In honor of the spookiest of seasons, let us talk about one of the most horrific folkloric creatures of all: the walking dead.
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Mythology Monday: The Beast Of Bray Road
So was anyone going to tell me my home state has a god damn werewolf, or was I supposed to learn this from a Google search of creepy mythological figures?
Continue readingMythology Monday: The Marriage of Skadi and Njord
Hello again! This week we’re going back to Norse mythology to talk about the rather short-lived marriage between Skadi and Njord.
Continue readingMythology Monday: Clytemnestra Did Nothing Wrong
Well, I think that she did one thing kinda wrong, but we’ll get to that in a bit.
Anyway, we’re talking about Clytemnestra and her rather tumultuous marriage to Agamemnon, who I have and will always contend is the worst.
Continue readingMythology Monday-Trading Spaces: Welsh Edition
Mythology Monday is back, baby, and today we’re going to go over the first part of the first branch of the Mabinogi, which is about a dude named Pwyll.
Note: Pwyll is not pronounced the way you think it is because, as is the case in most Celtic languages, nothing in Cymraeg is pronounced the way you think it is.
Continue readingMythology Monday: The Nine Maidens of Dundee
So, today we’re going to head to Scotland to talk about the folk tale “The Nine Maidens of Dundee.” Though that’s kind of a misnomer, since it’s not really about them. It’s more that what happens to them is the story’s inciting incident.
What happens to them is pretty unpleasant, by the way.
Continue readingMythology Monday: Odin is SUPER HARDCORE
A while back I talked about how Odin sacrificed one of his eyes to drink from Mimir’s Well and gain knowledge. That’s pretty hardcore, right?
Well, my friends, that does not hold a fucking candle to what he does to gain knowledge of runes.
Continue readingMythology Monday: Noppera-bō
Hey, you guys wanna hear about something super creepy? Of course you do! To that end, let’s talk about noppera-bō.
Continue readingMythology Monday: Lamia
Let’s take a trip back to Greek mythology, and talk about Lamia.
Don’t let the above picture fool you: she’s actually a terrifying snake woman.
Continue readingMythology Monday: The Hodag
So, back in November I moved back to northern Wisconsin after living in Minnesota for 13 years. During that time, there’s something that I’ve been wondering: does Wisconsin have any local cryptids?
I looked it up, and the answer turned out to be several. Let’s talk about one of those today:the hodag.
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