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Wild Kin: A Celtic Podcast

Wild Kin is a seasonal podcast exploring Celtic myths, deities, and traditions. Hosted by writer Jess Neary of Wild Kin Studio, each episode blends immersive storytelling with history and reflection to show why these legends still resonate today. New episodes drop around the Celtic festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh. wildkinstudio.substack.com

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S3E2: Spring Fires & Sacrifice

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2026/04/12

As the first of May approaches, the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane marks a turning point as a threshold between seasons.In this episode, we explore how communities may have prepared for the coming summer with rituals that hint at something darker. From the preserved body of Lindow Man, to 18th century Beltane customs recorded by John Ramsay, to the later May Day figure of Jack in the Green, a pattern begins to emerge.While separated by centuries, these traditions reflect a shared human response

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S3E1: The Bull, the Queen, and the Balance of Power

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2026/04/05

What does it mean to hold power, and what does it take to claim it?In this episode of Wild Kin, we step into the world of early Ireland through the story of Medb, a queen remembered for her ambition, her strategy, and the war she waged to secure her place as an equal ruler.But beneath the drama of cattle raids and battlefield tactics lies something deeper. Medb’s story opens a window into a society where wealth, land, and authority were closely intertwined- and where power within marriage,

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S2E4: The Wild Winter Mare

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2025/12/28

As the year draws to a close, there is a stretch of winter when time feels suspended. The space after holiday celebrations have ended, but before the light truly begins to return. In this episode of Wild Kin, we step into that liminal time, when spirits were once believed to roam freely, and the wild came knocking at the door.Resources:*National Museum Wales: Christmas Traditions: The Mari Lwyd*English Heritage: Uffington White Horse*Journal of the Royal Anthropoligical Institute: Rethinking ritual:

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S2E3: Midwinter Gatherings

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2025/12/21

In the heart of winter, when storms rage and resources grow thin, generosity has never been easy, or even optional.In this episode of Wild Kin, we step into the deep history of midwinter to explore why hospitality, gift-giving, and communal care have carried such moral weight across time.From Neolithic stone monuments aligned to the returning sun, to Celtic laws that mandated hosting as a sacred duty, to Christian stories that reframed generosity as divine obligation, we trace how winter has always

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S2E2: The Holly Tree

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2025/12/14

Holly is more than a Christmas decoration — it’s one of winter’s oldest guardians. In this episode of Wild Kin, we trace holly’s path from pagan threshold magic and medieval law to ogham lore, wandering spirits, and the evergreen symbol we still hang above our doors today.Resources & Further ReadingIlex aquifolium (Holly) — University College CorkAuraicept na n-Éces — CELT EditionBríatharogam (Ogham Kennings) — WikipediaCeltic Tree Alphabets — Nigel PennickTrees in Early Ireland — Fergus Kelly

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S2E1: The Winter Crone

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2025/12/07

The first frost isn’t just a shift in weather — it’s the moment the Cailleach rises. Mountain-shaper. Storm-bringer. Guardian of the wild herds.This week on Wild Kin, we travel into the heart of her mythology:how the winter crone shaped the landscape, why she appears at the turning of the season, and what her ancient stories reveal about aging, power, and the wisdom found in darkness.You’ll hear a fireside tale of a hunter, a herd of deer, and the winter queen who watches them all — followed by a

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S1E5: Samhain (Halloween)

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2025/10/26

Long before Halloween, the ancient Celts gathered under darkening skies to mark Samhain, the festival that ended the harvest season and began the dark half of the year. From Neolithic monuments aligned to the autumn sun, to Iron Age bonfires, and medieval tales of spirits and heroes crossing between worlds, this episode follows how Samhain evolved through the centuries into the Halloween we know today.Resources & ReferencesNational Museum of Ireland – Rites of Passage at TaraMound of the Hostages,

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S1E4: Ancestral Spirits

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2025/10/19

This episode traces how the ancient Celts honored their dead, not as ghosts or lost souls, but as living kin who continued to walk beside them when the veil between worlds grew thin.From feasts for the dead and sacred burial mounds to the shimmering Otherworld of Irish mythology, this story explores how Celtic spirituality saw death not as a departure, but a transformation- a continuation of relationship.We follow how this worldview evolved through Christianization, the Victorian spiritualist

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S1E3: The Irish Werewolf

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2025/10/12

This episode explores the origins of Ireland’s werewolf legends — from Celtic wolf-warrior rituals and shapeshifting myths to the medieval Werewolves of Ossory and the extinction of real wolves in Irish history. Blending Celtic mythology, folklore, and history, it traces how these sacred symbols became stories of fear and fascination from ancient Ireland to the modern world.Resources & ReferencesTopographia Hibernica — Gerald of Wales (analysis via Praxis of Social Imaginaries)The Werewolves of

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S1E2: The Origin of the Banshee

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2025/10/05

Banshee Show NotesBefore she became a ghostly omen in folklore, the banshee began as a woman whose voice bridged the living and the dead. Her cries were not curses, but calls of love and remembrance, echoing the ancient Celtic tradition of keening: ritual laments that helped souls cross to the Otherworld.In this episode of Wild Kin, we trace the origins of the banshee from these ancient traditions of early Ireland and how this ancient act of mourning is being revived today as a powerful expression

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S1E1 | Artio: The Bear Goddess

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2025/10/01

Thousands of years ago, Artio was revered as a goddess of wilderness, transformation, and abundance. Worshipped by the Helvetii tribe of Switzerland and later remembered in Roman-era inscriptions and statues, she embodies the wild strength of the European brown bear and the cycles of the natural world.In this episode of Wild Kin, we trace Artio’s story from ancient forests to the fragile remnants of Europe’s woodlands today, and reflect on how her fierce spirit still echoes in the grizzlies of North

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Wild Kin Official Trailer

Wild Kin: A Celtic Podcast ·

2025/09/20

Your first sneak peek at Wild Kin, a seasonal podcast that reconnects us with Celtic myths and traditions. Join your host, Jess Neary, as she brings ancient legends to life and explores how these pagan stories still shape our modern world.Each season, Wild Kin follows the Celtic calendar, with episodes dropping around Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh. Every week during these festivals, you’ll hear an original immersive story followed by the history and modern meaning of the goddesses, gods,

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