Skeleton Woman
Traditional Inuit folk tale
told by John David "Hobbes" Hickey
produced by Rikki LaCoste
There are several versions of this tale. One you can read in "Patakin: World Tales of Drums and Drummers," by Nina Jaffe, available on Amazon and other places. But you can read a couple of versions online. Notably:
the version by Arnell Ando
www.arnellart.com/LaDeth.htm
and the one by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
awakeningwomen.com/2010/07/04/skeleton-woman-a-love-story/
There is also a brilliant video by Edith Pieperhoff
vimeo.com/15024873
This fully produced recording first appeared on John David "Hobbes" Hickey's CD release: "Did You Hear That?" Professional storyteller J.D. Hobbes enjoyed Rikki's previous treatments of other pieces of his so much that he asked him to audio produce a selection of his new tales. John David Hickey's fantastic storytelling CD of creepy stories "Did You Hear That?" was released in 2014.
We highly recommend that you listen to the entire album. JD Hobbes' CD "Did you Hear That?" features some of the Bard's creepiest stories! Get ready to turn out the lights and listen to these tales! Then turn all the lights back on and quiver in your bed, praying that the sun will return!
If you enjoyed the story, check out other tales, and support Hobbes' craft by buying one of his CDs:
www.cdbaby.com/cd/johndavidhickey2
John David Hickey's personal website
www.johndavidhickey.ca
His storytelling website:
shorteningtheroad.blogspot.ca
"Did You Hear That?" page
www.cdbaby.com/cd/johndavidhickey2 "The Skeleton Woman is an Inuit tale of healing, made more public by Clarissa Pinkola Estés’s famous book, Women Who Run With the Wolves. In brief the tale describes a harrowing journey in which the heroine is left for dead under the sea but is caught by a fisherman whose initial horror turns to compassion. Her life is thus restored and she returns with renewed vigour and a great capacity to enrich life itself. This tale is rich in meaning and very important to many women in their journeys."
~ Françoise A. Cloutier, Jungian Psychoanalyst, from her lecture "The Skeleton Woman: Healing Through Relating."
http://www.apjq.org/en/Lecture%20-%20The%20Skeleton%20Woman%20-%20Final%20version%20-%20Nov%202011.pdf
