Wild Kin is a seasonal podcast exploring Celtic myths, deities, and traditions. Hosted by writer Jess Neary of Wild Kin Studio, each episode blends immersive storytelling with history and reflection to show why these legends still resonate today. New episodes drop around the Celtic festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh. <br/><br/><a href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">wildkinstudio.substack.com</a>
Wild Kin: A Celtic Podcast
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Wild Kin is a seasonal podcast exploring Celtic myths, deities, and traditions. Hosted by writer Jess Neary of Wild Kin Studio, each episode blends immersive storytelling with history and reflection to show why these legends still resonate today. New episodes drop around the Celtic festivals of Samhain, Imbolc, Beltane, and Lughnasadh. <br/><br/><a href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">wildkinstudio.substack.com</a>
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April 26, 2026
S3E4: At the Threshold of Desire
<p>From the sovereignty goddess tradition of the early Irish, through the May Day customs, this episode traces where the traditions of Beltane originated. Most of what people associate with the festival today was invented surprisingly recently, but underneath the layers, there's something older and more interesting worth finding.</p><p>For more Celtic-inspired stories, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com/">Wild Kin Studio on Substack</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Further Reading:</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.notion.so/2dc758b05a268033b5d0e633fa1fdd06?pvs=21">Sanas Chormaic: Cormac's Glossary</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.notion.so/17b758b05a2681e4a2d6e7987e492210?pvs=21">Dúchas: The Schools' Collection</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.notion.so/UCC-Application-321758b05a2680a0912cc190d0290b9a?pvs=21">Táin Bó Cúailnge: Recension I</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.notion.so/UCC-Application-321758b05a2680a0912cc190d0290b9a?pvs=21">Lebor Gabála Érenn</a><a target="_blank" href="https://www.notion.so/UCC-Application-321758b05a2680a0912cc190d0290b9a?pvs=21"> (Book of Invasions)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100054/">Foras Feasa ar Éirinn</a> by Geoffrey Keating</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/publications/Chadwick/HMC%20Vol%2029%202018%20Toner.pdf">"Manifestations of Sovereignty in Medieval Ireland"</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3623">The Golden Bough</a> by **Sir James George Frazer, 1890</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.notion.so/17b758b05a2681e4a2d6e7987e492210?pvs=21">The Anatomie of Abuses</a> by Philip Stubbes, 1583</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Wild Kin at <a href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">wildkinstudio.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 19, 2026
S3E3: Bonfires & Butter
<p>The Celtic festival of Beltane was never just about the fires. Behind the bonfires of May Eve lay something deeper — a three-thousand-year reverence for cattle, milk, and butter, and a persistent fear of the forces that might steal them away.</p><p><strong>Further Reading</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924071173474">Sanas Cormaic (Cormac’s Glossary)</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes">The Schools’ Collection, 1937–1939</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/needfire-ritual/4944E4D16BCF71227B16F664AD19E34F.">“The Needfire Ritual”</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/issue/view/153">Examples of the Survival in Scotland of Superstitions Relating to Fire”</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40975-y.">“Four Millennia of Dairy Surplus and Deposition Revealed through Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis and Radiocarbon Dating of Irish Bog Butters” </a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/12548">Exploring the Food-Related Intangible Cultural Heritage of Bealtaine (May Day) within the Irish Folklore Commission’s Schools’ Collection Digital Archive</a>” </p><p></p><p>Wild Kin is a podcast and publication reconnecting to Celtic history, mythology, and spiritual tradition. S<a target="_blank" href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com/">ubscribe on Substack</a> for more essays, seasonal guides to find your way home to your heritage.</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Wild Kin at <a href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">wildkinstudio.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 12, 2026
S3E2: Spring Sacrifice
<p>As the first of May approaches, the ancient Celtic festival of Beltane marks a turning point as a threshold between seasons.</p><p>In this episode, we explore how communities may have prepared for the coming summer with rituals that hint at something darker. From the preserved body of Lindow Man, to 18th century Beltane customs recorded by John Ramsay, to the later May Day figure of Jack in the Green, a pattern begins to emerge.</p><p>While separated by centuries, these traditions reflect a shared human response to uncertainty, and the question of what must be given in return.</p><p>For more Celtic-inspired stories, check out <a target="_blank" href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com/">Wild Kin Studio on Substack</a></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Caes.+Gal.+6.16">Julius Caesar’s Account of the Gallic Wars</a></p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1984-1002-1">The British Museum’s Archive on The Lindow Man</a></p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3623/3623-h/3623-h.htm">James Frazer’s recordings from John Ramsay in The Golden Bough</a></p><p>- <a target="_blank" href="https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2023/10/green-man-connections-jack-in-the-green-and-more/">Library of Congress Folklore Blog on Jack in the Green</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Wild Kin at <a href="https://wildkinstudio.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">wildkinstudio.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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