The Silver Wheel with Jen Murphy | S7 Ep3

About this episode

Jen Murphy shares the core tales of the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, exploring themes of mythology and personal journey.

OUR STORY Jen Murphy tells us the core tales Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi, the great epic of Welsh mythology, beginning with King Math and his Goewin, his “virgin footholder” and concluding with the story of Arianrhod. Jen concludes her telling with Blodeuwedd, who you met in S7 Ep 1. OUR GUEST Jen Murphy is an Irish mythologist, anthropologist and founder of The Celtic Creatives. A Dubliner born and bred, from the time she could talk, Jen's grandmother Frances O'Sullivan filled her ears with tales from Irish myth and folklore, fuelling a now 40-year fascination with the stories of her lineage. Jen's apprenticeship to following her soul's breadcrumbs has guided her formal studies in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies, Anthropology, and Jungian Psychology. Jen supports people to remember that they have a shining soul, to dream Celtic spirituality into their modern lives by making the Celtic soul a living aesthetic—centring the soul in the everyday experience of life—through mythwork, dreamwork, and the body. Find her on Instagram @celticreatives and at https://celticcreatives.substack.com , https://www.celticcreatives.com/ IN THIS EPISODE How stories choose their tellers - Jen had…

People in this episode

Host: Marisa Goudy

Guest: Jen Murphy

Topics covered

• Welsh mythology
• Celtic spirituality
• mythology
• storytelling
• personal journey

Keywords

• Mabinogi
• Arianrhod
• Celtic mythology
• storytelling
• mythwork

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Celtic Creatives

Books & works: Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi

Places: Dublin

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