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The Glass Palace of the Moon MaidFriday 16th August – Sunday 18th August at Neuadd Goffa Mynydd Llandygai, LL57 4LQ
Join a Tellers, Tales, Tradition weekend near Bangor, North Wales – or connect up from where you are on Zoom.
You are invited to a unique, immersive weekend of storytelling for adults with Shonaleigh, the world-renowned tradition bearer and storyteller.
The Glass Palace of the Moon Maid 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 Eben the Stonemason saves a lost baby from a river, and finds her a new home, he little suspects that it will lead him to the stars and beyond.
The Glass Palace of the Moon-Maid is a magical wonder-tale spanning this world and the beyond, a tale of stars and comets and moons, life and death, love and betrayal, and, of course, the occasional goat.
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.
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 Glass Palace of the Moon Maid 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.
Suitable for adults and 11+ only.
This will be a hybrid event: either attend in-person in Mynydd Llandygai (we’ll supply lunches, teas and snacks) or virtually via Zoom.
BOOK for the whole “GLASS PALACE” weekend (£90 in person, £40 online)
BOOK for Saturday night “TALES FROM THE GLASS PALACE” (£10/£6 advance, £12/£8 on the day)
There are a limited number of volunteer places available to help out at the weekend in Mynydd Llandygai, where you’d assist during the weekend with cooking, cleaning and organising, and pay a reduced fee. Get in contact to discuss.
Book at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/anadlu
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Neuadd Goffa Mynydd Llandygai, Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom
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