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Slavic Mermaids: Water Ghosts and Goblins

May 29, 2020 boneandsickle classical music, death, demons, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk customs, folk music, folk tales, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Green Christmas, history, horror, legends, literature, mermaids, movies, mythology, opera, pagan, paganism, Romanticism, rusalia, Rusalka, Russian, Semik, Slavs, vodnik, Whitsunday

Quite distinct from their Western equivalent, Slavic mermaids might better be described as water ghosts, as they are almost always[…]

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#31 Baba Yaga

August 13, 2019 boneandsickle Baba Yaga, cannibalism, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, legends, pagan, paganism, Russian, Slavs, witchcraft, witches

This episode explores the Russian witch, the Baba Yaga, tales in which she appears, possible origins, and regional variations on[…]

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