"The Tale of Tam Lin" told by Mara Menzies

"The Tale of Tam Lin" told by Mara Menzies

The Apple Seed - Season 3, Episode 4 , Segment 1

S3 E4: Scotts-Irish Songs and Stories by Mara Menzies and Ed Stivender

Episode: S3 E4: Scotts-Irish Songs and Stories by Mara Menzies and Ed Stivender

  • Mar 23, 2023 12:00 pm
  • 18:27 mins

Kenyan/Scottish storyteller Mara Menzies shares a fairy tale from the British Isles, "The Tale of Tam Lin." The fairies in this story are not the cute and small ones we think of nowadays, and it speaks to the cost and complexity of holding onto love in extreme circumstances, like, say, the one you love becoming a lion or a snake.