Join a Tellers, Tales, Tradition weekend in person or on Zoom (the hybrid experiment)!
You are invited to a unique, immersive weekend of storytelling for adults with Shonaleigh, the world-renowned tradition bearer and storyteller. This is a rare chance to hear these ancient tales in the light and on the tongue, stories untold for two generations and barely spoken of for decades.
Eve’s Three Beautiful Daughters belongs to the Cycle of Hillel, which is the first of twelve epic, latticed, interlinked cycles of stories passed down through generations of Jewish women.
When Adam and Eve are thrown out of paradise, they are each given a number of gifts. Among the gifts given to Eve is a bag of treasure – not treasure of gold, silver, or jewels, but treasure of a far more precious nature – five hundred and forty-seven herbs, seeds, and plants that will cure all mortal ills. When Cain kills Abel, Eve cries to the heavens in anguish, “Give me daughters!” Her wish is granted and she is blessed with three beautiful daughters, to whom she passes on her treasures. These women walk the world still… but what happened to the gifts they received from Eve?
Shonaleigh is a Druts’yla, and carries on a living unbroken oral tradition passed down from grandmother to granddaughter. She knows around 4,000 tales that she can recall on request, using the lost art of ‘stories within stories’.
This telling of the Eve’s Three Beautiful Daughters will be recorded as part of the Last Drut’syla Project to create an archive of this tradition’s stories. This is an unmissable opportunity for anyone interested in stories or in oral and lost cultures to come and help document and archive this tradition through listening, requesting stories, and asking questions.
Please note all times are UK times.
The weekend will start at 7.30pm on Friday evening (if you are coming in-person arrive from 7pm for a cup of tea, if you are attending virtually we’ll get going at 7.30pm).
Saturday’s sessions will run between 10am – 4pm and between 7.30pm – 10pm.
We are also opening up the Saturday night for more people to join just that part and hear some of the choicest Treasures from this astounding story cycle, in the main performance space of Neuadd Ogwen.
Sunday will run from approximately 10am – 1pm.
Suitable for adults and 14+ only.
BOOKING
Click here to book. This link will take you to Claire’s website – scroll down to the booking section (just above the map) and click on the price for the ticket you want.
Any other questions?
Give Claire a call on +44 (0) 7970 409 724 or email [email protected]