The Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore

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Badalisc Sep 07, 2022

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Imagine you're skulking about your house. Your spouse is gone, you slink to the back door, it butts up against the forest, and you let your secret lover in to do secret lover things. The next day a creature is captured from the woods, a beast with a big mouth, a big mouth in the sense of gossip. Your affair won't remain a secret for long. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Badalisc.

Badalisc on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badalisc

Apparently, Disney is to make a film about this creature? That's exciting : https://italoamericano.org/after-frozen-disney-director-lino-di-salvo-to-make-a-movie-about-a-mythological-italian-creature/

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Narasimha Sep 06, 2022

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Imagine you're demolishing you're renovating your house and, upon smashing through a pillar, you hear a great fearsome roar and from the pillar appears a 3-eyed, half-man, half-Lion ready to kick some serioius butt and restore order to the universe. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Narasimha.

Narasimha on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha

Narasimha vs. Hiranyakashyap Story : https://youtu.be/mMk44mSqxaI

Hiranyakashyap on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranyakashipu

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Orang Bunian Sep 05, 2022

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In Celtic folklore, there's no lack of familiarty with the fair folk, sometimes called the fairy folk, but this concept of magical and spritely beings living in a parallel dimension to humans, is not unique to Celtic or English folklore; being like this exist also, of example, in Malay culture. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Orang Bunian.

Krasue Aug 23, 2022

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Imagine you're going to be burned alive, but just before it happens a powerful witch or sorceress casts a spell over you such that you will not be harmed by the flames. Now imagine that this spell takes a certain amount of time to take effect and it doesn't take effect until nearly the end of this execution. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology & Folklore's entry for "Krasue."

Krasue on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasue

Killing a Krasue : https://www.alittlebithuman.com/the-curse-of-krasue-the-floating-head

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Bunyip Aug 22, 2022

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Guarding the inland waters of Australia is a creature so fierce, so powerful, so terrifying, that I cannot fathom how it didn't beat out the Kangaroo as a national symbol for Australia. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is The Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Bunyip."

Australian Aboritinal Dreamtime Stories : https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/aboriginal-myths-tales-of-the-dreamtime_alexander-wyclif-reed/1495371/item/7959425/#idiq=7959425&edition=5008939

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Abuk Aug 16, 2022

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Being the first to do anything is a big honor, certainly a kind of bragging rights. Imagine being the first woman of an entire population. Think of the pressure! I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Abuk.

Dinka Mythology and Folklore : https://amzn.to/3bXFv60

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Dybbuk Aug 15, 2022

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The idea of spiritual posession is not unique across religions or mythologies, but in Jewish mythology there is a certain kind of spirit who can possess humans, animals, or even blades of grass. So long as the thing it attached itself to is a living thing, this spirit can do its work. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Dybbuk"

Dybbuk : https://www.britannica.com/topic/dybbuk-Jewish-folklore

Yiddish Magic & Folklore : https://amzn.to/3QMf9D1

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Bulgae Aug 14, 2022

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Dogs and wolves play a role in practicaly every mythological pantheon that exists. In Norse Mythology there's Sköll and Hati. In the Wales there's the Gwllgi. In Italy there's Lupa the she-wolf of Rome. In Africa there is Wepwawet of Egypt. The list goes on. And while dogs and wolves are common in the west, the further east you get the more often you are to see foxes more than wolves, or cats more than dogs, but in Korean mythology there is a type of dog that plays a central role in the cosmology of the world. I'm Tanner Campbell, and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for the Bulgae of Korean Mythology.

Bulgae on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgae

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Pangu Aug 13, 2022

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Human beings are nothing but fleas upon the earth. Sounds pretty cynical, huh? A little self-loathing perhaps. Well, the Chinese didn't think so. They thought is was a very humble and apt beginning to there existence. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Pangu.

Illustrated Ecyclopedia of Myths & Legends [1989] : https://amzn.to/3PlQmo9

Pangu on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangu

Chinese Fairy Tales & Legends : https://amzn.to/3C74Zsm

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Ixchel Aug 12, 2022

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An old woman, a goddess of death and life, the protector of weavers and women in labor; how many jobs can one goddess have? I'm Tanner Campbell, and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Ixchel."

Ixchel on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixchel

The Oracle of Ixchel : https://amzn.to/3SI9Fef

Yucatan Today : https://yucatantoday.com/en/maya-goddess-ixchel

Meding the Past : https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Mending-the-past%3A-Ix-Chel-and-the-invention-of-a-Ardren/e6750d1ef2f9e8abdb34e99b58f2a8e28ca9d4a0

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