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    Category: Folklore and Fairytale

    How (not) to Convert the Pope: the Curious Cause of Abraham Abulafia

    Imagine this: the year is 1280 C.E. You are forty years old, and you’ve spent the last twenty of those years traveling and studying. And now, through… Read more “How (not) to Convert the Pope: the Curious Cause of Abraham Abulafia”

    February 16, 2021 by MythCrafts Team

    The Emperor’s Enablers

    The Emperor’s New Clothes is one of the more popular Hans Christian Andersen tales, a narcissistic leader who is too self-involved in his quest for impressive attire… Read more “The Emperor’s Enablers”

    January 28, 2021February 26, 2022 by MythCrafts Team

    Cetaceans and the City: Dapper Dolphins and Human Hotties

    Imagine this: You have Magic Powers. And instead of being celebrated, you are being vilified. By whom, you ask? The WWF. (That’s World Wildlife Federation, not to… Read more “Cetaceans and the City: Dapper Dolphins and Human Hotties”

    May 22, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    With Teeth: Festival of the Steel Phallus

    Kanamara Matsuri (Festival of the Steel Phallus) is a Shinto festival held in the town of Kawasaki. Every year, on the first Sunday of April, the town… Read more “With Teeth: Festival of the Steel Phallus”

    May 7, 2020 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

    Japanese Time Travel: the Fisherman and the Turtle

    Imagine this: You’re a peaceful fisherman, walking home after a day at sea. As you tread up the shoreline, you come across a group of children tormenting… Read more “Japanese Time Travel: the Fisherman and the Turtle”

    April 7, 2020January 15, 2023 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

    Macha, the Morrígan, and the Curse of Ulster

    Imagine this: you’re a peasant farmer living in Ulster, in Northern Ireland. Your wife died young, leaving you with small brood of children. Your house is in… Read more “Macha, the Morrígan, and the Curse of Ulster”

    February 25, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

    Colors for Kings and Queens: Heraldry

    We’ve looked at color from an Alchemical stance before, specifically in the shifting color phases found in the creation of the Philosopher’s Stone: Black to White, Yellow… Read more “Colors for Kings and Queens: Heraldry”

    February 20, 2020 by MythCrafts Team

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