TNP254 {The Spirit of Yuletide Miniseries} Part 7: Winter Solstice and the Old Woman of Winter (Dec 21)

It all begins with the Mother. Tonight on the longest night of the year, we honour our matrilineages and the spiritual lineages of prophesy, blessing, abundance and nurturance passed down through the ages through myths concerning Crones. Source materials for this miniseries: A Brief History of Christmas Tradition Anglo-Saxon Charms, the Journal of American Folklore (1909), F.Grendon Apple Tree Lore, druidry.org A Visit from La Befana, JSTOR Daily Bärbeletreiben Biedermeier period Berserks In History and Legend, M.Speidel Between the “Thracian Substratum” and “Oriental Accretions”: Bulgarian Mumming and the National Heritage Canon, Ivo Strahilov CHRISTMAS GIFTS AND THE GIFT-BRINGER, LESLIE D. JOHNSTON Christmas in Ritual and Tradition (1912), C.Miles Demons and Spirits of the Land: Ancestral Lore and Practices, C.Lecouteux Deutsches Weinachsmuseum, All About Christmas Glass Doe A Deer A Female Deer, Danielle Prohom Olson Feasts and Feasting in the Fourteenth Century, Jon Mackley foodtimeline.org Frau Holle in Legend Fungi, Folkways and Fairy Tales: Mushrooms & Mildews in Stories, Remedies & Rituals, from Oberon to the Internet Genius Fabulae: The Irish Sense of Place, P.Sheeran Hearth-Prayers and Other Traditions of Brigit: Celtic Goddess and Holy Woman. The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, S.Catháin HiddenGlen.org, Michael Newton's courses are chock full of Gaelic lore and language. Highly recommended. How Guy Lombardo Became Mr.New Year's Eve, Canadian Encyclopedia Industrial Revolution, Chocolate Revolution Lucy of Syracuse. Patron saint of eye disorders, Carlos Ortiz-Hidalgo Marzipan Pigs Christmas Tradition Mistletoe, Magic & Medicine (1939), L. Kanner Negotiating Children's Music: New Evidence for Schumann's 'Charming' Late Style. Acta Musicologica, R. Kok Notes on Italian Folk Customs, Stanley Gee Otto Hofler, Wikipedia Perchten and Krampusse: Living Mask Traditions in Austria and Bavaria, Molly Carter Phantom Armies of the Night: The Wild Hunt and the Ghostly Processions of the Undead, Claude Lecouteux Roast Beef, The New Poor Law, and the British Nation, 1834-63, N.Durbach St. Lucia's Day: An Italian saint, a German child and a female demon all play a role in the story of 13 December, ScienceNorway.no St.Lucy, Brittanica.com Shedding Light on Saint Lucy, Aubrey Minshew Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Unknown author Some Ancient and Modern Yuletide Customs (Dec.1939), L.Johnston Sugar Past and Present The British Isles in Norse Saga (1915), C.Fiske The Kissing Bough The Ancient Jus Gentium of the Aryans (1899) The Feast of Saint Barbara with Pagan Traditions The Krampus in Austria: A Case of Booming Identity Politics, Gertraud Seiser and Matthäus Rest The Legends of Bertha in Switzerland (1977), M.Rumpf The Lussekatter The Old Magic of Christmas: Yuletide Traditions for the Darkest Days of the Year, L.Raedisch The Pomander: A Brief History The Problem of Mysteriousness of Baba Yaga Character in Religious Mythology, Evgenia V. Ivanova The Rowan Tree and a Rowan Cross The Scots Kitchen (1929), F.McNeill The Silver Bough, Volume 3: A Calendar of Scottish National Festivals - Hallowe’en to Yule (1961), F.McNeill The Song of Tapani in Finnish Christmas Celebrations, I.Rank The Tradition of Household Spirits: Ancestral Lore and Practices, C.Lecouteux The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, B.Walker Unwrapping Yuletide: A Century of Icelandic Traditions, Gudrun Jonina Gunnlaugsdottir We Don't Know The Origin Of The Candy Cane But They Almost Certainly Were Not Christian, Smithsonian Magazine Witches, Werewolves and Fairies: Shapeshifters and Astral Doubles in the Middle Ages, Claude Lecouteux Yule: The Pagan Holiday of Light, The TROTH | Education and Service for Inclusive Heathenry Yuletide Monsters: Christmas Hauntings in Medieval Literature and Modern Popular Culture, Medieval Studies Blog Hosted by the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute ✨ ✨ ✨ Buy The Spirite