About this episode
This episode explores the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia and features various songs related to the season.
(00:00:00) Saturnalia (00:01:30) Yuletide Comes-Flora Ware (00:06:01) The Feast of Saturnalia A Roman Slave's Carol – by Members of Oxford’s Faculty of Pagan Classics Dept (00:08:31) Through the Darkness-Beverly Frederick (00:09:50) Dark Goddess Medley - Crow Women (00:12:27) Carol of Bells - Mothertongue (00:16:30) On Midwinter’s Day - Damh the Bard (00:23:00) Deep in the Dark - by Anne Bearheart, A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual (00:24:55) One Night (in the Dark) - Heather Jinmaku (00:28:44) Dark Dance – Loke E Coyote (00:33:15) Father Fill Me (with Your Light) -Spiral Rhythm (00:35:39) Io Saturnalia! (Hooray it's Saturnalia!)- David Warin Solomons (00:40:38) Light Is Returning - Charlie Murphy Saturnalia . The ancient Pagans of Rome marked this time of year by calling on Saturn’s blessings, exchanging gifts, reversing roles, as well as trading darkness for the growing light. Songs of this season on this episode include music by Damh the Bard, Mothertongue, Spiral Rhythm, and more.
People in this episode
Host: Cern Greenman
Topics covered
- Saturnalia
- Winter Solstice
- Pagan traditions
- Music
- Celebration
- Darkness and light
Keywords
- Saturnalia
- Pagan
- Winter Solstice
- music
- celebration
- darkness
- light
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Oxford’s Faculty of Pagan Classics Dept
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