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Category: Grimm

Bottled Spirits: Imps, Devils, Ghosts

August 1, 2020 boneandsickle Aeolus, antiquity, bottled spirits, EPISODE, exorcism, folk customs, folk tales, folklore, gothic literature, Greek myth, Grimm, Hebrew mythology, history, Homer, Ireland, literature, magic, manuscripts, Middle Ages, mythology, Oddysey, Romanticism, Satan, Scotland, witch bottles, witchcraft, witches

Western tales of bottled spirits, imps, devils, and even ghosts are largely borrowed from the Islamic and Jewish legends of jinn[…]

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Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter

December 9, 2019 boneandsickle Austria, Christmas, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, Germanic, Germany, Grimm, history, holidays, Krampus, legends, Middle Ages, mumming, mythology, pagan, paganism, Perchta, Twelfth Night, witchcraft, witches

Frau Perchta, sometimes known as “the Belly-Slitter” for the trademark punishment she’s said to inflict on disobedient or lazy children,[…]

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