folklore Archives - Page 15 of 16 - Bone and Sickle

#15 Saint, Devil, Sugar-Bread, & Whip: KRAMPUS AND NICHOLAS

November 28, 2018 boneandsickle Austria, Christmas, EPISODE, folk theater, folklore, Germanic, Germany, history, holidays, Nicholas Plays, pagan, paganism, Perchten, saints, St. Nicholas

The Krampus and St. Nicholas represent a folkloric duality embodying a mode of childrearing the Germans call “sugar-bread and whip”[…]

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Episode 8: Dreadful Ships

July 23, 2018 boneandsickle Bone & Sickle, Devil, Dracula, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, Gothic, history, legends, nautical, Romanticism, Ships, superstition, vampires, Victorian

On this episode of Bone and Sickle, we look at the folklore of ghost ships, undead sailors, some nautical elements[…]

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Episode Seven: It is One Hundred Years Since Our Children Left

July 2, 2018 boneandsickle death, EPISODE, fairy tales, folklore, Germanic, Germany, history, horror, legends, literature, martyrdom, movies, mystery, paganism, plague, saints

In this episode, we explore the story of the Pied Piper, a folk tale uniquely anchored in grim historical realities.[…]

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