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The Fates

July 9, 2025 boneandsickle Ancient Rome, Anglo-Saxons, Charles Perrault, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, Fates, folk tales, folklore, Germanic, Greece, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, legends, Macbeth, Middle Ages, modern folklore, Moirai, Norns, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Parcae, Russia, Russian, Shakespeare, Sleeping Beauty, superstition

The Fates of Classical Antiquity not only survived in the form of related fairy-tale figures but also as the object of[…]

Rolling Hells and Land-Ships

May 22, 2025 boneandsickle Carnival, celebrations, EPISODE, Germany, history, holidays, Middle Ages, pagan, paganism, renaissance, Schembartlauf

During the 15th-century, citizens of Nuremberg, Germany, experienced spectacular Carnival parades highlighted by the appearance of floats known as “hells.”[…]

The Unknown Carnival

April 21, 2025 boneandsickle A Season of Madness, antiquity, books, Carnival, EPISODE, folk customs, folk horror, folklore, history, holidays, Middle Ages, pagan, paganism

Mr. Ridenour introduces his new book “A Season of Madness: Fools, Monsters, and Marvels of the Old-World Carnival,” explaining how[…]