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Category: Italy

La Befana, the Witch of Twelfth Night

December 15, 2024 boneandsickle Christmas, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, history, holidays, Italy, legends, pop culture, witches

A short extra episode on Befana, the gift-bringing Italian witch associated with Twelfth Night, the end of the Christmas season.[…]

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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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The Hellish Harlequin: Phantom Hordes to Father Christmas

December 5, 2020 boneandsickle Carnival, charivari, Christmas, demons, Devil, dwarf, England, EPISODE, Father Christmas, folk customs, folk theater, folklore, France, Furious Army, ghost stories, ghosts, giants, Harlequin, Hellequin, Herla, history, holidays, Italy, legends, Middle Ages, mumming, pantomime, theater, Twelve Days of Christmas, Wild Hunt

Harlequin is an enigmatic figure with roots in dark folklore of France, specifically that of the Wild Hunt (Chasse Sauvage)[…]

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