Tintern Talks: Enchanted Wales - Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Schedule
Fri, 06 Nov, 2026 at 07:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Tintern Village Hall | Lydney, EN
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TINTERN TALKS presents Miranda Aldhouse-Green, author of Enchanted Wales!Enchanted Wales is an invitation to voyage through the key stories of Welsh mythic literature, exploring not just their medieval texts but also their ancient roots, which can be glimpsed in sculptures, carvings and other artefacts from at least a thousand years earlier. These stories are more than epic entertainments: they allow us to explore our deepest questions about life and death, war and peace, and good and evil, secure in the knowledge that a skilful storyteller will guide us safely to the end of the tale.
Together we will explore a cast of heroes and tricksters, animals that can talk and change shape, and magicians and witches who can bring disaster or triumph to the people in their paths. There will be severed heads that speak, birds that can tell the future, cauldrons with magical properties, complex quests and ghostly underworlds where strange and frightening things happen to the humans who visit them.
Miranda Aldhouse-Green is Professor Emeritus at Cardiff University. A former President of the Prehistoric Society, Professor Aldhouse-Green was the first recipient of the John Legonna Celtic Research Prize, awarded by the National Library of Wales in 1986. She has written 26 books on druids, Iron Age and Roman Britain. She has lectured at academic institutions in including the Smithsonian Institution and the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne, Utrecht and Umeå.
Miranda's next publication is Druidland (Calon Press) published in spring 2027.
This is an in-person event at Tintern Village Hall NP16 6SZ. The doors and the bar open at 7pm. There is disabled access, loos and very limited free parking outside the hall. Parking is permitted along the main road (A466) after 6pm or there is parking by The Anchor/Tintern Abbey.
Tickets are from £5-8 online and can be booked at www.ticketsource/lwvbpt where you will find details of upcoming events:
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* An Evening with Keggie Carew - Friday 15th May
* Ronald Hutton - ‘The Ancient Pagan Religions of Monmouthshire’ - Tuesday 2nd June
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Tintern Village Hall, Tintern,Chepstow, Lydney, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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