Episode #209: Legends and Folklore of Yorkshire

Brothers of the Serpent

Society & Culture, History, Philosophy

4.8 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2021

⏱️ 152 minutes

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Summary

Long time listener and friend of the show Shannon joins us from across the pond in Yorkshire to discuss the fascinating legends, myths and folklore of the area she lives in, as well as a few of her experiences visiting some of the numerous ancient sites that dot the landscape. We talk about legends of druids and devils, giants and dragons, and of course, the fae.

Shannon provided copious notes, images, and links for this episode, some of which we will include below, along with a few extra images of specific sites.

Yorkshire

York A city in northern England, Old English Eoforwic, earlier Eborakon (c. 150), an ancient Celtic name, probably meaning "Yew-Tree Estate" but there are numerous references to the origin of the name York, so it just remains obscure and open to interpretation…

Malham Cove, North Yorkshire

Geology PDF

Drone footage

The Devil's Arrows, Boroughbridge

The Coming of the Fairies (Audiobook) by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Cottingley Fairies

Miscellaneous Yorkshire Stuff

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2013/oct/29/yorkshire-third-best-region-in-the-world-2014-lonely-planet

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/history/bermuda-triangle-east-yorkshire-inhabited-5468144

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/its-official-dna-tests-show-yorkshire-people-really-are-different-breed-1879236

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/whitby-abbey/history-and-stories/dracula/

https://www.doveheritage.com/folklore/

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/fee-fi-fo-fum-yorkshire-land-where-giants-roam-324075

https://www.hello-yorkshire.co.uk/blog/tales-of-yorkshire-giants/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Yorkshire legends and folklore with Shannon.
0:08.4	You're listening to Brothers of the Serpent podcast.
0:13.8	Hey girl!
0:19.2	And welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, angels and demons and monsters and
0:23.9	and serpents to a Brothers of the Serpent podcast coming to you not live from the 10 by 10 by 10
0:28.4	tangent cube of science nestled amongst the dusty bones of an ancient seabed high atop the
0:33.6	Eber's Plateau.
0:35.3	I think we got a great show for you guys this week.
0:38.9	We were joined by one of the Snake Force from the Discord, Shannon.
0:43.9	And she told us Yorkshire Legends mythology and folklore.
0:51.1	And we talked about some of her personal experiences and her impressions of the area
0:55.8	around where she lives and about all the ancient monuments and lots of cool stuff you know old
1:01.8	myths giants dragons yeah so yeah sounds like a really cool place to to go check out yeah
1:08.3	love to go visit that place. Yeah, absolutely.
1:13.6	So that'll be coming up and starting in the second segment.
1:16.0	But for now, what do we got agriculturally?
1:18.1	So we did the blend and then bottling.
1:23.1	Yeah, we bottled 160 cases on Friday.
1:23.9	Yeah.
1:25.7	I thought we could do the whole thing and nope.
1:26.9	Nope.
1:28.2	So we still have to do more tomorrow.
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