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The Stone Eater and other Curious Cases

January 23, 2023 boneandsickle books, celestial phenomena, curiosities, EPISODE, folklore, giants, Victorian

Enjoy with us a collection of short curious tales culled from a favorite Victorian volume — the Stone Eater of[…]

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Marvelous and Rare III

September 29, 2021 boneandsickle books, curiosities, folklore, history, Marvelous and Rare

Duties in the library unfortunately prevent us from presenting a regular episode at this time, but to fill the gap,[…]

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The Lover’s Head

February 12, 2021 boneandsickle Arthurian, ballads, Black Death, books, children's literature, crime, death, Decameron, decapitation, EPISODE, execution, fairies, fairy tales, folk music, folk tales, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, gore, history, horror, legends, literature, madness, Middle Ages, murder, murder ballads, punishments, renaissance, Romanticism, seduction, skulls

The motif of lovers retaining the head of a decapitated partner is surprisingly widespread. In this — our romantic Valentine’s[…]

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