Myth Monday: Nu Wa, the Snake Mother (Chinese Myth)
Myth Monday: Nu Wa, the Snake Mother (Chinese Myth) In the beginning, only two beings lived upon the newly formed Earth; the half-human,...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Oct 31, 2018
- 10 min
Myth Monday: Vampires from Around the World
Myth Monday: Vampires from Around the World Everybody knows about the traditional European vampire: thin, pale, red lips, piercing eyes,...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Oct 23, 2018
- 10 min
Myth Monday: A Few of My Favorite (True) Ghost Stories
Myth Monday: A Few of My Favorite (True) Ghost Stories Interestingly, I’ve discovered that when reading about things like mythology and...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Oct 16, 2018
- 3 min
Myth Monday: The Foot-Biting Vampire (Armenian Folktale)
Myth Monday: The Foot-Biting Vampire (Armenian Folktale) Many, many years ago, a vast area of Armenia was unexplored. There were hundreds...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Oct 16, 2018
- 7 min
Myth Monday: The Underworld (World Mythology)
Myth Monday: The Underworld (World Mythology) Pretty much every culture in the world had some kind of myth about life after death. Some...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Oct 9, 2018
- 4 min
Myth Monday: The Flying Head Monster (Iroquois Legend)
Myth Monday: The Flying Head Monster (Iroquois Legend) Hundreds of years ago in what we now call upstate New York, the people of the...
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Kara Newcastle
- Sep 25, 2018
- 6 min
Myth Monday: Pele, Fiery Volcano Goddess (Hawaiian Myth)
Myth Monday: Pele, Fiery Volcano Goddess (Hawaiian Myth) I had wanted to write about Pele months ago, but, given what had happened in...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Sep 18, 2018
- 5 min
Myth Monday: Attack of the Killer Sea Globsters
Myth Monday: Attack of the Killer Sea Globsters It came from the briny deep! More specifically, this time it emerged out of the Bering...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Aug 21, 2018
- 3 min
Myth Monday: Why the Cat and the Rat Hate Each Other (Chinese Folktale)
Myth Monday: Why the Cat and the Rat Hate Each Other (Chinese Folktale) Several thousand years ago, the cat and the rat used to be the...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Aug 14, 2018
- 2 min
Why the Cat Always Lands on Its Feet (Islamic Legend)
Why The Cat Always Lands on Its Feet Many years ago in the Middle East, a stray cat heard Mohammed the Prophet preaching. She was...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Aug 7, 2018
- 2 min
Myth Monday: How the Cat Received the “M” Mark on Her Forehead (Christian Legend)
Myth Monday: How the Cat Received the “M” Mark on Her Forehead (Christian Legend) Black Cat Appreciation Day is August 17th, so I thought...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Aug 3, 2018
- 5 min
Myth Monday: Melusine
Myth Monday: Melusine (European Legend) Now for a mermaid of a slightly different sort; Melusine! A long time ago, not long before the...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Jul 24, 2018
- 2 min
Myth Monday: The Mermaid Bride (English Folktale)
Myth Monday: The Mermaid Bride (English Folktale) If you ever visit England, try to work a side trip to the village of Zennor, Cornwall....
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By Kara Newcastle
- Jul 17, 2018
- 9 min
Myth Monday: Mermaids and Their Kin
Myth Monday: Mermaids and Their Kin If you spend as much time researching mythology as I do, you start to notice certain things that are...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Jul 3, 2018
- 3 min
Myth Monday: Atargatis, the Mermaid Goddess of Phoenicia (Middle Eastern Mythology)
Myth Monday: Atargatis, the Mermaid Goddess of Phoenicia (Middle Eastern Mythology) The divine fish goddess Atargatis (also known as...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Jun 26, 2018
- 5 min
Myth Monday: The Shunka Warak’in, Native American Monster Wolf
Myth Monday: The Shunka Warak’in, Native American Monster Wolf In keeping with the theme of cryptids in the news, I came across an...
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By Kara Newcastle
- Jun 12, 2018
- 10 min
Myth Monday: The Loch Ness Monster
Myth Monday: The Loch Ness Monster There’s something in that lake. What is it, you ask me? Damned if I know, I answer. No, seriously, I...
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By Kara Newcastle
- May 29, 2018
- 7 min
Myth Monday: Brewing Eggshells (Irish Folktale)
Myth Monday: Brewing Eggshells (Irish Folktale) There are such things as fairies, you know. There are many of them, many different kinds,...
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By Kara Newcastle
- May 23, 2018
- 7 min
Myth Monday: Kuzunoha the Fox Mother (Japanese Legend)
Myth Monday: Kuzunoha the Fox Mother (Japanese Legend) The young nobleman Abe no Yasuna paused to take in the scenery around him. He had...
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By Kara Newcastle
- May 15, 2018
- 6 min
Myth Monday: The Ghost Mother (Danish Fairy Tale)
Myth Monday: The Ghost Mother (Danish Fairy Tale) Okay, so this isn’t maybe the happiest of fairy tales, but it happens to be one of my...
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