Spring arrives quietly…

The days lengthen.
The earth softens.
And across the land, life begins to return.

For centuries, this moment has been marked as a turning point — a threshold between darkness and renewal. Today, we know it as Easter.

In this bonus episode of Mythic Albion, we explore the layered history of Easter — from its roots in ancient seasonal observances, to its transformation into one of the most important festivals of the Christian calendar.

We trace the origins of Pascha, its connection to Jewish Passover, and the decisions made at the First Council of Nicaea that continue to shape how Easter is observed today.

Along the way, we examine the enduring symbols of the season — eggs, lilies, and spring itself — and how older traditions were absorbed, reinterpreted, and carried forward through time.

This is a story not of one origin… but of many.

A convergence of belief, tradition, and the natural world.

Because whether through faith or through the turning of the year…

Easter has always been about one thing:

That after darkness… something returns.

Mythic Albion — where Britain's legends still breathe in the mist.

With music by Megan Wofford, JOYSPRING, Phoenix Tail and Christopher Moe Ditlevsen/Anna Dager/Ekstrom

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Before Camelot rose…
before the sword was drawn from the stone…
there was a figure who stood in the shadows of kings.

He had no crown.
No kingdom.
And yet, without him… there would be no Arthur.

He was called Merlin.

A child born without a father.
A boy who spoke of things before they happened.
A man who moved between worlds — shaping destiny while never truly belonging to it.

In this episode of Mythic Albion, we explore the legend of Merlin — the prophet, the kingmaker, and the architect of Camelot itself.

From the crumbling tower of Vortigern…
to the rise of Uther Pendragon…
to the moment a young King Arthur unknowingly claims his destiny…

This is the story of a man who did not rule…
but decided who would.

But Merlin's power came at a cost.

Because to see the future is not to change it.

And as Camelot rises, so too does the shadow of its fall.

Guided by prophecy.
Bound by fate.
And undone… by the very magic he passed on.

This is Part II of the Arthurian Trilogy.

The story of the man behind the throne…
and the silence he leaves behind.

Mythic Albion — where Britain's legends still breathe in the mist.

0:13 - Intro

3:55 - Myrddin the Child, Vortigern and The Dragons

11:43 - Uther, Kingmaker and The Sword & The Stone

24:54 - Merlin, Morgana and The Binding

32:15 - The Final Reflection

33:47 - Preview of Arthur, Camelot and the Knights of the Round

With music by Stefan Ekstrom, Rachel Sandy, Hampus Naeselius, Christopher Moe Ditlevsen, Dian Shuai, Luella Gren and Chronus

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Before kings ruled Britain… the land was said to belong to giants.

Across the cliffs and moors of medieval Cornwall, enormous beings were whispered to roam — creatures of immense strength who towered over villages and castles alike. Some were brutish monsters, others the last echoes of something older… remnants of a world before the rise of Arthur's kingdom.

And yet the one who would challenge them was no knight.

No prince.

No chosen champion.

He was simply Jack — a farmer's son with little more than courage, wit, and a refusal to be afraid.

In this episode of Mythic Albion, we explore the legendary tale of Jack the Giant Killer — the cunning boy who faced giants like Comoran, Blunderbore, and Galligantus, battled dragons and ancient sorcery, and eventually found himself standing within the court of King Arthur himself.

But Jack's story is more than a fairy tale.

It is a myth about the changing of Britain — the fading of giants, pagan powers, and older magic, and the rise of a new age shaped by kings, knights, and destiny.

This episode marks Part I of our Arthurian Trilogy.

Because before Merlin's prophecies…
before the sword in the stone…
before Camelot rose to glory…

there was a clever boy from Cornwall who proved that even the largest shadow can fall.

Mythic Albion — where Britain's legends still breathe in the mist.

0:01 - Introduction

4:05 - The First Giant: Comoran

13:03 - Blunderbore and Rebecks

21:06 - King Arthurs Court

30:53 - The Lady, The Adversary and the Last Temptation of Jack

40:01 - Galligantus: The Last Sorcerer

50:23 - Happily Ever After

53:12 - Outro

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In the shadow of the Great Glen, where dark waters stretch for over twenty miles and the hills hold their silence, a legend has endured for over a millennium.

In this episode of Mythic Albion, we journey to Loch Ness — not just in search of a monster, but in search of meaning.

We begin in the age of the Picts, exploring enigmatic carved stones and the mysterious "Pictish Beast" symbol. Could these ancient carvings hint at something once believed to dwell in the depths?

From there, we step into the 6th century and recount St Columba's dramatic encounter with a water beast in the River Ness — a story recorded in one of Scotland's earliest hagiographies. Miracle, metaphor, or myth?

The modern legend truly erupts in 1933 with the Spicer sighting, followed by the most famous image of all — the Surgeon's Photograph — a picture that convinced the world, before later being exposed as a hoax. Why did so many want to believe?

We then relive Operation Deepscan in 1987, when a flotilla of boats armed with sonar technology swept the loch in one of the most ambitious monster hunts ever undertaken. The result? Mysterious blips… but no definitive answers.

In our Reflections section, we explore how the Loch Ness Monster stands at the crossroads of faith and science, scepticism and belief. In an age where technology maps the ocean floor and satellites scan the skies, why do we still long for something unknown in the deep? Is Nessie a creature of flesh and blood — or a symbol of a fading imagination in the modern world?

Loch Ness is more than a mystery.

It is a mirror. And sometimes, what we see in the water says more about us than what may — or may not — be swimming beneath it.

0:01 - intro

1:46 - The Ancient Landscape

4:48 - The Saint and the River Beast

8:43 - The Modern Awakening (George Spicer and the Surgeons Photo)

12:48 - Science and the Shape of Belief (Operation Deepscan)

17:06 - The Deeper Symbol

19:29 - Outro and Preview of Episode 12

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Some numbers are avoided.

Some signs are watched closely.

Some places are never entered at all.

For centuries, people across Britain have believed that the world speaks in symbols - if you know how to listen. A lone magpie. Salt spilled across a threshold. A black cat pausing in the road. Flickering lights said to mark the path of the dead.

There were not idle fears.

They were rules for survival in a world where luck, death and the unseen were thought to walk hand in hand.

In this episode of Mythic Albion, we explore the omens that shaped everyday life - the dread of the number thirteen, the warning cried of birds, corpse candles drifting through the dark, fairy rings avoided at all costs and animals believed to stand between worlds.

Were these beliefs born of coincidence, cultural memory, or something observed and misunderstood?

Some signs are still avoided. Some rituals still followed. And some superstitions refuse to die.

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In December 1980, something strange descended into Rendlesham Forest.

US Air Force personnel stationed at RAF Woodbridge and Bentwaters reported lights moving through the trees..a landed craft...and encounters that still defy explanation more than 45 years later. Military witnesses. Radiation readings. A recorded audio tape made in the middle of the event itself.

Was it misidentified lighthouse? A secret military test? Or one of the most credible UFO encounters ever reported on British soil?

In this episode of Mythic Albion, we step from ancient legends and into modern mystery, where folkore meets the Cold War, and the unknown leaves physical marks on the ground, and on the people who were there.

Because sometimes, the old stories of lights in the sky don't stay in the past.

With immersive storytelling, original narration and atmospheric sound design.

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Before England had Churches, it had Gods. In this episode of Mythic Albion, we step back into the shadowed world of the Anglo-Saxons, where fate ruled all things and the land itself was alive with unseen powers. We explore Woden, the one-eyed wander, lord of the dead and All-Father of the English. Alongside him are the forgotten Gods of thunder, oaths, hearth and dawn. Deities who once governed every battle, birth and burial.

From sacred groves and blood offerings, to the coming of the Christian cross, this episode uncovers how England's old Gods were not destroyed, simply transformed. Their echoes still lingering in folklore, language and the haunted landscape itself.

A journey into the lost pantheon and the legacy it left behind.

Through dramatized storytelling and reflection, this episode explores how paganism took root in England and the lasting impression it left on the culture, even in the 21st century.

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Britain's waters are older than it's roads, it villages, and even it's written history. Long before charts and warning signs, people told stories to explain what lurked beneath their still surfaces.

In this episode of Mythic Albion, we wade into the dark folklore of Britain's rivers, lochs, and coasts to uncover the legends of its most feared water spirits.

We encounter the Kelpie, the shape-shifting water horse of Scotland that lured riders to a drowning death. The Grindylow, a lurking presence beneath ponds and mill waters, waiting to snatch unwary children. And the Mermaids of Britain's shores - not gentle singers, but omens of storms, shipwrecks and loss.

Through dramatized storytelling and reflection, this episode explores why water has always been a boundary between worlds, a source of life, and a force of quiet terror. These spirits were not merely monsters, but warnings - shaped by grief, danger and respect for a power humanity could never fully tame.

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