Hecate Waits in the Crossroads - guiding us to the next chapter of life
Image source, via Wikimedia Commons Hecate (or Hekate) is the Greek goddess most often associated with the crone. Who was Hecate? Hecate...
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Symbols of Soul
"Only the symbolic life can express the need of the soul." C.G. Jung
hypnosis - depth coaching - expressive arts - energy work
Kathy Shimpock
Mar 5
The Wise Old Woman Archetype It's story time
As a storyteller, I share the stories of old. I especially like the tales in which the wise old woman/crone appears. I tell many of her...
Kathy Shimpock
Mar 5
The Power of Words - An Indian folk tale of the wise crone
There is a folktale collected by A.K. Ramanujan about a wise old woman. This woman had cared for her family for many years. She lived in...
Kathy Shimpock
Feb 6
“The Storyteller at Fault” a Celtic folktale
At the time when the Tuatha De Dannan (a supernatural race of people in Irish mythology) held the sovereignty of Ireland, there reigned...
Kathy Shimpock
Jan 30
A Place for the Wise Crone - Japanese folktales abandoning old women
In Japan, there are many folktales about the wise crone. In one story, an old woman is taken away by her son. He carries her on his...
Kathy Shimpock
Jan 12
“The Little Old Woman with Five Cows” - a traditional Siberian (Yakut) Folktale
One morning a little old woman got up and went to the field containing her five cows. She took from the earth a herb with five sprouts...
Kathy Shimpock
Jan 11
“The Legend of India Mariana” - An Argentinian Folktale
In this land, there once lived an old native woman. Some say she magically showed up the first day of summer and disappeared when the...
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