# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Talk: Spinning and Weaving in Myth and Fairy-Tales
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: By Dr. Carey Fleiner of the University of Winchester

This talk looks at how spinning and weaving have been embedded in the folklore, myth, and fairy-tales in western Europe from the times of the Greeks and Romans through to the Middle Ages.

Weavers as storytellers! Spinners as good wives and mothers! Flax spun onto gold! These tales include the story of Penelope and her loom, the three spinning Fates of Rome and the Valkyries, and the moral lessons of Frau Holle: clever women whose wool and flax spinning and weaving gave them voices and agency in an otherwise man’s world.

All tickets must be booked in advance. In aid of Living Weaving Heritage at the Mill

Please note that tea and coffee will be available for donation. Doors open at 6.30 pm.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/whitchurch/talk-spinning-and-weaving-in-myth-and-fairy-tales/200030098412608
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 22

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Whitchurch
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Whitchurch Silk Mill, 28 Winchester Street,  , RG28 7AL Whitchurch, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 51.22843
- **long**: -1.33899
- **full address**: Whitchurch Silk Mill, 28 Winchester Street,  , RG28 7AL Whitchurch, United Kingdom, 28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AL, United Kingdom

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Talk: Spinning and Weaving in Myth and Fairy-Tales being held?
  - **A:** Talk: Spinning and Weaving in Myth and Fairy-Tales takes place on Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Wed, 14 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Whitchurch Silk Mill, 28 Winchester Street,  , RG28 7AL Whitchurch, United Kingdom, 28 Winchester Street, Whitchurch, RG28 7AL, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Talk: Spinning and Weaving in Myth and Fairy-Tales?
  - **A:** Talk: Spinning and Weaving in Myth and Fairy-Tales is organized by Whitchurch Silk Mill.

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