This week on Into The Greenwood Rosie and Cathy have a fascinating discussion about symbolism, mortality, and evil stepmothers in their analysis of The Milk White Doo 🕊️

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STORY: https://folklorescotland.com/the-milk-white-doo/

SOURCES

http://www.clg-eluard-chatillon.ac-versailles.fr/IMG/pdf/milk_white_doo.pdf

https://sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/sfft/sfft05.htm#fn_6

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Juniper_Tree_(fairy_tale)

https://byufairytales.wordpress.com/thejunipertree/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3813902