Scotland’s Ancient Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight - Part of Edinburgh Tradfest 2025

Name: Scotland’s Ancient Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight - Part of Edinburgh Tradfest 2025
Start: 2025-05-05T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-05-05T17:30:00+01:00
Location: 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Schedule

Mon May 05 2025 at 04:00 pm to 05:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Edinburgh, SC

In his new book Scotland’s Sacred Goddess: Hidden in Plain Sight (Luath Press), Stuart McHardy explores the pre-Christian beliefs of the Scottish people, where the Scots had a rich mythology of stories that explained the creation and workings of the world. Join Stuart to celebrate the book and hear how these ancient beliefs are not lost but can be seen in today’s cultural and physical landscape, in a mix of ancient oral tales, place names, local rhymes and landscape shapes.
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Edinburgh Tradfest presents the very best traditional music and traditional arts from Scotland and around the world. This year's dates are Fri 2 – Mon 12 May 2025. Edinburgh Tradfest is run by Soundhouse, alongside programming partners at TRACS, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Queen's Hall, University of Edinburgh Celtic & Scottish Studies, Folk Film Gathering and other individual artists and creatives. Funded by Creative Scotland and the William Grant Foundation.