Sinbad Archives - Bone and Sickle

Bird-Women of Greece and Russia

September 18, 2021 boneandsickle Aeolus, Alkonost, antiquity, bestiaries, Bird-Women, classical music, folk tales, folklore, Gamayun, Greece, Greek myth, harpies, legends, mermaids, monsters, opera, pagan, paganism, Russian, seduction, sirens, Sirin

Bird-women hybrids of Greek legend and Russian folklore are uniquely ambivalent, sometimes bringing death and destruction and at others, prophetic wisdom[…]

The Jinn

July 20, 2020 boneandsickle demons, Devil, diabolism, EPISODE, folk customs, folklore, history, horror, King Solomon, legends, literature, magic, movies, mythology, The Arabian Nights

They Arabic mythology of the jinn is, not surprisingly, quite different than what you might glean from Western pop culture. Films[…]