51. Corp Creadha: Scottish Voodoo Dolls and Black Magic

About this episode

Jenny explores the dark magic of Corp Creadha, Scotland's version of voodoo dolls, through three compelling tales.

This episode sees Jenny exploring the mysterious and often malicious dark magic of Corp Creadha, or Clay Bodies. These are Scotland’s version of voodoo dolls, and although less well known than their famous counterparts, as the three tales in this episode tell, they are by no means any less powerful! These stories are of a heartbroken man out on a Hebridean Island, a vengeful witch from Inverness and her vendetta against the Provost, and of Mac Ian Ghiorr, a notorious cattle thief from Ardnamurchan, who causes all sorts of trouble for the Maclean’s of Duart on Mull. Each tale has a Clay Body at its heart, here’s just hoping there’s not a needle in there too! Follow The Scottish Folklore Podcast on Instagram Support Jenny as she makes the show by joining the Patreon Visit the website and view the Interactive Map Explore all the folklore covered in the podcast so far on the Folklore Map View the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Interactive Map Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jenny

Topics covered

• Scottish folklore
• dark magic
• voodoo dolls
• Corp Creadha
• witchcraft
• tales

Keywords

• Corp Creadha
• Scottish voodoo dolls
• black magic
• witchcraft
• folklore tales

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Hebridean Island, Inverness, Ardnamurchan, Duart, Mull

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