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Nero: Myth and Monster

May 23, 2021 boneandsickle Ancient Rome, Antichrist, Bible, EPISODE, folklore, history, mermaids, Middle Ages, Nero, revenant, Rome, Satan

Emperor Nero’s reputation for wickedness and depravity had already attained mythic status within a century of his death, making him[…]

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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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#24 Possessed Nuns and Holy Demoniacs

April 18, 2019 boneandsickle Catholicism, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, exorcism, folklore, history, horror, legends, martyrdom, mortification, possession, saints, Satan, stigmatics, witchcraft

This episode finds the Devil where you’d least expect him: stories of possessed nuns and demonic attacks on the rigorously[…]

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