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Tag: Brothers Grimm

Glass-Coffin Girls

February 28, 2024 boneandsickle Brothers Grimm, children's literature, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, literature, Snow White

The story of Snow White, as told by the Brothers Grimm, is only one of many narratives involving girls who[…]

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Myth and Magic of the Smith

January 24, 2022 boneandsickle antiquity, black magic, blacksmith, Devil, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk customs, folk magic, folklore, Greek gods, Greek myth, history, legends, mythology, Norse religion, occultism, pagan, paganism, saints, Satan, The Blacksmith and the Devil, Wicca, witchcraft, witches

Folklore of the blacksmith portrays him as a semi-magical figure, a wily opponent of the Devil, a mythic creator in classical and[…]

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Gallows Lore

September 5, 2020 boneandsickle ballads, black magic, Charles Dickens, crime, criminals, cunning folk, death, England, EPISODE, execution, folk customs, folk medicine, folk music, folk tales, folklore, gallows, hand of glory, hangmen, history, Ireland, Jack Ketch, legends, literature, magic, puppets, science fiction, Scotland, superstition, William Calcraft

We examine the lore of the gallows, focusing on the British Isles, encountering hangmen as figures straddling history and myth,[…]

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