Cliodhna: the Banshee Queen as Soul Image

This week we look at Cliodhna, an Irish fairy queen who is a patroness of Munster and also called Queen of the Banshees. This beautiful banshee has a habit of stealing mortal men away from her favored families, though her main legend is the opposite--a mortal man who she loved and with whom she ran away. This has led to the legend of the Tonn Cliodhna, a kind of diastrous tidal wave reminiscent of the one sent to either kill her or return her to her home. We look at the stories of Cliodhna, and how one might look at her stories through the lens of depth psychology.

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Cliodhna: the Banshee Queen as Soul Image is an episode from Chthonia by Brigid Burke.

This episode is 49:34 long.

This episode was published on Sep 29, 2025.

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