Ciarán and His Wild, Holy Kin | S6 Ep40

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This episode explores the story of Ciarán of Saighir and themes of spirituality, nature, and storytelling.

Write Your Book With Us In 2026 The Authors’ Knot Program , February - November 2026 Registration is open now for our intimate 10-month online writing program for thought leaders, memoirists, novelists. and heart-led visionaries working on a book or another “big project.” Learn more and apply to join the Authors’ Knot. Please Support Our Show: Join us on Substack Love KnotWork Storytelling? Your financial contribution helps me pay the amazing team that puts this show together. Subscribe to our newsletter Myth Is Medicine. Words Are Magic OUR STORY Ciarán of Saighir was born jus as Christianity was emerging in Ireland. This is the story of a woman’s vision, a long pilgrimage, and what happens when you keep company with a boar, a wolf, a badger, and a fox in a very inhospitable forest. The story was recorded during a Myth Workers’ Salon, a gathering of Myth Is Medicine newsletter subscribers. If you’d like to join the next gathering and hear the story before it’s on the podcast, sing up or upgrade your current subscription at: https://mythismedicine.substack.com/ IN THIS EPISODE January 6 and all of its spiritual and traditional celebrations: Little Christmas, Epiphany , Nollaig Na…

People in this episode

Host: Marisa Goudy

Topics covered

• spiritual celebrations
• animal nature
• liminal creatures
• connection to nature
• storytelling

Keywords

• Ciarán of Saighir
• spirituality
• storytelling
• animal nature
• Irish traditions
• Myth Is Medicine
• Authors’ Knot Program

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Organizations: Myth Is Medicine, Authors’ Knot Program

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