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Holy Puppets, Medieval Robots, and More

May 8, 2020 boneandsickle Arthurian, Catholicism, dolls, EPISODE, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, literature, magic, Middle Ages, movies, puppets, renaissance, Romanticism, theater, urban legends

This episode looks at puppets given life through magical or mechanical means, holy puppets of the Catholic Church, medieval robots,[…]

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Dead Teeth: Fairies, Rats, and Worms

February 28, 2020 boneandsickle curses, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk customs, folklore, history, horror, Middle Ages, movies, rats, saints, skulls, teeth, Tooth Fairy, United States, witch trials, witchcraft, witches, worms

Explore the folklore of the Tooth Fairy and teeth, particularly dead teeth — those lost by children or adults, and[…]

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Beasts of the Bestiaries

January 31, 2020 boneandsickle antiquity, bestiaries, birds, books, Catholicism, cryptozoology, dragons, EPISODE, folklore, history, hybrids, legends, manuscripts, Middle Ages, monsters, mythology, renaissance, superstition, urban legends

The bestiaries of the Middle Ages and Renaissance were books describing animals (some recognizable and others fantastic) in terms borrowed[…]

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