My name is Stina Gray and I am a professional storyteller and ethnologist based in Karlskoga, in the Bergslagen region in central Sweden. I have my roots both here in Sweden and in my childhood home Aotearoa New Zealand.

As a storyteller, I love to create wonderful storytelling experiences for all ages, and I am passionate about the power of story and myth to warm the heart, nourish the soul and offer wisdom, guidance and encouragement on our journey through life. We are storytelling, mythmaking beings, and stories have so much to offer us as we face challenges as the heroes and heroines of our own life stories, quests and rites of passage.

Most of the stories I tell belong to the oral storytelling tradition and have been told by many different storytellers, in many different ways, throughout the mists of time. I tell folktales, fairytales, myths and legends, and I also write stories inspired by dreams, places and my own life stories. Places, nature and the seasons of the year are a big source of inspiration for me in my work, and I am deeply passionate about the rewilding power of storytelling.

I am the author of When the Woods Sang: Returning to the Singing Earth and the co-founder of Women’s Wisdom Stories (Vildkvinnans Väg), a women’s community in Sweden where we are empowering women to thrive through the power of women’s circles and storytelling.

Have a look around here at my website to learn about the tales I tell and where you can find me telling them. Welcome to my travelling storytelling hearth!