Jules Verne Archives - Bone and Sickle

Inside the Hollow Earth

July 1, 2024 boneandsickle cults, Edgar Allen Poe, EPISODE, fairies, folklore, Gerald of Wales, history, hollow earth, mythology, science fiction, subterranean, subterranean adventure, utopia

Borrowed from fairy lore, the notion of a hollow earth peopled by superior beings became a theme of literary fantasies as[…]

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The Kraken and Other Marvels of the Northern Seas

April 3, 2021 boneandsickle apocalypse, Cthulhu, EPISODE, folklore, history, Kraken, legends, literature, nautical, Norse religion, pagan, paganism, Ragnarök, sea monster, sea serpent

The Kraken is only one of the monsters said to inhabit the storied northern seas of Scandinavia. This episode is[…]

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