Slavs Archives - Bone and Sickle

Christmas is Carnival: Carols and Calendars

December 18, 2025 boneandsickle A Season of Madness, calendar, Carnival, Carol of the Bells, carols, Catholicism, Christmas, EPISODE, folk customs, history, holidays, Kalends, Krampus, Perchten, Slavs, Twelfth Night, Twelve Days of Christmas

Historically, the celebration of Christmas and Carnival could overlap, and there is some reason to believe that customs associated with[…]

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A Viking Funeral

August 1, 2023 boneandsickle EPISODE, funerary customs, Germanic, graves, history, human sacrifice, Middle Ages, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Russian, Seeress, Slavs, Vikings, Völva

Scenes of fiery Viking funerals have been woven into any number of literary and cinematic tales, but sources on the[…]

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Russian Vampire Tales

July 1, 2023 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, horror, monsters, Russian, Slavs, undead, vampires

The folklore of Russian vampires describes a creature slightly different than what we’re accustomed. In tonight’s show we share a[…]

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