An Evening in Asgard – The Home of the Norse Gods with Lena Heide-Brennand
on-lineThis on-line event will be an evening of captivating tales about the main characters of Asgard and the creatures that existed alongside them.
GBP5.00 – GBP10.00
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Giants in Scandinavian Mythology and Folklore with Dr. Tommy Kuusela
on-lineA different perspective on giants, moving from Old Norse mythology to younger folklore accounts, and a discussion of similarities and differences.
GBP5.00 – GBP10.00
Journeys to the Underworld 2022
on-lineOur online concerts return! We launch with 'Journeys to the Underworld', the first in our winter series of themed online concerts, combining storytelling, poetry, folklore and more.
Myrddin – the Welsh Merlin by Dr Mark Williams
on-lineCasting an eye at some early Welsh poems (one spoken by Myrddin to his pet piglet) and some high medieval texts which let us glimpse the lost Celtic saga of Merlin.
GBP5.00 – GBP10.00
How Culhwch Won Olwen and tales of Arthur by Dr Mark Williams
on-lineThis fantastical and varied story features giants, horror, love, and adventure, and is the earliest Arthurian story to survive in any language. Arthur is a Celtic figure in origin, and here we get a glimpse of a stranger, less comfortable Arthur than the one we know.
GBP5.00 – GBP10.00
Deirdriu of the Sorrows by Dr Mark Williams
on-lineOne of the most famous heroines of Irish literature, whose story was turned into numerous plays in the Irish Revival of the turn of the 20th century. Deirdriu – sometimes called ‘the Irish Helen of Troy’ – is a heroine of great vividness
GBP5.00 – GBP10.00
