December 2019 – Bone and Sickle

The Goblins and the Gravedigger

December 21, 2019 boneandsickle Charles Dickens, Christmas, goblins, holidays, Victorian

Bone and Sickle continues its holiday tradition of Christmas ghost stories, or a goblin story, in this case. Our tale[…]

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Frau Perchta, the Belly-Slitter

December 9, 2019 boneandsickle Austria, Christmas, EPISODE, folk tales, folklore, Germanic, Germany, Grimm, history, holidays, Krampus, legends, Middle Ages, mumming, mythology, pagan, paganism, Perchta, Twelfth Night, witchcraft, witches

Frau Perchta, sometimes known as “the Belly-Slitter” for the trademark punishment she’s said to inflict on disobedient or lazy children,[…]

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