Earth Talk: The Earth Gnome - told by Martin Shaw

As part of his Earth Talk "Entering The Bone House - The Skill of Making a Home for Story" at Schumacher College, Martin Shaw told the story "The Earth Gnome".
About Martin Shaw
Martin is author of “Snowy Tower: Parzival and the Wet, Black Branch of Language”, and the award winning “A Branch From the Lightning Tree”. Director of the Westcountry School of Myth, he lived for four years under canvas, exploring small pockets of the British countryside. He is principal teacher at Robert Bly’s Great Mother Conference, and devised and led the Oral Tradition course at Stanford University in Northern California. His translations of Gaelic poetry and folklore (with Tony Hoagland) have been published in Orion Magazine, Poetry International, the Kenyon Review, Poetry Magazine, and the Mississippi Review. For more on his work go to www.schoolofmyth.com
For more information about Schumacher College visit: www.schumachercollege.org.uk

[@gregwill500]

“This story has something to say to you, that I know nothing about”. Those are the best stories.

[@tewtravelers9586]

How do people downvote Martin Shaw? He is our modern bard. This is the pentacle of storytelling.

[@susantaylorpoet]

There are people and then there are people - this is the sad thing.

[@WalterTonetto]

Pentacle? 😂

[@felixwalne3494]

Such a great story teller

[@piperpan5516]

I’ve just discovered Martin Shaw today from a Spotify podcast that kind of jumped into my vision to catch my attention at a particular moment in which I was in a rather deep message chat with an autistic friend back in Australia who’s very much in her gruelling underworld process to heal. (What a sentence hey!)
The Fall and the Underworld is what the podcast interview with Matin Shaw is called and the subject is up my alley.
Martin spoke brilliantly and said so much, it was so inspiring and now I’m suddenly a fan.

[@chubbyrain3]

Thanks for the recommendation; listening to it now.

[@nothingnobody910]

Its like I went back in time when the true story tellers of old passed on their magic to their audiences. Thank You Martin Sjaw, I count you umoungst my Teachers.

[@dacejaunzeme4849]

yeah, sounds very much like our folktales of old that i read, but never have i heard such a picturesque and deep telling of what happened in the myth. everything suddenly came alive and got so much more sense and purpose with Martin pointing out the deeper life lesson in a hint and all of him just sharing the depth.

[@PeasantByTheSouthernSea]

Such a masterpiece

[@marshalllaw5349]

Absolutely brilliant

[@amamihe6465]

Just might be the most brilliant thing I've ever seen.

[@dacejaunzeme4849]

wow, he is some marvellous storyteller! thanks unify for featuring him!

[@aheadfulloftales3356]

I just starting as storyteller and I'm learning at lot thank you

[@annprince5298]

This is brilliant ,thank you!

[@writer4peace]

Love this story and I love you, mate. Great to see your face (even 2D) and hear you share this myth. Thanks, Martin!

[@elizabethflynn8455]

Was enchanted while watching this. Delightful.

[@teresaiche4722]

Thank you...really loved and enjoyed this storytelling....💕💕💕

[@kathyhanneman5634]

In this group / site I have found a Jewel thank you thank you thank you

[@alibongo5545]

💚✨

[@simazar]

Wonderful - would love to know where the story is from

[@Yalasid]

Eastern European I think - he told it at Crick Crack fest this summer x

[@AreteSr]

It's from The Brothers Grimm, but is best known in English, I think, in Wanda Gag's version.
www.amazon.ca/Wanda-Gags-Earth-Gnome-Gag/dp/0698206185