The Three Ravens Podcast

Get ready to escape to the lake isle of Innisfree, because for the penultimate episode of Forgotten Melodies we're talking all about Nature Songs! We explore the English trees and…

Recorded on steamy summer's evening in the John Abel Room of Grange Court, welcome to Three Ravens Live @ Leominster Festival! While Hereford might try to steal all the glory - li…

On this week's Lang Fairy Tales episode we're encountering a tale by folklorist Charles Deulin, The Enchanted Canary. Positioned as a legend out of Flanders, it sees a prince head…

Let's strip away the meat of mythology and render down the fat of folklore to cook up a delicious chat all about Ogres! The word itself was coined by Chrétien de Troyes during the…

We present a double bill of tales from the Red Fairy Book today! First up, we've got the Norwegian tale of the cleverest (and possibly the most ruthless) horse out there, Dapplegr…

Today's Lang Fairy Tale is another Madame d'Aulnoy spectacular, The Golden Branch! So spectacular is this tale, in fact, that it was adapted for the stage as part of James Robinso…

We're growling, purring and hissing our way into this month's Magic and Medicines episode to talk all about Familiars and Animal Magic! We start by talking about animistic beliefs…

Welcome to a warm summer's evening in a Medieval barn, complete with twilight birdsong, for Three Ravens Live @ Chiltern Open Air Museum! Set across 45 acres of the Chiltern Hills…

Today, for our 50th Lang Fairy Tales episode, it's time for another triple - and this trio of stories are ones most people might already know. The Ratcatcher is a fairly straight…

This month on Magus we're discussing maybe the most influential wizard of all time, and a true original - it's only flippin' Merlin! We track his development through prehistory vi…

In this month's update episode we're chatting all about Midsummer - which is not the same thing as the Summer Solstice... After chewing through some key ideas to do with "Litha" f…

After our triple bonanza on Thursday, we've got just one fairy tale today: a Norwegian Cinderella fable called Kari Woodengown! With questionable fashion choices, an unappealing p…

It's our first triple bill of stories from the Langs' Red Fairy Book today, and boy do we have a smorgasbord of fun little tales for you! Our first selection is The Voice of Death…

Keep watch for that Captain trying to slip you the King's Shilling, as on this month's episode of Forgotten Melodies we're talking all about Soldiers and Sailors! We're discussing…

A lovely, intimate Three Ravens Live event at Ditchling Bookshop. Opened by Amanda Smith on Valentine's Day in 2026, Ditchling Bookshop is an magical independent haven - and it ha…

We're back at the mercy of Madam d'Aulnoy again today with a story of witch-foiled love between a naive princess and a fairy prince, Graciosa and Percinet. Rooted in 17th century…

It's time to uncork the bottle of mythology and folklore to talk about a true English original - Imps! Beginning their lives as horticultural metaphors, the Anglo Saxon 'ympe' app…

For today's episode we have something very special for you - a collaboration between Three Ravens and The History of England Podcast about 15 English Objects. Since St George's Da…

Two more tales from the Langs' Red Fairy Book in this episode: The Little Good Mouse and The Three Princesses of Whiteland. The Little Good Mouse is a Madame d'Aulnoy literary fai…

This new episode of Magic and Medicines has perhaps been a long time coming - we're finally talking all about Wicca! We trace earlier ideas which informed the path scholars call a…