around 30,000 BCE. On its surface, a human figure stands in a pose that some researchers believe represents the constellation Orion. Deep within caves from that same era, paintings depict other familiar celestial forms, like Taurus, occupying the ancient sky then just as they do now. While it is nearly impossible to trace the exact moment our ancestors first looked up and traced these glowing patterns of light, astrology grew directly out of their deep desire to understand the universe and read the will of the gods. Across the globe, early human cultures interpreted the sky through their own unique lenses - tying starry shapes to local flora and fauna, weaving them into existing folk legends, or building brand new myths around the shapes they saw.S O U R C E S:https://www.aglaiaco.com/en-eu/blogs/magazin-1/the-12-zodiac-signs-and-their-elements-complete-astrology-guidesrsltid=AfmBOordw2RvGcZNFOJIZodN81rS4rORT5iA4gex27pg4Q4-gNCBbUF7The Planetary Joys and the Origins of the Significations of the Houses and Triplicities By Chris Brennan https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/history-of-horoscopesHistory of the Zodiac B. L. van der Waerden Archiv für Orientforschung, 16. Bd. (1952-1953), pp. 216-230 (15 pages) https://www.thenightsky.com/blog/astrology-and-the-elements?tnscc=IEhttps://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/star-myths.htmlCREATORS COLLECTIVEFeatured CC podcast: Tea Tales & TalksC O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpine

PLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or 🫵 WIIIIITCHThis is the second of our Feminist History of Astrology with Niamh's bestie Megan. We recap the ancient astrology covered in Part 1 before getting into where it all went south, starting with the moral panic of the Witchcraft laws in Elizabethan England which led to the infamous Witch Trials, the discreditation of Astrology into a fringe pseudoscience practiced by the lower echelons of society, and right through to how it became reputedly the pasttime of bored houswives and gullible women and LGBTQIA+ people. We then navigate the sience behind both why people connect to astrology and the misconceptions held by the scientists who seek to discredit it.WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVENS O U R C E S:“New Age to Post Modern Age: the cultural location of metaphysical belief” - Fiona Smyth, Dublin City University, 2001https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/forget-economics-try-astrology-instead-fmf8dqxnrgxhttps://www.russh.com/feminism-and-astrology/https://blackthornandstone.com/2020/06/25/clockwork-sky-astrology-in-early-modern-victorian-england/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/astrology-gen-z-star-signs-moon-b2683469.htmlAge of AquariusThe English Witchcraft Act of 1563 Revisited* Alexandra Gajda ,George Southcombehttps://publicdomainreview.org/essay/divining-the-witch-of-york-propaganda-and-prophecy/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nancy-reagan-astrology-20160306-story.htmlhttps://libguides.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/law-witch/englandMENTIONED:Penn Badgley vs Matt Rife CHECK OUT THE CREATORS COLLECTIVEFeatured ad: Death Kissed TravelerC O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpine

Hi! We have recently had a few changes behind the scenes at R&P, mainly that we have switched podcast networks. Our new network, the Creators Collective, can be found here - (and in the podcast bio). Please check out the hige selection of amazing spooky podcasts!

WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN. Check out the video version of this episode on Patrreon for all tiers“As for speaking, there was no one to speak to, and as for laughing, she had no mind to it; so she sat on and looked at nothing but her work.” — The Six Swans, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (1812), translated by Margaret Hunt ”The Brothers Grimm are household names: spoken with the same familiarity as Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, or Rapunzel. In German‑speaking Europe, their books were second only to the Bible in popularity, and by the twentieth century they had become the most famous collectors of folk and fairy tales in the western world...S O U R C E S:https://explorethearchive.com/brothers-grimm-fairy-taleshttps://www.neh.gov/humanities/2015/marchapril/feature/how-the-grimm-brothers-saved-the-fairy-taleTwo Hundred Years After Once Upon a Time: The Legacy of the Brothers Grimm and Their Tales in GermanyJack Zipes Marvels & Tales, Vol. 28, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE: In Honor of Donald Haase (2014), pp. 54-74 (21 pages)Critical Observations on Recent Psychoanalytical Approaches to the Tales of the Brothers Grimm Jack Zipes Merveilles & contesVol. 1, No. 1 (May 1987), pp. 19-30 (12 pages)Silenced Women in the Grimms’ Tales: The “Fit” Between Fairy Tales and Society in Their Historical Context Chapter Author(s): RUTH B. BOTTIGHEIMER Why Fairy Tales Matter: The Performative and the Transformative Maria Tatar Western Folklore , Vol. 69, No. 1 (Winter 2010), pp. 55-64 (10 pages)C O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpinePart of @Podmoth Media NetworkAdditional sounds from PixabayFeatured Podmoth pod: Brutal Bizarre & Boozy

CW - Mention of sexual assaultPLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll pelt you with gallnuts.This is the second of our TWO PARTER with our white knights, Kelsey and Abbie from Fairy Tale Fix! We will continue to deconstruct the Damsels in Distress Archetype and how the influence of Christian and family values have sanitised some of the juciest tales of our youth. We rewind the clock to the Italian origin of Rapunzel - Petrosinella - before having some pop culture chats about our favourite badass women.Please go show Kelsey and Abbie some love and tell 'em we sent ya!WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVENS O U R C E S:https://owlcation.com/humanities/mythology-and-archetypes-a-damsel-in-distressFeminist Fairy-Tale Scholarship: A Critical Survey and Bibliography Donald Haase, Marvels & Tales, Vol. 14, No. 1, Fairy Tale Liberation—Thirty Years Later (2000), pp. 15-63 (49 pages)The Story of Petrosinellahttps://classicalwisdom.substack.com/p/andromeda-the-beauty-of-the-mediterraneanRapunzel by the Brothers Grimm"Some Day My Prince Will Come": Female Acculturation through the Fairy Tale Marcia R. Lieberman College English, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Dec., 1972), pp. 383-395 (13 pages)MICHAEL A. SOLIS THE DAMSEL IN DISTRESS: RESCUING WOMEN FROM AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY https://www.kevindincher.com/2024/08/fairy-tale-damsels-in-distress.htmlMENTIONEDSong of The Lioness series by Tamora PierceC O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpinePart of @Podmoth Media NetworkAdditional sounds from PixabayFeatured Podmoth pod:Brutal, Bizarre And Boozy

CW - Mention of suicidePLEASE LIKE/COMMENT/SUBSCRIBE or we'll make you wanna poke your other eye out.This month we have a TWO PARTER and Niamh has called in some white knights, Kelsey and Abbie from Fairy Tale Fix! We will get to know them and all about their fantastic "WTF fairytale podcast" before diving in to the Damsels in Distress Archetype and how it has grown and evolved with society. We pick out our bingo card of DID tropes before hearing the Irish myth, "Deirdre of the Sorrows" and her beautifully tragic ending.Join us again next week for Part 2 because we just yapped that much! WELCOME TO THE HAGSTONE COVEN.MENTIONEDThe Girl who Pretended To Be A Boy -AKA The Princess Who Would Be A Prince Andrew Lang collectionA Choice of Magic by Ruth Manning SandersS O U R C E Shttps://owlcation.com/humanities/mythology-and-archetypes-a-damsel-in-distressFeminist Fairy-Tale Scholarship: A Critical Survey and Bibliography Donald Haase, Marvels & Tales, Vol. 14, No. 1, Fairy Tale Liberation—Thirty Years Later (2000), pp. 15-63 (49 pages)https://classicalwisdom.substack.com/p/andromeda-the-beauty-of-the-mediterranean"Some Day My Prince Will Come": Female Acculturation through the Fairy Tale Marcia R. Lieberman College English, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Dec., 1972), pp. 383-395 (13 pages)https://www.kevindincher.com/2024/08/fairy-tale-damsels-in-distress.htmlhttps://bardmythologies.com/deirdre-of-the-sorrows/C O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpinePart of @Podmoth Media NetworkAdditional sounds from PixabayFeatured Podmoth pod:Brutal, Bizarre And Boozy