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”
Category: Folktales
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”
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?”
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”
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”
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
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”
The Stars Who Fed Us: the Onondaga and the Seven Sisters
A constellation that is central in the field of archaeo-astronomy is the Pleiades, also called the Seven Sisters. If you want to know when to reap and… Read more “The Stars Who Fed Us: the Onondaga and the Seven Sisters”
Waiting for Dingonek: An End to the Dread Plague
Imagine this: two big game hunters are sitting around Lake Victoria, reminiscing and being racist as one was wont to do in the early nineteen hundreds. As… Read more “Waiting for Dingonek: An End to the Dread Plague”
Silent Like the Trees: Eglė and the Serpent King
Imagine this: you’re bathing outside with your two sisters, your clothes on dry land, when you hear a voice coming from your blouse. “Hi there!” says the… Read more “Silent Like the Trees: Eglė and the Serpent King”
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