About this episode
At this time of year, when pork will be served on many a holiday plate, we turn our attention to the pig - an animal both loved and loathed since ancient times. What are its mythological connections? Join us in the divine muck, where we encounter kings and goddesses from Greek and Norse Mythology, as well as Celtic Druids and a fearsome ghost pig from the Swedish midwinter forests. PODCAST LINKS https://www.intheborderlands.com/ https://www.patreon.com/IntheBorderlands https://www.facebook.com/intheborderlands https://www.instagram.com/intheborderlands_podcast/ EMAIL contact@intheborderlands.com TORGRIM'S LINKS https://www.brittle.one/ https://www.facebook.com/kloverknekten https://www.instagram.com/kloverknekten/ MIKAEL'S LINKS https://smarturl.it/inanna https://www.facebook.com/mikael.oberg.performance.storyteller https://www.instagram.com/mikaelobergstoryteller/ REFERENCES Gloson https://burialsandbeyond.com/2020/01/02/the-gloson-demon-ghost-pig-of-sweden/ Year Walk Article by Tommy Kuusela: ”He met his own funeral procession: the Year Walk ritual in Swedish folk tradition” https://su.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:944806/FULLTEXT01.pdf Carnival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival Baba Yaga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga Frau Holle (also ’the two sisters’-type of story) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Holle The World (Tarot card) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(Tarot_card) Hyndluljod (The Lay of Hyndla from the Poetic Edda) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyndluljó ð The river Lethe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethe Odysseus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus Circe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe