wild men Archives - Bone and Sickle

Rolling Hells and Land-Ships

May 22, 2025 boneandsickle Carnival, celebrations, EPISODE, Germany, history, holidays, Middle Ages, pagan, paganism, renaissance, Schembartlauf

During the 15th-century, citizens of Nuremberg, Germany, experienced spectacular Carnival parades highlighted by the appearance of floats known as “hells.”[…]

#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[…]