On this January full moon evening we're visiting with Ffion Phillips, a talented storyteller from the Conwy Valley, North Wales. Ffion tells Welsh tales in her own way and in her own Welsh language, the lovely cadence of which you'll enjoy hearing tonight. Ffion is the winner of the 16-25 category at the Young Storytellers Festival of Wales 2023. You'll understand why when you hear her spin a few tales on this night of the Wolf Moon. Tonight you'll hear about: • Orkney: Where are all the trees? • Farming and language in Orkney and Wales • Inspired by storytelling at eight years old • The Welsh landscape in traditional stories: site-specific storytelling • Reimagining folktales from scraps • King Arthur is Welsh! • A few types of Welsh tales • Stories you'll hear in this podcast: The Eagle of Gwernabwy; Taliesan; The story of the Welsh flag • The Welsh language - preserving, learning, using and celebrating the language in all its dialects; compared to Scottish Gaelic • Losing the beautiful nuances of language and culture by the misuse of "Celtic" • A bit about the story of Taliesin and the Mabinogian Hear more Ower wi' the Moon podcasts on Orkneyology.com https://www.orkneyology.com/orkneyology-podcast.html Orcadian author and storyteller Tom Muir has been recognized with an MBE for his lifelong work in recovering, restoring and promoting Orkney Islands folk tales, heritage and lore. These various Orkney and Scotland-centered films, audio and podcasts are enhanced by the growing articles and stories on our Orkneyology.com website. https://www.orkneyology.com/ If you're moved to support our ongoing work of preserving and promoting the Nordic / Scottish folklore and heritage from the Orkney Islands, we gratefully invite you to encourage us with a wee dram on our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology. As part of our work of preserving our islands' heritage and lore, Tom and I publish unusual niche books through our indie press, Orkneyology Press. We invite you to buy our books directly from our website, which is one way to give extra financial support to both publishers and authors at no additional cost to you. https://shop.orkneyology.com/collections/orkneyology-press-books If you'd like to help us continue and expand our Orkney folklore and heritage work, you can easily buy us a dram or two on our Ko-fi page. Many thanks! https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology All materials © ℗ 2024 Tom Muir & Rhonda Muir Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.