Huge congratulations to Brittany Warman and Sara Cleto for winning the 2019 Dorothy Howard prize for The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic!
The prize recognizes excellence, relevance, and innovation in folklore education; essentially saying that Sara and Brittany are doing awesome and important work in their area of passion, which is, making excellent folklore education available to everyone. What wonderful confirmation that all their hard work and effort is worth it. To be recognized by your professional peers for a unique initiative is truly fantastic!
"The committee called Caterhaugh School “a folklore school for the digital age” that brings the scholarly study of folklore to a “global audience” online ." (from @BriarSpell's Twitter account)
Congratulations ladies!
We look forward to seeing what Carterhaugh is busy teaching folks for many years to come.
As for our readers, if you'e been sitting on the fence, wondering whether taking one of Carterhaigh's courses is worth it, hopefully, this helps convince you it is. Not only are the courses intriguing, beautifully presented, accessible to anyone with an interest, and taught with humor and magic, but they are also excellent in their content too.
Here's a quick overview of what they've offered to date:
The Legend
[SUMMER 2017 – Complete]
[SUMMER 2017 – Complete]
Witches in Folklore and Literature
[FALL 2017 – Complete]
[FALL 2017 – Complete]
Myth and Mythic Adaptation
[SUMMER 2018 – Complete]
[SUMMER 2018 – Complete]
Find Your Fairy Tale
[FALL 2018 – Complete]
[FALL 2018 – Complete]
Seeking the Witch: Traditional Tales and Everyday Magic
[FALL 2018 – Complete]
[FALL 2018 – Complete]
Live Lectures and Workshops:
And they're busy finishing up preparing a new big course which will be released very soon. In the meantime, they have something special for the season...
They put together a special new mini-course on Halloween Folklore (a very popularly requested topic) which will go live on OCTOBER 28. It's being offered at a SUPER LOW PRICE of $25, (a one-time offer!) with a whole lot of benefits and a great way to sample the sorts of things Brittany and Sara put together.
Let us assure you, Sara and Brittany, are here for the fun on all aspects of Halloween as well as ready to impart sme serious lore, tales and hints for dealing with everything from lost spirits and Halloween fairies to useful rituals (and where those rituals came from). They've been posting some very fun content on the Carterhaugh blog, such as:
- Witchy Playlists (music to get you in the mood)
- Vampire Stories (to help you get the shivers, despite the unseasonal heat!)
- Gothic fashion (it's the season for trying new looks and costumes after all)
“THERE was once a witch who desired to know everything. But the wiser a witch is, the harder she knocks her head against the wall when she comes to it. Her name was Watho, and she had a wolf in her mind. She cared for nothing in itself — only for knowing it. She was not naturally cruel, but the wolf had made her cruel. She was tall and graceful, with a white skin, red hair, and black eyes, which had a red fire in them. She was straight and strong, but now and then would fall bent together, shudder, and sit for a moment with her head turned over her shoulder, as if the wolf had got out of her mind onto her back.” – George MacDonald (images from a 1988 edition)
Yep - she's a shape-changing witch, a werewolf witch, really, but not just that. She's not only mystically but had a (mad)scientific mind. In fact, the fairy tale begins with her deciding to do an experiment... She's not your average antagonist!
(And now we'd like to see all the suggestions for a Watho Halloween costume please!)
You can read all about the course HERE, including what will be taught and all the exclusive downloads, access and opportunities.
But be quick.
Places close at Midnight on October 27th!
