For the Rest of Us Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:01 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2618888 en-us © 2026 For the Rest of Us yes 0ce25040-ae84-58ca-ade6-a56ebbc5461d Julian episodic false A podcast exploring the stories of figures minimized in mythology and folklore across the full spectrum of humanity. I present and discuss the queens, the hags, the queer folks, and everyone left behind by the warrior ethos that has dominated recent western thought. This podcast is suitable for pagans and non-pagans. All those who have a curious mind are welcome to expand their understanding of the divine and of the people who have worshiped them.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) pagan, paganism, folklore, mythology, gender, goddess, queer, transgender, women, queen, LGBT, witch Julian https://storage.buzzsprout.com/6dggmv0d51gawepow5jxonoxhbh3?.jpg For the Rest of Us https://www.buzzsprout.com/2618888 Rapidfire Gay Greek Divine Liasons + a poem from Sappho. Happy Pride! Rapidfire Gay Greek Divine Liasons + a poem from Sappho. Happy Pride! A rapidfire list of a few gay Greek divine liasons and then a reading of a poem of Sappho, followed by a fragment of another poem, translated by Julia Dubnoff (link below).

Happy Pride!

https://www.uh.edu/~cldue/texts/sappho.html

]]> A rapidfire list of a few gay Greek divine liasons and then a reading of a poem of Sappho, followed by a fragment of another poem, translated by Julia Dubnoff (link below).

Happy Pride!

https://www.uh.edu/~cldue/texts/sappho.html

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19332522 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 328 Queer, Gay, Lesbian, Mythology, Greek, Hellenism, Sappho, Pride, LGBT full false The Chat: Leucippus The Chat: Leucippus A short little chat about some things I left out of the talk. A connection between the goddess Leto and Isis!


If you'd like to read the story of Iphis and Ianthe, here's the link:

Ovid's Metamorphosis, Book IX: Iphis and Ianthe

https://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph9.htm#483366551

]]> A short little chat about some things I left out of the talk. A connection between the goddess Leto and Isis!


If you'd like to read the story of Iphis and Ianthe, here's the link:

Ovid's Metamorphosis, Book IX: Iphis and Ianthe

https://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph9.htm#483366551

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19373340 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 383 transgender, FTM, female-to-male, ancient greek, Mythology, hellenism, Leto, Leucippus, Leukippos, Crete, rite of passage, citizenship oath, LGBT, queer 1 12 full false Gender Transition in Ancient Crete: Leucippus and the Ecdysia Rite of Passage Gender Transition in Ancient Crete: Leucippus and the Ecdysia Rite of Passage Exploring the story of the FTM gender transition of Leucippus (mentioned in the Abbot episode) in more depth, including the rite of passage that was associated with it, the Ecdysia of ancient Crete.


Check out the substack for the transcript.


Celoria, Francis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis: A Translation with a Commentary, Routledge, 1992

Lampsas, Giannis, Dictionary of the Ancient World (Lexiko tou Archaiou Kosmou), Vol. II, Athens, Domi Publications, 1984, p. 80.

Leitao, David D. The Perils of Leukippos: Initiatory Transvestism and Male Gender Ideology in the Ekdusia at Phaistos, Classical Antiquity, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Apr., 1995), pp. 130-163. Accessed through JSTOR

Hermanthena, Issues 173-178.

 

Thanks to the contributors at Freesound for the use of these clips:

Irish Whistle by Nigelnix

Cym-fill 23 by oldmanrhythm

DavulCinematixFX1 by Panotsi

DavulCinematicFX9 by Panotsi


Thumbnail image (Peplos in Roman sculptures from Herculaneum, before 79 CE) by JMF - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=191753040

]]> Exploring the story of the FTM gender transition of Leucippus (mentioned in the Abbot episode) in more depth, including the rite of passage that was associated with it, the Ecdysia of ancient Crete.


Check out the substack for the transcript.


Celoria, Francis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis: A Translation with a Commentary, Routledge, 1992

Lampsas, Giannis, Dictionary of the Ancient World (Lexiko tou Archaiou Kosmou), Vol. II, Athens, Domi Publications, 1984, p. 80.

Leitao, David D. The Perils of Leukippos: Initiatory Transvestism and Male Gender Ideology in the Ekdusia at Phaistos, Classical Antiquity, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Apr., 1995), pp. 130-163. Accessed through JSTOR

Hermanthena, Issues 173-178.

 

Thanks to the contributors at Freesound for the use of these clips:

Irish Whistle by Nigelnix

Cym-fill 23 by oldmanrhythm

DavulCinematixFX1 by Panotsi

DavulCinematicFX9 by Panotsi


Thumbnail image (Peplos in Roman sculptures from Herculaneum, before 79 CE) by JMF - Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=191753040

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19373162 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 666 transgender, FTM, female-to-male, ancient greek, Mythology, hellenism, Leto, Leucippus, Leukippos, Crete, rite of passage, citizenship oath, LGBT, queer 1 11 full false The Chat: Kybele The Chat: Kybele Chatting about the Great Mother and things that didn't make it into the episodes.

]]> Chatting about the Great Mother and things that didn't make it into the episodes.

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19348670 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1529 Kybele, transgender, galla, galli, trans, mother, meter, matar, Cybele, Greek, Roman, Anatolian, queer, Phrygian, Kubaba, inana, ishtar, ancient Rome, Claudia Quinta, pagan, paganism, hellenism, religio romana 1 10 full false The Mother Goddess Kybele and her Gender Expansive Priests The Mother Goddess Kybele and her Gender Expansive Priests The continuning saga of Kybele, now with her self-castrating gender expansive priests, the Galli. Were they transgender? Who were they, really, and who was she, their goddess? We track their journey from Phrygia all the way to the end of pagan Rome.


In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele by Dr. Lynn E. Roller, 1999.

Kybele - Mother of the Gods: The Goddess Project Podcast by Dr. Carla Ionescu  (additional information obtained from a paid course from Dr Ionescu's website, The Artemis Centre)

The Goddess Cybele: Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture Series

Article Concerning Acoustics in a Kybele Temple

The Works of Pausanias

The Works of the Emperor Julian: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods

An Archaic Ivory Figurine from a Tumulus Near Elmali: Cultural Hybridization and a New Anatolian Style by Tuna Şare

Episode image found at https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/


Thanks to the contributors at Freesound for the use of sound clips:

Cymbal Swell 106 by FiatLuxx

Cymbal Swell 015 by FiatLuxx

Willow Flute by Hedmarking

Middle East Two by Crapsghetti

Olympos, Gregorian and Pluto Wind Chimes by Philip Goddard

irish Whistle by Nigelnix


Kubaba, Matar, Matar kubileya, Agdistis, Meter, Meter Kybele, Kybele, Cybele, Magna Matar, Magna Mater deorum Idaea

]]> The continuning saga of Kybele, now with her self-castrating gender expansive priests, the Galli. Were they transgender? Who were they, really, and who was she, their goddess? We track their journey from Phrygia all the way to the end of pagan Rome.


In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele by Dr. Lynn E. Roller, 1999.

Kybele - Mother of the Gods: The Goddess Project Podcast by Dr. Carla Ionescu  (additional information obtained from a paid course from Dr Ionescu's website, The Artemis Centre)

The Goddess Cybele: Dr. James Rietveld Salon Lecture Series

Article Concerning Acoustics in a Kybele Temple

The Works of Pausanias

The Works of the Emperor Julian: Hymn to the Mother of the Gods

An Archaic Ivory Figurine from a Tumulus Near Elmali: Cultural Hybridization and a New Anatolian Style by Tuna Şare

Episode image found at https://arkeonews.net/getting-to-know-matar-kubilea/


Thanks to the contributors at Freesound for the use of sound clips:

Cymbal Swell 106 by FiatLuxx

Cymbal Swell 015 by FiatLuxx

Willow Flute by Hedmarking

Middle East Two by Crapsghetti

Olympos, Gregorian and Pluto Wind Chimes by Philip Goddard

irish Whistle by Nigelnix


Kubaba, Matar, Matar kubileya, Agdistis, Meter, Meter Kybele, Kybele, Cybele, Magna Matar, Magna Mater deorum Idaea

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19344750 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 2667 Kybele, transgender, galla, galli, trans, mother, meter, matar, Cybele, Greek, Roman, Anatolian, queer, Phrygian, Kubaba, inana, ishtar, ancient Rome, Claudia Quinta, religio romana, pagan, paganism, hellenistic, hellenism 1 9 full false The Mother in the Mist: Kybele in an Ancient Anatolian Matriarchy(?) The Mother in the Mist: Kybele in an Ancient Anatolian Matriarchy(?) We peer into pre-history at early evidence of the Anatolian goddess Matar/Kybele, whose presence may have been discovered in this ancient egalitarian society. Or, maybe, was this society a matriarchy? What do the findings say?


Thumbnail image: Seated Woman of Çatal Höyük, located in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey.


In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele by Lynn E. Roller

Turkish Cultural Foundation

Social Dynamics in Western Anatolia Between 3000 and 2500 BC by Christoph Schwall and Barbara Horejs

Transanatolie.com

 Koç University 

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2026/6/4/archaeologists-find-ancient-matrilineal-society-in-turkiyes-catalhoyuk


Thanks to Twin Musicon for the song At the Foot of the Sphinx


]]> We peer into pre-history at early evidence of the Anatolian goddess Matar/Kybele, whose presence may have been discovered in this ancient egalitarian society. Or, maybe, was this society a matriarchy? What do the findings say?


Thumbnail image: Seated Woman of Çatal Höyük, located in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey.


In Search of God the Mother: The Cult of Anatolian Cybele by Lynn E. Roller

Turkish Cultural Foundation

Social Dynamics in Western Anatolia Between 3000 and 2500 BC by Christoph Schwall and Barbara Horejs

Transanatolie.com

 Koç University 

https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2026/6/4/archaeologists-find-ancient-matrilineal-society-in-turkiyes-catalhoyuk


Thanks to Twin Musicon for the song At the Foot of the Sphinx


]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19302752 Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1594 Kybele, transgender, trans, mother, meter, matar, Cybele, Anatolian, queer, inana, ishtar, megalithic, neolithic, matriarchy, matrilinial, priestess, stone age, pagan, paganism 1 8 full false The Chat: Queen Maedhbh The Chat: Queen Maedhbh A change in chat strategy followed by the reading of The Violent Death of Maedhbh.

]]> A change in chat strategy followed by the reading of The Violent Death of Maedhbh.

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19266254 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 862 1 7 full false Meditation: The Path to Queen Maedhbh's Cairn Meditation: The Path to Queen Maedhbh's Cairn A guided meditation up Cnoc na Riabh to Queen Maedhbh's cairn and, perhaps, to somewhere deeper than what meets the eye.

]]> A guided meditation up Cnoc na Riabh to Queen Maedhbh's cairn and, perhaps, to somewhere deeper than what meets the eye.

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19266245 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 900 1 6 full false Is Mór a Dealbh: Queen Maedhbh of Connacht Is Mór a Dealbh: Queen Maedhbh of Connacht An exploration of one of the heroes of the Táin Bó Cuailgne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), Queen Maedhbh of Connacht, said to be the driving force of the war between Connacht and Ulster. But was she? And what's more, was she successful? Is she a soverignity goddess, or simply an Irish heroine?


Want to hear or read the Táin? 

The Tain by Thomas Kinsella

Fireside, a podcast by Kevin C. Olohan available also on any podcast player. Ulster Cycle begins at episode Conchobar and The Pangs of Ulster, posted Nov 6th 2019 and continues through the next several episodes.


Other resources used:

"And thus I will it": Queen Medh and the Will to Power by Edyta Lehmann, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Vol 28 (2008), pp. 142-151

The Dream of Oengus

Aided Meidbe - The Violent Death of Maeve. Translation by Vernam Hull, published in Speculum. v.13 issue 1. (Jan. 1938), pp 52-61 (as published on Mary Jones' Celtic Literature Collective). Posted at Storyarchaeology.com

Live Irish Myths episode 51: Queen Medb, Mythical Ireland

Ireland: A Journey into Lost Time by P.A. Ó Síocháin

Carrowkeel.com

 Banríon Méabh at Duchas.ie

Inis Clodhrann at Duchas.ie

Medb's Men, or, The Battle of the Boyne. Book of Lecan, 351b-353a. "Cath Boinde." Eriu. v.2 pp. 173-185. Joseph O'Neill

Dictionary of Irish Biography: Walker, Roger Chambers. by Martin A Timoney.





]]> An exploration of one of the heroes of the Táin Bó Cuailgne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley), Queen Maedhbh of Connacht, said to be the driving force of the war between Connacht and Ulster. But was she? And what's more, was she successful? Is she a soverignity goddess, or simply an Irish heroine?


Want to hear or read the Táin? 

The Tain by Thomas Kinsella

Fireside, a podcast by Kevin C. Olohan available also on any podcast player. Ulster Cycle begins at episode Conchobar and The Pangs of Ulster, posted Nov 6th 2019 and continues through the next several episodes.


Other resources used:

"And thus I will it": Queen Medh and the Will to Power by Edyta Lehmann, Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Vol 28 (2008), pp. 142-151

The Dream of Oengus

Aided Meidbe - The Violent Death of Maeve. Translation by Vernam Hull, published in Speculum. v.13 issue 1. (Jan. 1938), pp 52-61 (as published on Mary Jones' Celtic Literature Collective). Posted at Storyarchaeology.com

Live Irish Myths episode 51: Queen Medb, Mythical Ireland

Ireland: A Journey into Lost Time by P.A. Ó Síocháin

Carrowkeel.com

 Banríon Méabh at Duchas.ie

Inis Clodhrann at Duchas.ie

Medb's Men, or, The Battle of the Boyne. Book of Lecan, 351b-353a. "Cath Boinde." Eriu. v.2 pp. 173-185. Joseph O'Neill

Dictionary of Irish Biography: Walker, Roger Chambers. by Martin A Timoney.





]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19229326 Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0400 1938 Queen Maedhbh, Queen Maeve, Queen Medb, Connacht, Tain, Táin Bó Cuailgne, Cú Chulainn, Táin, Megalith, Ulster Cycle, Irish Mythology, Mythology 1 5 full false The Abbot of Drimnagh (and the Wife of the Erenagh) The Abbot of Drimnagh (and the Wife of the Erenagh) A tale recorded by monks in 14th/15th century Ireland concerning the magical gender change of a particular abbot. What is the significance of the story, and are there others like it?

]]> A tale recorded by monks in 14th/15th century Ireland concerning the magical gender change of a particular abbot. What is the significance of the story, and are there others like it?

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19220017 Mon, 25 May 2026 08:00:00 -0400 975 gender transformation, transgender, queer, Irish, Medieval, Middle Ages, Abbot, Drimnagh, Crumlin, Dublin, Sidhe, Sí, fairy, fae 1 4 full false Meditation: Meeting the Hag on the Bog Meditation: Meeting the Hag on the Bog In this guided meditation you will walk a path across a bog, meeting the Hag in her wild domain.


This guided meditation was inspired by the Seana Mhach bog trails outside of Costelloe.

]]> In this guided meditation you will walk a path across a bog, meeting the Hag in her wild domain.


This guided meditation was inspired by the Seana Mhach bog trails outside of Costelloe.

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19218923 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:00:00 -0400 863 1 3 full false The Chat: An Chailleach The Chat: An Chailleach The post-show chat where I ramble about my thoughts on the Cailleach and add things I may have left out.

]]> The post-show chat where I ramble about my thoughts on the Cailleach and add things I may have left out.

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19204566 Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 -0400 778 1 2 full false The Hag of the Celtic Isles, An Chailleach The Hag of the Celtic Isles, An Chailleach We explore the lore behind the ancient creatrix of the Celtic Isles, The Hag (an chailleach).


Sources Include:

The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise-Woman Healer by Gearóid Ó Crualaoich

Irish Stories and Songs: II. The Old Woman of Beare by Kuno Meyer

https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/hag-beara-irish-myths-legends/

Mythical Ireland YouTube channel by Anthony Murphy, in particular the episodes: Live Irish Myths, episode 8: The Cailleach of Loughcrew

The Almanac of Ireland podcast by Manchán Magan

https://www.carrowkeel.com/files/conwell.html

https://www.carrowkeel.com/sites/loughcrew/hag.html

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5070784/5063137 The Loughcrew Hills

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921821/4909258/5182758 The Hag's Bed on Labacally Hill

Manchán Magan Explains Why Has Ireland Forgotten All About its Goddesses | The Six O'Clock Show, hosted on YouTube

The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog by Patricia Monaghan

]]> We explore the lore behind the ancient creatrix of the Celtic Isles, The Hag (an chailleach).


Sources Include:

The Book of the Cailleach: Stories of the Wise-Woman Healer by Gearóid Ó Crualaoich

Irish Stories and Songs: II. The Old Woman of Beare by Kuno Meyer

https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/hag-beara-irish-myths-legends/

Mythical Ireland YouTube channel by Anthony Murphy, in particular the episodes: Live Irish Myths, episode 8: The Cailleach of Loughcrew

The Almanac of Ireland podcast by Manchán Magan

https://www.carrowkeel.com/files/conwell.html

https://www.carrowkeel.com/sites/loughcrew/hag.html

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5070784/5063137 The Loughcrew Hills

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921821/4909258/5182758 The Hag's Bed on Labacally Hill

Manchán Magan Explains Why Has Ireland Forgotten All About its Goddesses | The Six O'Clock Show, hosted on YouTube

The Red-Haired Girl from the Bog by Patricia Monaghan

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19203561 Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 1684 Hag, Cailleach, earth goddess, land, goddess of the land, elemental, sea, cairn, giantess, celtic, mythology, pagan, paganism, witch, folklore 1 1 full false The Ring of Keys: The Purpose of this Podcast The Ring of Keys: The Purpose of this Podcast Fáilte. In this episode I discuss the impetus for this podcast series as well as what to expect in future episodes.

]]> Fáilte. In this episode I discuss the impetus for this podcast series as well as what to expect in future episodes.

]]> Julian Buzzsprout-19203485 Tue, 19 May 2026 12:00:00 -0400 507 queer, trans, transgender, gay, lesbian, goddess, divinity, paganism, pagan, mother, great mother, queer, mythology, folklore trailer false