Chthonia
Explore the world of the Dark Feminine in myth, religion, folklore, and magic.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 165
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
The Aorai
For Samhain this year, we look at ghosts--specifically the spirits of the restless female dead in Ancient Greece. Aorai was the name given to girls who died before they became mothers, thus turning t…
00:53:51 |
Sun 31 Oct 2021
Shivaduti
This week's podcast is about Shivaduti, or Shivadooti, which literally means "she who has Shiva as a messenger". This terrifying form of Durga threatens the demons Shumba and Nishumba, screaming like…
00:49:53 |
Sun 17 Oct 2021
Kalaratri
It is the Hindu season of Navaratri, and I've decided to cover one of the nine Navdurgas associated with Navartri. Kalaratri is worshipped on night seven of Navaratri, and is considered to be one of …
00:46:50 |
Mon 04 Oct 2021
Nu Gui
This week we look at the Nu Gui, in our last episode on the dark feminine in Japanese and Chinese folklore. The Nu Gui is a vengeful female ghost, often appearing with long black hair and a white dre…
00:51:45 |
Mon 20 Sep 2021
Xiwangmu
This week we look at the Chinese goddess Xiwangmu, known as the Queen Mother of the West. Originally a shamanic goddess with the ferocious attributes of a tiger, she later gains a reputation as a com…
00:42:05 |
Sun 05 Sep 2021
Izanami
This week we look at Izanami, the central female deity of Japanese creation and death mythology. Izanami and her brother/husband Izanagi create the firmaments of the earth and all of the elements; ho…
00:48:17 |
Sun 22 Aug 2021
Kitsune
This week we talk about the Kitsune, or fox spirits of Japanese folklore. They can shapeshift into human form, and can be helpful to humans, or destroy them. Identified by multiple tales and sometime…
00:46:45 |
Sun 08 Aug 2021
Female Oni
This week we begin a series on dark feminine figures in Japanese and Chinese folklore, starting with the Oni. "Oni" means "demon", and they can be male or female, but in this episode we will focus on…
00:41:55 |
Mon 26 Jul 2021
Babalon
This week we look at Babalon, who has her origins in the Biblical Whore of Babylon, but has become a kind of magical deity in her own right, specifically in Aleister Crowley's Thelema. In this slight…
01:08:49 |
Sun 11 Jul 2021
Nyx and Night Goddesses
In this week's episode we look at Night goddesses, particularly the Greek goddess Nyx and her Roman counterpart Nox, and the Egyptian goddess Nut. These mysterious goddesses have the protective aspec…
00:52:25 |
Sun 27 Jun 2021
Dark Olympians: Hera
This week we return to Greece and Rome to look at the queen of the gods, Hera, and her Roman counterpart Juno. This proper matron of respectable marriage has an incredibly dark reputation for decepti…
00:56:55 |
Sun 13 Jun 2021
Tiamat
This week we look at Tiamat, the primordial sea goddess of the Enuma Elish. She battles Marduk and is defeated, and the firmaments of the world are created through her body. She is generally consider…
00:50:30 |
Sun 30 May 2021
Cerridwen
This week's podcast talks about Cerridwen, the Welsh enchantress associated with a magical cauldron of knowledge. A series of mishaps with the exploding cauldron lead to the birth of the bard Taliesi…
00:42:52 |
Sun 16 May 2021
Hel
This week we look at the Norse goddess Hel, the daughter of the trickster god Loki, and ruler of the regions under the earth, where most humans went after death. As you might imagine, her name is the…
00:53:50 |
Sun 02 May 2021
Isis
This week we look at the Egyptian goddess Isis, the wife of Osiris who brings life to his dead body, and becomes pregnant with the god Horus. As a queen of magical power and a mother figure, she is a…
00:42:58 |
Sun 18 Apr 2021
Dionysus (Part 2)
Just in time for Easter, this second podcast on Dionysus looks at the Orphic concept of the god as successor to Zeus, and as the archetype for the divine savior, later embodied in the mythology of Je…
00:53:42 |
Sat 03 Apr 2021
Dionysus (Part 1)
Welcome to the 50th episode of Chthonia! This week we look at the mysterious figure of Dionysus, in the first of a two part podcast. Dionysus is the god of wine, an egalitarian deity who can be direc…
01:06:25 |
Sun 21 Mar 2021
Pele
This week we talk about Hawaii's volatile volcano goddess and her role in shaping and protecting the islands, as well as her explosive relationship with her sister and her friends. She represents the…
00:46:38 |
Sun 07 Mar 2021
Erzulie
This week's podcast is about Erzulie, a family of Voodoo loas connected to water, and to the Feminine in its various forms. We look at two of the loas in particular; Erzulie Freda, associated with lo…
00:43:31 |
Sun 21 Feb 2021
Oya
Oya is the powerful Yorùbá Orisha of the winds and tempests. She is considered either the sister of the Orisha of storms Shango, or one of His three wives, with Oshun and Oba. She is a fierce protect…
00:41:23 |
Sun 07 Feb 2021
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