The Stories
Powerful elder women in European myth & folklore
tradition-bearers, wisdom-keepers, tellers of tales
Tales of the wise women
From August 2022, I’ll slowly be adding here links to the original full texts of the folk tales featuring powerful elder women which are discussed in Hagitude.
Over the course of the next year, as the Hagitude program progresses, we’ll be discovering additional stories from Europe and around the world which feature elder women. This is a key part of the Hagitude Revolution, and we look forward to seeding the stories into the world.
The Old Woman. The one who haunted the edgelands; the mysterious shadow in the heart of the darkwood. The exile, the rebel, the one who shrugged off the fetters of conventional society; the one who imagined and cultivated her own vision of how the world should be, thank you very much.
Click on the modules below to read or listen to the full story; new stories are being added regularly, so do check back
Audio: stories read by Sharon Blackie
No Country for Old Women
An original story by Sharon from Foxfire, Wolfskin and other stories of shapeshifting women.
When Things Fall Apart
A story adapted by Sharon about the Old Woman of the World.
The Story of Dog
A story adapted by Sharon about Dog and the Old Woman of the World.
Stories and characters from Hagitude
Vasilisa the Beautiful – Baba Yaga
A Slavic folk tale
Mother holle
A folk tale from the Brothers Grimm
The Magic Forest
A folk tale from Croatia
The Little Mermaid – the Sea Witch
by Hans Christian Andersen
Other European stories
The Dream-Makers
A folk tale from the Isle of Skye
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