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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

The Summer Solstice: Myths and Madness of Midsummer

  • 20:28
  • June 20th 2020

The summer solstice is often known as midsummer. But is it really an ancient pagan festival?

In this episode of Fabulous Folklore, let's some of the ways that both the solstice and midsummer are celebrated!

We'll also check out what its significance is...

To see the images on the blog posts, click here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/summer-solstice/

Check out the livestreamed solstice sunrise: https://www.facebook.com/englishheritage/posts/10157582980540748

Jess Carlson's ways to honour the solstice: https://jesscarlson.com/simple-summer-solstice/

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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)!

Hosted by fantasy and Gothic horror writer, Icy Sedgwick, the podcast explores folklore, legends, superstitions, mythology, and all things weird, occult and unusual.