S2E6 - Journey to the Underworld
As equinox tips us once more into the dark half of the year (here in the northern hemisphere), the season of story, we journey to the underw...
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Roots of Lore
Roots of Lore is a podcast from Caitlin Brehm that explores the roots of fairy tales and folklore to ponder the messages and morals they offered in times past and dig into the medicine they...
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17 episodesS2E5 - East of the Sun and West of the Moon
We've been exploring "The Snow Queen" all season, but in this episode of Roots of Lore, let's explore Hans Christian Andersen in a bit more...
S2E4 - Brigid and the Cailleach
We are at a threshold time. Last week marked the midway point between Winter solstice and spring equinox. Now you might be feeling the stirr...
S2E3 - The Omen Days of Wyrd
Happy New Year! We are standing at the portal between one year and the next, and you may be thinking of New Year's Resolutions or goals to h...
S2E2 - The Saturnalia
It's the season of celebration and in this episode of Roots of Lore, we explore The Saturnalia. Find links + show notes at rootsoflore.com P...
S2E1 - The Season of Story
The nights grow long and dark. And from them spring holidays, rituals, celebrations, and stories. Now perhaps more than any other time of ye...
Happy Birthday, Roots of Lore!
It's the one year anniversary of the first episode of Roots of Lore. This one is just a mini episode to keep the podcast alive on this auspi...
S1E9 - Cinderella: Glass Slippers & Ancestors
Cinderella is the fairy tale that, perhaps more than any other, sets our standard for how we expect a fairy tale to behave. But this story t...
S1E8 - Riquet with the Tuft: of Beauties and Beasts
What would you choose if you had to pick one: beauty or intelligence? In this episode of Roots of Lore, we're exploring two stories that tes...
S1E7 - The Fairies and the Enchantments of Eloquence
Sometimes stories serve as lessons for children, but in Perrault's day, sometimes fairy tales were a manners guide for adults. This episode...
S1E6 - Puss in Boots: The Animal as Helper
Animals appear often in fairy tales and folklore, and the most famous Animal as Helper is perhaps none other than our favorite booted feline...
S1E5 - Little Thumb and the Trail of Breadcrumbs
In this episode, we're exploring the class system of Louis XIV's France through the story of Charles Perrault's Le Petit Poucet, or Little T...
S1E4 - Little Red Riding Hood: The Path of Pins or the Path of Needles
Will you take the path of pins or the path of needles? This is the question that Little Red Riding Hood must answer not as a girl who should...
S1E3 - Bluebeard: Facing what's behind the door
There are many ways to examine a story, and Charles Perrault's story of Bluebeard is a haunting one. So in this episode of Roots of Lore, we...
S1E2 - Sleeping Beauty and what's really beneath true love's kiss
What if Sleeping Beauty didn't wake up from her sleep because of a kiss? What if the story doesn't end with a marriage and happily ever afte...
S1E1 - Charles Perrault: The Man Behind Mother Goose
In season one of the Roots of Lore podcast, we'll be diving into Charles Perrault's fairy tales: Tales and Stories of the Past with Morals :...
Once upon a time there was a story
Welcome to Roots of Lore, a podcast from Caitlin Brehm, that explores the roots of fairy tales and folklore to ponder the messages and moral...