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    Category: Folktales

    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

    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

    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”

    May 1, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    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”

    April 23, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    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”

    March 19, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

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