How do we live with the parts of ourselves that pull in opposite directions—whether it is the pull between duty and desire, safety and freedom, or comfort and becoming? In this offering, I trace the golden thread of Celtic horse mythology as it winds through stories of the Goddesses Rhiannon, Macha, Epona, and Étaín—each a mirror of the human soul navigating paradox. These ancient tales don’t hand us tidy answers, but they illuminate how true power often lives in our willingness to hold tension without collapse—to honor both wildness and wisdom, longing and responsibility, light and shadow. These goddesses don’t flee contradiction—they ride it—and in doing so, remind us that wholeness is not found in resolution, but in the courage to live braided, broken, and beautifully whole.
Read MoreSacred Hare Divine Feminine: Where Moon, Sacred Hare & Womb Dance as One
What weaves its way like an underground warren beneath the borders of conquest and control, preserving our collective wild sisterhood with the earth across time, cultures and landscapes? The ancient link between hares, the divine feminine, and the moon journeyed from Asia to the Americas—carried by storytellers, pilgrims, healers, and wanderers. What might we reclaim if we traced their sacred steps?
Read MoreIn the Belly of a Whale: Archetypal Monsters and Mothers in Maritime Mythology
In ancient maritime folklore from around the world, being confronted by a whale serves as a symbol for life’s greatest challenges. Ancient seafaring stories about whales invite us back into a mythical relationship with what overwhelms us, and we discover what the experience is asking of us. In so doing, we discover whales have not just served our physical survival needs throughout the ages, but they have helped us to psychologically grow. Learning the wisdom of whales we enter back into right relationship with the wild, a timeless and enduring shared human value that weaves us back into belonging with the world.
Read MoreThe Sky Goddess: Generously Weaving Together Worlds
Bridging continents and cultures, the Eswatini folktale of Cloud Princess from Africa and the Haudenosaunee folktale of Sky Woman from North America, offer us their shared and relevant wisdom enriching, deepening and expanding our understanding of the meaning of “generosity” in unexpected ways. We learn generosity is the vital and sacred choice that can weave us back into relationship with each other, draw us into closer kinship with the wild, and open ourselves up to belonging to a larger whole.
Read MoreMagical Turtles and Mystical Swords: Twin Legendary Kings from East and West
Remarkably, Great Britain and Vietnam have a shared mythology surrounding a mythical King, a mystical lake, and a magical sword. The mythologies surrounding King Arthur and King Lê Lợi are so astonishingly similar, it is as though they are woven together with a silk thread into belonging with each other. In our disenchanted and divisive world, a synchronicity like this - if we allow it to be our guide - invites us to consider the mystery and interconnectedness of the world. These twin mythologies weave us back into relationship with the Anima Mundi, the Soul of the World.
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Read MoreEnemies Made Sacred: The Last Howl of the Gospel of the Grasslands
In the heart of the Mongolian grasslands wolves and sheep herders once lived in harmony with each other. Nomadic herders regarded their fiercest enemy as their sacred teacher, weaving wolf-wisdom into myth, ritual, and the rhythms of daily life. Their folklore—part gospel, part guide—taught them the ways of wolves: resilience, loyalty, and reverence for the wild, helping human communities endure the unforgiving land. Wolf Totem captures this vanishing world, where enemy became ancestor, and folklore fed both body and soul.
Read MorePlants, Magic and Power: Folklore's Storied Plants Wield Their Quiet Power
Whether it is a giant beanstalk, benevolent flowers, wise herbs, sacred birch goddesses or mossy coats, many ancient folktales remind us how our ancestors lived in harmony with plants, relying on them not only for sustenance but also for healing, protection, wisdom, empowerment and inspiration. Ancient plant folktales encapsulate wisdom and teachings passed down through generations, reflecting the roles that flora and fauna have played for our survival, cultural identity and in the mythic imagination, often intersecting all three.
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