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#21 A Deal with the Devil

February 27, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, Devil, EPISODE, Faust, folk theater, folklore, Germanic, Germany, history, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, necromancy, occultism, opera, saints, theater, Theophilus, witchcraft

The legend of Faust is the archetypal deal with the Devil. This episode looks at the figure as represented in[…]

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#20 The Undead Come Courting

February 13, 2019 boneandsickle ballads, Bram Stoker, Dracula, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Gothic, gothic literature, Greece, Greek myth, history, horror, legends, literature, movies, Romanticism, superstition, vampires

Vampire mythology first appears in the West in works as early Romantic authors meld themes from folk ballads of resurrected[…]

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#19 Worm Songs and Beastly Sucklers

January 28, 2019 boneandsickle curses, dragons, England, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk music, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, Lair of the White Worm, Lambton worm, milk-hairs, snakes, superstition, The Wicker Man, troll-cats, witchcraft, worms

This episode examines the Lambton Worm, a dragon legend that inspired works by Bram Stoker and Ken Russel as well[…]

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