Hebrew mythology – Bone and Sickle

The Dark Art of Ventriloquism

May 23, 2024 boneandsickle Bible, broadsheets, channeling, demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, exorcism, folklore, ghosts, Hebrew mythology, history, Judaism, magic, necromancy, Old Testament, possession, puppets, ventriloquism

While the dummies may be inherently creepy, they were not the source of ventriloquism’s dark reputation in earlier times. This[…]

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The Dybbuk

August 22, 2021 boneandsickle demons, dybbuk, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Hebrew mythology, history, Israel, Kabbalah, legends, magic, Middle Ages, movies, theater

A dybbuk is a “clinging spirit” of Jewish folklore, a ghost that can possess a human host. Stories of dybbuks[…]

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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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