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    Category: Folklore and Fairytale

    In the Dead of Winter, Come the Kallikantzaros: The Tree Will Stand

    This post deals with the Kallikantzaros, mythical creatures who are determined to cut down the Tree of Life, and harass humans for 12 long Winter days and nights.

    December 15, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Rhyme or Die: The Blue Men of the Minch

    Imagine this: You are captaining a vessel northwards along the Coast of the Scottish Highlands. To your west are a cluster of islands known as the Outer… Read more “Rhyme or Die: The Blue Men of the Minch”

    November 10, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Bite Me. The Myth of Vagina Dentata

    Mythcrafts first full length book is out now on Amazon everywhere, and to celebrate we have dropped a preview here: Bite Me. The Myth of Vagina Dentata… Read more “Bite Me. The Myth of Vagina Dentata”

    October 7, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Jim the Wonder Dog! Because…People?

    On a recent trip to see friends in Missouri, I challenged them to give me a bit of local folklore… This is what they, dear reader, gave… Read more “Jim the Wonder Dog! Because…People?”

    April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Don’t Order the Fish: The Mermaid and the 800 Year-Old Nun

    Imagine this: The place is Japan; the time is pre-10th century C.E., and you have a friend. A friend who’s a fisherman. Having a friend who’s a… Read more “Don’t Order the Fish: The Mermaid and the 800 Year-Old Nun”

    April 6, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Bake-Danuki: Mocked by the Japanese Racoon Dogs

    Our mythologies are littered with malicious spirits and malcontent, sometimes murderous monsters. This is understandable, because life can often be terrible; the horrors of the day revisit… Read more “Bake-Danuki: Mocked by the Japanese Racoon Dogs”

    March 17, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Chief of Chiefs and the Mardi Gras Indians: Art Trumps Violence

    Imagine this: generations ago, your ancestors were bought and sold into slavery and sent to a new world, a new world where all memories of the past… Read more “Chief of Chiefs and the Mardi Gras Indians: Art Trumps Violence”

    March 1, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Ask the Birds: Glenn Colcaine, the Valley of Madmen

    The Madness of Suibhne, also known as Suibhne’s Frenzy, tells a fantastic tale of one Suibhne mac Colmáin, king of the Dál nAraidi

    September 16, 2021 by MythCrafts Team

    Chickens for Christ, Books Bound In Blood: The Magical, Murderous Mayhem of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

    Mary Bateman nee Harker was many things: a servant girl, a dress maker, a fortune teller… She was also a compulsive thief, a religious charlatan, and an… Read more “Chickens for Christ, Books Bound In Blood: The Magical, Murderous Mayhem of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch”

    May 20, 2021 by MythCrafts Team

    It’s a Sin! As Painted by Hieronymus Bosch…

    Hieronymus Bosch is probably best known for his triptych painting (triptych=three parts), The Garden of Heavenly Delights. Painted when the artist was between 40 and 60 years… Read more “It’s a Sin! As Painted by Hieronymus Bosch…”

    March 18, 2021 by MythCrafts Team

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