In this episode I gently interrogate what we mean when we say "the veil is thin" at Halloween, and offer a vision of the whole of winter as a season of hospitality between humans and the otherworld(s) through fire, story, music, and rituals of generosity.
Listen to past Fair Folk episode "All Hallows' Folk Tradition at the Gates of Winter" https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-hallows-folk-tradition-at-the-gates-of-winter/id1177770160?i=1000452872493
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Music in this episode:
Opening theme: "Forest March" by Sylvia Woods
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"Réidh Chnoc Mná Duibhe" by Diarmuid Ó Súilleabháin
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Image is Fairy Tale of Kings by Lithuanian painter Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis