{"podcast":{"title":"KnotWork Myth & Storytelling","slug":"knotwork-myth-storytelling-4838097","podcast_index_feed_id":4838097,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/knotworkstorytelling/","website_url":"https://www.knotworkstorytelling.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/7dc2054f-faa8-4586-9f67-375d2e1ee645/pswm055DgvTaYncB2_6_7oSa.jpg","author":"Marisa Goudy","episode_count":131,"summary":"On KnotWork, we explore the mythology and folklore of Ireland, and beyond. Episodes begin with a story, followed by a deep dive conversation about how this age-old tale still resonates today. Our guests include oral storytellers, writers, artists, musicians, and spiritual leaders. Occasionally, in our Myth Workers and Culture Makers series, our guest offers a song, a meditation, or another bit of creative magic. We talk about what it means to live a myth-inspired life. These conversations explore our relationship to land and to identity, particularly related to what it means to be Irish and a member of the Irish diaspora. Whether you’re drawn to Celtic culture or the mysteries that linger at ancient sacred sites, or whether you just like a good story and expansive conversation, you’re in the right place. Welcome. Fáilte. Your host is Marisa Goudy, author of The Sovereignty Knot: A Woman’s Way to Freedom, Power, Love, and Magic. She is a myth worker, a story healer, a writing coach who lives on the lands of the Lenape people (New York’s Hudson Valley). She holds an MA in Irish literature from University College Dublin.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T18:17:50.085935+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knotwork-myth-storytelling-4838097"},"episode":{"title":"Achtan: A Brave Mother’s Tale, featuring Karina Tynan | S6 Ep29","slug":"achtan-a-brave-mother-s-tale-featuring-karina-tynan-s6-ep29","published_at":"2025-08-21T04:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knotwork-myth-storytelling-4838097/achtan-a-brave-mother-s-tale-featuring-karina-tynan-s6-ep29","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knotwork-myth-storytelling-4838097","url":"https://knotworkstorytelling.com/episode/achtan-karina-tynan-2025","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c40ef3ad-07b3-437a-a93d-98f75861d2f8.mp3","summary":"Write with Us this September The Writers’ Knot is welcoming new members! This is the global creative community where where the mythic imagination meets creative expression. Registration is now open and due to the intimate nature of this community, space is extremely limited:  www.marisagoudy.com/writers-knot-community Please Support Our Show: Join us on Substack Love KnotWork Storytelling? Your financial contribution helps me pay the amazing team that puts this show together. Subscribe to our newsletter Myth Is Medicine This week, a ‘best of the podcast episode’: Achtan: A Brave Mother’s Tale. Our guest Karina Tynan, psychotherapist and Irish mythology author, tells a story of sovereignty, or spellwork, and of our deepest entanglement with nature. Bees, wolves, and horses play a magical role in the tale of Achtan and the lengths she went to protect her infant son, the future king, Cormac, son of Airt. In the conversation that follows we explore: ✨Mothering and parenting - both in the ancient times we imagine and in this difficult contemporary moment ✨Our need for magic, and the way we know that magic when we meet it ✨The way Karina blends her imagination and personal experience into all her mythological retellings ✨Sacrifice (whose roots mean “to make sacred”) particularly, when it comes to parenthood ✨Achtan is a druid’s daughter, and Karina imagines the details of the five spells of protection are woven around Cormac Mac Airt in the literature ✨Our fear of our own children’s fragility, including fears of giving our kids an eating disorder or pushing them to suicide ✨The importance of coming of age rituals in indigenous cultures and the lost value of adventure. ✨The role of rhythmic stories, fairy tale, adventure, and romances in the development of children Music…","meta_description":"Write with Us this September The Writers’ Knot is welcoming new members! This is the global creative community where where the mythic imagination meets cr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3673,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/knotwork-myth-storytelling-4838097/episodes/achtan-a-brave-mother-s-tale-featuring-karina-tynan-s6-ep29/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/knotwork-myth-storytelling-4838097/achtan-a-brave-mother-s-tale-featuring-karina-tynan-s6-ep29.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}