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Category: Britain

Drowned in Blood: Butcher Lore

November 18, 2019 boneandsickle Anglo-Saxons, birds, Britain, butchers, cannibalism, Catholicism, Christie Cleek, Christmas, criminals, England, EPISODE, folk music, folk tales, folklore, France, Germanic, gore, history, human sacrifice, legends, Middle Ages, mumming, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Sawney Bean, Scotland, St Martin's Day, St. Nicholas, superstition

Our seasonal look at butcher lore begins with the slaughter of an immense ram as related in the centuries-old English[…]

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#34 The Goblins Will Get You!

October 18, 2019 boneandsickle ballads, black magic, Britain, Cornwall, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk music, folk tales, folklore, goblins, history, legends, literature, magic, Middle Ages, mythology, necromancy, saints, Scotland, Sir Walter Scott, superstition, urban legends

Goblin lore from old folk tales, literature, ancient and modern legends is our topic this time around. We begin with[…]

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#28 Gog, Magog, and the Bones of Giants

June 12, 2019 boneandsickle antiquity, Bible, Britain, decapitation, England, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, giants, history, Incubi, legends, mythology, Nephilim, Watchers

This time we look at the myths of British giants Gog and Magog, and a belief in biblical giants seemingly[…]

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