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Master of the Wolves: Transylvanian and Balkan Wolf Lore

September 12, 2022 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, holidays, Master of the Wolves, Rome, saints, Transylvania, undead, werewolves, wolves

The Master of the Wolves is a supernatural figure central to Transylvania’s (modern Romania’s) voluminous body of wolf lore, a[…]

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#20 The Undead Come Courting

February 13, 2019 boneandsickle ballads, Bram Stoker, Dracula, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, ghost stories, ghosts, Gothic, gothic literature, Greece, Greek myth, history, horror, legends, literature, movies, Romanticism, superstition, vampires

Vampire mythology first appears in the West in works as early Romantic authors meld themes from folk ballads of resurrected[…]

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