Fireside
Kevin C. Olohan is your host and Fireside Bard. Every Wednesday, Kevin takes a story from Folklore or Mythology, gives it a fresh retelling, and discusses the story itself and the craft, culture and history of Storytelling.- Kevin C. Olohan
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135 – Episode CXXXV – Manawydan
In episode 135 of Fireside; Kevin tells the third branch of the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology. It’s the story of a mysterious mist that descends over the kingdom of Dyfed - a mist that wipes out all living creatures, except for four heroes - w...
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134 – Episode CXXXIV – Wales at War with Ireland
in episode 134 of Fireside; Kevin tells the second part of the second branch of the Mabinogion - the collection of tales from Welsh Mythology. Branwen, Princess of W...
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133 – Episode CXXXIII – The Blow to Branwen
In episode 133 of Fireside, Kevin begins the second branch of the Mabinogion - the tales of Welsh Mythology; with the story of the marriage of the chief princess of ...
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Fireside Bonus Ember – Yeats and Mythic Poetry
In a bonus episode exclusively for HeadStuff+ supporters, Kevin reads and discusses some of the magnificent, depraved and epic mythic poetry of The godfather of I...
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132 – Episode CXXXII – Pryderi
In episode 133 of Fireside Kevin tells the third and final part of the first branch of The Mabinogion - The welsh myth of the birth and mysterious disappearance of t...
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131 – Episode CXXXI – Rhiannon
In episode 132 of Fireside, Kevin continues with the first branch of the Mabinogion of Welsh Mythology, which tells of how Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed met the love of his...
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