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The Three Ravens Podcast

Three Ravens is an English myth and folklore podcast hosted by Eleanor Conlon and Martin Vaux.In each weekly episode, released on Mondays, we explore a historic county, digging into the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more.Across our first six series we ventured around England"s 39 historic counties twice, taking turns to tell a new version of a legend from that county - all before

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Series 7 Episode 9: Glamorganshire

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2026/02/16

For today's episode, we're venturing to the south of Wales to historic Glamorganshire.We talk about the county's very ancient life, including the discovery of the oldest bones in Western Europe, and its development into industrial glory, and later, industrial depression.Glamorganshire is a real treasure trove of folklore, from extremely stabby fairies to helpful ghosts and suspiciously nice snakes. We dabble in a bit of local love magic, and go hunting with Mallt y Nos and her pack of

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1:06:21

Valentine's Magic

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2026/02/14

It's Valentine's Day, so it's the perfect time to try out a little love magic!That's why we invited Dr Icy Sedgwick, author of Bring Me Love: Finding and Keeping Love Using Divination and Folk Magic, to come and chat to us all about love spells, cunning folk and ways to dream about your destined lover.It's a great chat, involving magical subscription services, cheese-based romantic decision making, and the surprisingly shocking practice of gathering kale to predict the kind of relationship you might

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1:16:41

Local Legends #54: Russ Williams

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2026/02/14

On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin's flagged over Griff, the trusty Ford Fiesta, belonging to travel writer and folklorist Russ Williams. Author of the WTF blog and Where The Folk: A Welsh Folklore Road Trip, Russ trained as a journalist, had a jaunt overseas in Australia, and felt hiraeth calling him. He's now based in Cardiff, but North Wales will forever be home. Which is very handy for us, as he doesn't just know Caernarfonshire's folk tales and character - he has been to these

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1:39:03

Magic and Medicines #21: Spiritualism

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2026/02/12

Magic and Medicines is BACK - just like the ooky-spooky ghosts summoned up by believers in this episode's topic - Spiritualism!As we discuss, philosophically speaking 'Spiritualism' is a big old tradition, involving any belief system rooted in concepts of souls, spirits, or supernatural forces. In the 19th century however, during the Second Great Awakening in upstate New York, Spiritualist ideas from a range of Revivalist traditions combined to make something new.Exploding in popularity following

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Series 7 Episode 8: Caernarfonshire

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2026/02/09

This week we're chatting all about the heritage and folklore of the historic Welsh county of Caernarfonshire, and telling the tale of a very good dog.We begin with two of the county's saints, both connected to a key legend from The Mabinogi, before leaping headlong into the county famous for being the heart of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. We have dramatic coastlines, two of the most stunning castles in all of Wales, more Arthurian legends than you can throw a stick at, and the tallest mountain anywhere

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Local Legends #53: Horatio Clare

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2026/02/07

On this week's episode of Local Legends, Eleanor chats with writer Horatio Clare about land and legend. Although Horatio has had a really versatile career, he’s probably best known for his award winning nature and travel writing, and the beauty of his descriptions of place. Luckily for us, he also grew up on a farm in the Brecon Beacons, so was deeply steeped in the mythology and stories of the natural world around him. Author of Myths and Legends of the Brecon Beacons and Myths and Legends of

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1:18:19

Magus #7: Hermes Trismegistus

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2026/02/05

For this month's episode of Magus we're finally discussing the life of the first Magus ever, Hermes Trismegistus!An ancient Egyptian sage written about by Cicero and early Christian church fathers, he is the literal reason why the magical practices of Hermeticism and Alchemy came into existence. He was still being referenced by the likes of Isaac Newton during the European Enlightenment, and his writings remain popular in esoteric and occult circles even today.Discovery of his existence came about

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Series 7 Episode 7: Brecknockshire

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2026/02/02

After a break from releasing regular county episodes, we're back with a bang for the second half of Series 7. The first historic Welsh county on our journey is Brecknockshire, which has now been divided up into lots of other counties, and no longer exists.We start out by talking about Brychan Brycheiniog, the 5th century king who gave his name to the original area, and his many, many saintly children, and adventure through Brecknockshire's highly picturesque scenery: mysterious cave systems, the

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1:23:10

February Update: Imbolc and the Feast of Lights

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2026/02/01

In this month's update episode we're chatting all about Imbolc - otherwise known as the start of Spring!In addition to speaking about the Celtic deity Brige, Candlemas traditions, Candle Magic, and a bunch of our news, we have included the opening chunks of January's Patreon Exclusive episodes.These include our episode about Havelock The Dane, and part of Martin's telling of this largely forgotten 10th century English legend, and part of our suitably pagan Film Club episode all about 1974's Penda's

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Discussing The Blue Fairy Book

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2026/01/31

To cap off the end of our release of the stories from The Blue Fairy Book, in this episode we look back at who Leonora and Andrew Lang were, why anybody should care, and then we go back and trace the provenance of these tales.Beyond just identifying where they seem to have come from, we also explore how the Lang fairy stories work a little like a kaleidoscope, with the same pieces of coloured glass landing in different orders to create dramatically different outcomes.We speak about the ones we

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'The Story of Pretty Goldilocks'

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2026/01/31

So, turns out we somehow forgot one: The Story of Pretty Goldilocks!And this one is really good - it gives Martin plenty of excuses to do silly animal voices, Charming is a better version of Trusty John, and there's not a bear in sight - let alone three!We hope you enjoy, and do check out today's other release, which is a discussion between Eleanor and Martin about all the stories in The Blue Fairy Book, including where the tales originally came from, and which ones stand out as exceptional and

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'A Voyage to Lilliput Chapters 4 and 5'

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2026/01/29

To conclude our readings from the Blue Fairy Book, we warmly present the second part of a trilogy of episodes retelling 'A Voyage to Lilliput.Adapted from the first book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, in this one Gulliver goes to war, stealing fifty war ships in a single afternoon of swimming - but trouble soon starts to rear its head.Because Gulliver, unwilling to enslave the Blefuscudians, finds the Emperor of Lilliput now wants to blind him and starve him to death...If you are

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'A Voyage of Lilliput Chapters 2 and 3'

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2026/01/26

To conclude our readings from the Blue Fairy Book, we warmly present the second part of a trilogy of episodes retelling 'A Voyage to Lilliput.Adapted from the first book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, in this one Gulliver is searched and measured by servants of the Lilliputian Emperor, all before it is concluded that he may do this strange nation service.Specifically, as a war machine in Lilliput's battles against the 'Big-Endians' of Blefuscu...If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy

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'A Voyage To Lilliput Chapter 1'

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2026/01/24

To conclude our readings from the Blue Fairy Book, we warmly present the first part of a trilogy of episodes retelling 'A Voyage to Lilliput.Adapted from the first book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, in this one, we travel with young surgeon Lemuel Gulliver from England, by sea, to somewhere beyond Van Diemen's Land.There he encounters a race of people that appear, to Gulliver, only six inches tall - who also have some pretty strange beliefs... If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy

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'The Red Etin'

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2026/01/22

Brace yourself for one of the Lang's dialect stories from north of Hadrian's Wall: The Red Etin!Though the Etin itself is Irish, strangely. Still, thank goodness for another Youngest Son who isn't a total fool.Also, fix your buckets everybody!If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by a married couple, folklorists and translators Nora and Andrew Lang, with most of the work done to compile them completed by Nora, also known as

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'The Black Bull Of Norroway'

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2026/01/19

A take on the East of the Sun and West of Moon tale type from north of the border.When the Black Bull of Norroway turns up to whisk the youngest daughter off to seek her fortune, she'd better not move a hand or a foot when the air turns blue...This story is written in dialect, so in the spirit intended by the Langs, we have narrated it in dialect, with apologies to our Scottish friends.If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by

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'The History of Jack The Giant Killer'

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2026/01/17

We have one of the most famous English fairy tales of them all for you today: Jack The Giant Killer!Does make you wonder though whether Jack is really a good guy, or a big game hunter. For further discussion of the topic, perhaps listen to Local Legends #3 about Cornwall with Mike O'Connor. Stream it here or simply search for it on your podcast app!If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by a married couple, folklorists and

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'The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou' -...

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2026/01/15

In the next part of Prince Ahmed's story, his blissful time with the Fairy Paribanou is interrupted by the machinations of the Sultan's scheming advisers...If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by a married couple, folklorists and translators Nora and Andrew Lang, with most of the work done to compile them completed by Nora, also known as Leonora Blanche Alleyne.Assembled and published in 12 colour-coded "Fairy Books," the

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'The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou' -...

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2026/01/12

When three princes all fall in love with the same princess, their father sends them out into the world to find the most wonderful curiosities...An adventure that keeps unfolding, Prince Ahmed's tale is probably the longest in the Blue Fairy Book - so we've split it into two. Part 2 will be out on Thursday!If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by a married couple, folklorists and translators Nora and Andrew Lang, with most of

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'The Princess on the Glass Hill'

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2026/01/10

If you have ever wondered what would happen if Cinderella was a story about a boy, well, we warmly present The Princess on the Glass Hill!A pleasing example of the Youngest Son doing things his elder brothers can't, the real question the story asks is, would marrying this particular princess be a route to happiness? Because... who is she, really?!If you are unfamiliar with the Lang Fairy Tales, these seminal collections were assembled between 1889 and 1913 by a married couple, folklorists and

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