Merry Met virtual traveller and welcome to Stories Of The Sun, a limited series podcast created as a companion to the book ‘Stories Of The Sun’, published by The History Press and written by me Dawn Nelson an author and professional storyteller and for the next eight Fridays we’ll be exploring the ‘Stories Of The Sun’.
This episode explores the Summer Solstice, the phenomenon that is a solar eclipse and why we are still drawn to these events over 5000 years on from the first recordings of these happenings?
For more folklore and stories, you can subscribe to my Substack newsletter. Just hop over to the Substack site and search for Cerridwen’s Cauldron or use the link in the show notes. You can upgrade to paid for just £5 a month for an extra dose of wild storytelling to your inbox which includes podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun. Signing up as a paid or free subscriber is much appreciated and helps to support the podcast and my work with folklore and story.
Podcast extras for Stories Of The Sun include, a full, uninterrupted version of the audio for the sunrise featured on this podcast, behind the scenes, journaling activities and extra stories.
You can find me on Instagram as at dd underscore storyteller, on facebook as dd storyteller and via Substack as Cerridwen’s Cauldron. I hope to see you there as I’d love to tell you another story. I’ll see you next time. Toodle Pip.
Sources:
Preseli Bluestone Information - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2015/dec/stonehenge-bluestone-quarries-confirmed-140-miles-away-wales#:~:text=The%20very%20large%20standing%20stones,the%20Pembrokeshire%20Coast%20National%20Park.
Thousands welcome summer solstice at Stonehenge -https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65970567
History of eclipses - https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/history/
Episode 3 - Chasing The Sun