Join a Shonaleigh, the world-renowned tradition bearer and storyteller, for some stories from The Petal Demon.
The Petal Demon 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.
“In old Jerusalem a gardener’s daughter flees from an evil sorcerer, and takes refuge with an old wise woman who is his equal in magic and wisdom.
“When the wise woman blesses her with her dying breath the girl has no refuge but her own luck and fleetness of foot.
“So begins a journey that will lead her across the world, from East to West, from South to North, over land and sea, never stopping the same place twice, never stopping in any place for long, with the sorcerer always in pursuit.
“A journey that will lead her to the house of a queen and to the intricately knotted heart of an enchanted labyrinth of garden flowers…”
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’.
Suitable for adults and 14+ only.
This will be a hybrid event: either attend in-person in Mynydd Llandygai or virtually via Zoom.