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#21 A Deal with the Devil

February 27, 2019 boneandsickle black magic, Devil, EPISODE, Faust, folk theater, folklore, Germanic, Germany, history, horror, legends, literature, magic, movies, necromancy, occultism, opera, saints, theater, Theophilus, witchcraft

The legend of Faust is the archetypal deal with the Devil. This episode looks at the figure as represented in[…]

#18 Wild Men, Furry Saints, and Burning Dancers

January 14, 2019 boneandsickle Edgar Allen Poe, EPISODE, folklore, gothic literature, history, horror, legends, madness, mythology, pagan, paganism, Pan, Wild Men

This time round we look at the medieval myth of the Wild Man, its connection to seasonal folk traditions, peculiar[…]

#16 The Haunted Season

December 10, 2018 boneandsickle Bone & Sickle, Christmas, EPISODE, folklore, Furious Army, Germanic, Germany, ghosts, history, Krampus, legends, Odin, pagan, paganism, superstition, Wild Hunt

Historically, Christmastime in Central Europe was a season haunted by otherworldly spirits, werewolves, ghostly huntsmen, and wandering hordes of lost[…]