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Bird-Women of Greece and Russia

September 18, 2021 boneandsickle Aeolus, Alkonost, antiquity, bestiaries, Bird-Women, classical music, folk tales, folklore, Gamayun, Greece, Greek myth, harpies, legends, mermaids, monsters, opera, pagan, paganism, Russian, seduction, sirens, Sirin

Bird-women hybrids of Greek legend and Russian folklore are uniquely ambivalent, sometimes bringing death and destruction and at others, prophetic wisdom[…]

The Kraken and Other Marvels of the Northern Seas

April 3, 2021 boneandsickle apocalypse, Cthulhu, EPISODE, folklore, history, Kraken, legends, literature, nautical, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Ragnarök, sea monster, sea serpent

The Kraken is only one of the monsters said to inhabit the storied northern seas of Scandinavia. This episode is[…]

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[…]