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Grottos, Caves of Wonder

March 5, 2022 boneandsickle apparitions, Catholicism, EPISODE, folklore, Greek gods, Greek myth, Grottos, Lourdes, nymphs, renaissance, Romanticism, Virgin Mary

Grottos are a peculiar subset of caves, usually small and picturesque, and often associated with wonders both otherworldly and manmade. NOTE:[…]

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Bees: Gods, Death, and Honey

March 19, 2021 boneandsickle antiquity, bees, Bible, Catholicism, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, Homer, honey, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, mythology, Old Testament, pagan, paganism, superstition

The mythology of bees has been tied for centuries to notions of the otherworld and death. In this episode we[…]

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Waxworks

January 23, 2021 boneandsickle black magic, Britain, Canidia, Catholicism, Charles Dickens, crime, death, decapitation, dolls, England, EPISODE, execution, folklore, history, horror, Italy, literature, Middle Ages, movies, murder, puppets, renaissance, superstition, Victorian, waxworks, witchcraft

The macabre feelings stirred by waxwork figures go far beyond their use in horror films, back to the Terror of[…]

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