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<description>&lt;p&gt;As Ed says at the end of our final episode of 2024, “Have yourself a mythic little Christmas!” We close the year with a wandering conversation about folklore, myth, modernity as being “away with the fairies” and hopefully bringing back something of worth from the journey.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Show Notes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Ed’s new book of poetry, &lt;em&gt;The Father’s Road&lt;/em&gt;, is &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/1824061612/the-fathers-road-poetry-collection?click_key=2c0f79d25c43dd0a3ab63f8c19f8f8f84d5939d3%3A1824061612&amp;#38;click_sum=9313c943&amp;#38;ref=shop_home_active_1"&gt;available now through Etsy.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Roger Deakin, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.se/books/edition/Wildwood/7V5AurYY_GIC?hl=en&amp;#38;gbpv=0"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Alan Garner’s &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/collected-folk-tales-alan-garner?variant=40157865214030"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Collected Folk Tales&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/36342309-martin-shaw"&gt;Martin Shaw&lt;/a&gt;’s &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/p/Westcountry-school-of-myth-and-story-100025890138105/"&gt;Westcountry School of Myth&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* On three ways of handling the “spiritual gelignite” of myth – retelling, translation and reabsorption/transmutation – Alan Garner’s essay, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.academia.edu/68953570/Book_review_the_death_of_myth"&gt;‘The Death of Myth’&lt;/a&gt;, originally published in the New Statesman, 1970.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_Service"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Owl Service&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt; – &lt;/em&gt;Garner’s transmutation of the myth of Blodeuwedd.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* For more on the Winnebago Trickster Cycle, see Paul Radin’s &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://yale.imodules.com/s/1667/images/gid6/editor_documents/yacol_fall_course_readings/flick_readings/radin__the_winnebago_trickster_cycle.pdf?sessionid=a641a3f1-47fd-41ec-8541-29035b1491d3&amp;#38;cc=1"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Trickster&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Three recent pieces from &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/2285370-mary-harrington"&gt;Mary Harrington&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/woke-is-not-the-new-reformation"&gt;‘“Woke” Is Not The New Reformation’&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/scrolling-toward-the-divine"&gt;‘Scrolling Toward The Divine’&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/yes-the-woke-right-is-real"&gt;‘Yes, the “Woke Right” is real’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* The Levi-Strauss line about “science, which started out by separating itself from myth, will eventually encounter it once again” is discussed in Debi Danowski and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.wiley.com/en-ie/The+Ends+of+the+World-p-9781509503971"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Ends of the World&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* James Bridle, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://jamesbridle.com/books/new-dark-age"&gt;&lt;em&gt;New Dark Age&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* We’ll talk about D.W. Pasulka’s &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-cosmic-9780190692889"&gt;&lt;em&gt;American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; later in the series, when Ed’s had the chance to read it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Wendell Berry, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.se/books/edition/The_Need_to_Be_Whole/YXjuzgEACAAJ?hl=en"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Need to Be Whole&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Ernest J. Gaines, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Gathering_of_Old_Men"&gt;&lt;em&gt;A Gathering of Old Men&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;* Alan Dundes, &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://iupress.org/9780253202406/interpreting-folklore/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Interpreting Folklore&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit &lt;a href="https://www.homewardbound.org?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1"&gt;www.homewardbound.org&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Homeward Bound (including The Great Humbling)

Dougald Hine

The Great Humbling S6E4: The Consolations of Folklore

DEC 16, 202464 MIN
Homeward Bound (including The Great Humbling)

The Great Humbling S6E4: The Consolations of Folklore

DEC 16, 202464 MIN

Description

<p>As Ed says at the end of our final episode of 2024, “Have yourself a mythic little Christmas!” We close the year with a wandering conversation about folklore, myth, modernity as being “away with the fairies” and hopefully bringing back something of worth from the journey.</p><p>Show Notes</p><p>* Ed’s new book of poetry, <em>The Father’s Road</em>, is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/1824061612/the-fathers-road-poetry-collection?click_key=2c0f79d25c43dd0a3ab63f8c19f8f8f84d5939d3%3A1824061612&#38;click_sum=9313c943&#38;ref=shop_home_active_1">available now through Etsy.</a></p><p>* Roger Deakin, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.se/books/edition/Wildwood/7V5AurYY_GIC?hl=en&#38;gbpv=0"><em>Wildwood: A Journey Through Trees</em></a>.</p><p>* Alan Garner’s <a target="_blank" href="https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/collected-folk-tales-alan-garner?variant=40157865214030"><em>Collected Folk Tales</em></a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/36342309-martin-shaw">Martin Shaw</a>’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/p/Westcountry-school-of-myth-and-story-100025890138105/">Westcountry School of Myth</a>.</p><p>* On three ways of handling the “spiritual gelignite” of myth – retelling, translation and reabsorption/transmutation – Alan Garner’s essay, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.academia.edu/68953570/Book_review_the_death_of_myth">‘The Death of Myth’</a>, originally published in the New Statesman, 1970.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Owl_Service"><em>The Owl Service</em></a><em> – </em>Garner’s transmutation of the myth of Blodeuwedd.</p><p>* For more on the Winnebago Trickster Cycle, see Paul Radin’s <a target="_blank" href="https://yale.imodules.com/s/1667/images/gid6/editor_documents/yacol_fall_course_readings/flick_readings/radin__the_winnebago_trickster_cycle.pdf?sessionid=a641a3f1-47fd-41ec-8541-29035b1491d3&#38;cc=1"><em>The Trickster</em></a>.</p><p>* Three recent pieces from <a target="_blank" href="https://substack.com/profile/2285370-mary-harrington">Mary Harrington</a> – <a target="_blank" href="https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/woke-is-not-the-new-reformation">‘“Woke” Is Not The New Reformation’</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/scrolling-toward-the-divine">‘Scrolling Toward The Divine’</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.maryharrington.co.uk/p/yes-the-woke-right-is-real">‘Yes, the “Woke Right” is real’</a>.</p><p>* The Levi-Strauss line about “science, which started out by separating itself from myth, will eventually encounter it once again” is discussed in Debi Danowski and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wiley.com/en-ie/The+Ends+of+the+World-p-9781509503971"><em>The Ends of the World</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>* James Bridle, <a target="_blank" href="https://jamesbridle.com/books/new-dark-age"><em>New Dark Age</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>* We’ll talk about D.W. Pasulka’s <a target="_blank" href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/american-cosmic-9780190692889"><em>American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology</em></a> later in the series, when Ed’s had the chance to read it.</p><p>* Wendell Berry, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.google.se/books/edition/The_Need_to_Be_Whole/YXjuzgEACAAJ?hl=en"><em>The Need to Be Whole</em></a>.</p><p>* Ernest J. Gaines, <a target="_blank" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Gathering_of_Old_Men"><em>A Gathering of Old Men</em></a>.</p><p>* Alan Dundes, <a target="_blank" href="https://iupress.org/9780253202406/interpreting-folklore/"><em>Interpreting Folklore</em></a>.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.homewardbound.org?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.homewardbound.org</a>