For every Yin, there is a Yang. Every time the Beatles sang that they ‘want(ed) to hold your hand’, there was a Mick Jagger swaggering on a… Read more “Greeting from Krampus!”
Category: Folklore and Fairytale
Sarah Josepha Hale: Visualizing a Peaceful Thanksgiving
Imagine this: You’re the biggest influencer in America. You’ve got more reach than Oprah and Martha Stewart combined. When you address Presidents, they listen. In fact, one… Read more “Sarah Josepha Hale: Visualizing a Peaceful Thanksgiving”
Cockaygne- A Paradise of Wine and Cheese
The Land of Cockaygne was a fictional land of plenty popularized in the Middle Ages throughout the European continent. It was described as a magical utopia where… Read more “Cockaygne- A Paradise of Wine and Cheese”
Cotton Mather, Bridgette Bishop and the Witches of Salem: Give a God Man Power…
Imagine this: the year is 1692 A.D., and you are a very spry 60 year old who goes by the name of Bridgette. Along with your third… Read more “Cotton Mather, Bridgette Bishop and the Witches of Salem: Give a God Man Power…”
Facing the Grimm Truth: The Women Who Sang
The Brothers Grimm are synonymous with folklore; writing in the 1800s, and seeking to unify the very disjointed 200-odd German provinces, they collected the stories of the… Read more “Facing the Grimm Truth: The Women Who Sang”
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.
Rhyme or Die: The Blue Men of the Minch
Imagine this: You are captaining a vessel northward 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”
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”