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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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Shirts Available: Order by May 22

May 15, 2020 boneandsickle folklore

In celebration of our 2nd anniversary, we’ve produced this shirt featuring our old “mascot,” that is, an image of the[…]

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Holy Puppets, Medieval Robots, and More

May 8, 2020 boneandsickle Arthurian, Catholicism, dolls, EPISODE, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, magic, Middle Ages, movies, puppets, renaissance, Romanticism, theater, urban legends

This episode looks at puppets given life through magical or mechanical means, holy puppets of the Catholic Church, medieval robots,[…]

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