Showing posts with label FolkloreLegends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FolkloreLegends. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Friday, March 6, 2015
Check out Williamdefalco's Youtube channel
From his channel
"this channel is dedicated to first bringing you all of the most interesting "Cryptids and Monster" out there. This will include supernatural/otherworldly beings that may or may not live on our planet.
I will also dedicate a portion of my videos to the most interesting "Urban Legends" available.
The key in either set of videos is to present the most interesting/original videos around. They will come from YOUR suggestions and I will ensure that detailed info/analysis is given within each video!
Lastly I will bring you all of the latest Godzilla 2014/sequel movie news too. Here I will provide an in-depth report on each bit of news, along with other Godzilla related news such as comic books, video games, novels, etc."
Check out Williamdefalco's Youtube channel
"this channel is dedicated to first bringing you all of the most interesting "Cryptids and Monster" out there. This will include supernatural/otherworldly beings that may or may not live on our planet.
I will also dedicate a portion of my videos to the most interesting "Urban Legends" available.
The key in either set of videos is to present the most interesting/original videos around. They will come from YOUR suggestions and I will ensure that detailed info/analysis is given within each video!
Lastly I will bring you all of the latest Godzilla 2014/sequel movie news too. Here I will provide an in-depth report on each bit of news, along with other Godzilla related news such as comic books, video games, novels, etc."
Check out Williamdefalco's Youtube channel
Monday, November 24, 2014
Check out Alana George's Youtube channel
"Lover of the paranormal! Come along with me on paranormal investigations and hear my true and real life encounters with not only ghosts but some of the biggest names in the paranormal investigative business!"
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
What is a Spirit Spouse?
"The spirit spouse is one of the most widespread elements of shamanism, distributed through all continents and at all cultural levels. Often, these spirit husbands/wives are seen as the primary helping spirits of the shaman, who assist them in their work, and help them gain power in the world of spirit. The relationships shamans have with their spirit spouses may be expressed in romantic, sexual, or purely symbolic ways, and may include gender transformation as a part of correctly pairing with their "spouse".
Shamans report engaging with their spirit spouses through dreams, trance, and other ritual elements.In some cultures, gaining a spirit spouse is a necessary and expected part of initiation into becoming a shaman. Evidence of spirit spouses may be seen in non-shamanic cultures as well, including dreams about Christ by nuns, who are considered to be "brides of Christ"."
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Baule Blolo or Spirit Spouses
Shamans report engaging with their spirit spouses through dreams, trance, and other ritual elements.In some cultures, gaining a spirit spouse is a necessary and expected part of initiation into becoming a shaman. Evidence of spirit spouses may be seen in non-shamanic cultures as well, including dreams about Christ by nuns, who are considered to be "brides of Christ"."See more about Spirit Spouses @ Wikipedia
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Baule Blolo or Spirit Spouses
Monday, March 10, 2014
Otherkin
"Otherkin are a community of people who see themselves as partially or entirely non-human. They believe that they are, in spirit if not in body, not human. This is explained by some members of the otherkin community as possible through reincarnation, having a nonhuman soul, ancestry, or symbolic metaphor. According to Joseph Laycock, "scholarship has framed this claim as religious because it is frequently supported by a framework of metaphysical beliefs." Not all otherkin necessarily share these beliefs; some may simply prefer to identify as non-human."
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Thursday, February 27, 2014
Will it kill me?
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Bloody Mary
Midnight Man
Candyman
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Lost Tapes
"Even in the modern age reports of human encounters with mysterious and often dangerous beasts continue to surface. LOST TAPES is a first person, immersive experience of encounters with bizarre animals that science is reluctant to recognize - in our waters, in our woods, and in our skies - they live among us - you will believe.
In this day and age, stories of unclassified creatures and "things" continue to make headlines all over the world. Is there truth behind these legends or are they simply a collection of myths and modern day fairy tales? From river monsters and vampires to aliens and the Sasquatch, the second season of LOST TAPES delves into the mysteries of the unknown, unsolved, and unexplained, to challenge your beliefs and skepticism.
Is a real-life medical condition called 'hypertrichosis' the basis of the werewolf legend, or do these creatures actually exist? Is there really a Lizard Man lurking in the sewer underneath the city? Could a former astronaut have returned to Earth incubating an unknown life form? The presence of cryptic creatures is the subject of continued debate and the second season of LOST TAPES attempts to shed some light on these dark characters. Each episode of LOST TAPES captures spine-chilling, dramatic moments caught on camera."
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In Search Of...
"n Search of... is a television series that was broadcast weekly from 1977 to 1982, devoted to mysterious phenomena. It was created after the success of three one-hour TV documentaries produced by creator Alan Landsburg: In Search of Ancient Astronauts in 1973 (based on the book Chariots of the Gods? by Erich von Däniken), In Search of Ancient Mysteries and The Outer Space Connection, both in 1975 (later adapted into popular paperbacks written by Landsburg). All three featured narration by Rod Serling, who was the initial choice to host the spin-off show. After Serling's death, Leonard Nimoy was selected to be the host."
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Mystery Quest
"MysteryQuest is an American Paranormal television series that premiered on September 16, 2009 on the History channel. Produced by KPI Productions, the program is a spin-off of MonsterQuest. The tagline of the show is: "What if everything you believe is wrong?"
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True Horror with Anthony Head
"True Horror is a factual supernatural documentary series, made by October Films, for Discovery Europe. Topics will include vampires, demons, witches and exorcism, with Anthony Head interviewing the experts."
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Goethe's Faust
"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: Faust. Der Tragödie erster Teil (translated as: Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy) and Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil (Faust: The Second Part of the Tragedy). Although rarely staged in its entirety, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages. Faust is Goethe's most famous work and considered by many to be one of the greatest works of German literature.
Goethe completed a preliminary version of Part One in 1806. The 1808 publication was followed by the revised 1828–29 edition, which was the last to be edited by Goethe himself. Prior to these appeared a partial printing in 1790 of Faust, a Fragment.
The earliest forms of the work, known as the Urfaust, were developed between 1772 and 1775; however, the details of that development are no longer entirely clear. Urfaust has twenty-two scenes, one in prose, two largely prose and the remaining 1,441 lines in rhymed verse. The manuscript is lost, but a copy was discovered in 1886.
Goethe finished writing Faust Part Two in 1831. In contrast to Faust Part One, the focus here is no longer on the soul of Faust, which has been sold to the devil, but rather on social phenomena such as psychology, history and politics, in addition to mystical and philosophical topics. The second part formed the principal occupation of Goethe's last years. It appeared only posthumously in 1832."
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Goethe completed a preliminary version of Part One in 1806. The 1808 publication was followed by the revised 1828–29 edition, which was the last to be edited by Goethe himself. Prior to these appeared a partial printing in 1790 of Faust, a Fragment.
The earliest forms of the work, known as the Urfaust, were developed between 1772 and 1775; however, the details of that development are no longer entirely clear. Urfaust has twenty-two scenes, one in prose, two largely prose and the remaining 1,441 lines in rhymed verse. The manuscript is lost, but a copy was discovered in 1886.
Goethe finished writing Faust Part Two in 1831. In contrast to Faust Part One, the focus here is no longer on the soul of Faust, which has been sold to the devil, but rather on social phenomena such as psychology, history and politics, in addition to mystical and philosophical topics. The second part formed the principal occupation of Goethe's last years. It appeared only posthumously in 1832."
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Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Spring Heeled Jack
"Sometimes "Spring Heeled Jack" pops up in literature–sometimes as a villain, sometimes as a hero–perhaps even an early ancestor of modern superheroes. The strange bit is the fact that Spring Heeled Jack is based on real events and a real person from Victorian era England who purportedly leapt over walls and onto rooftops easily, assaulted men, accosted women, blew gouts of flame from his mouth, and always eluded capture while laughing with mad mirth.
The first confirmed sightings of old Spring Heel were in London of September 1837–though there is speculation that he was in action some twenty years previous. A man walking home late one night reported a muscular male with devilishly pointed ears and glowing red eyes had leapt over the tall cemetery fence with ease and landed right in front of him. This witness did not report being attacked or harassed by Jack, making him one of the lucky few.
Shortly later a barmaid named Polly Adams was found laying in the street in a state of semi-undress. She reported that she’d been attacked by a man of the same evil features who has ripped off the top of her blouse, grabbed her naked breasts with his corpse-cold hands, and deeply scratched her belly with his claws.
In October, Mary Stevens reported a man leapt out of the shadows, gripped her tightly and began to kiss her face. She cried out and raised an alarm, but her attacker was never found.
The very next day the character jumped into the road and caused a carriage to run out of control and tip. Witnesses reported that the perpetrator escaped by bounding over a nine-foot wall and laughing all the way. A few days later the sinister figure appeared again, and for the first time the police called to the scene found something of interest: a pair of very deep tracks in the mud that indicated that they had been made from a great height. One of the investigators of the time noted the tracks hinted to some gadgetry on the shoes, and speculated that it might be “some sort of compressed springs”. At the time no one saw fit to make moulds of the prints, but the story got out, and from it the media affixed the name Spring Heeled Jack.
Cover of a Penny Dreadful
Cover of a Penny Dreadful
Sightings of SHJ continued sporadically through England for the next several years. Besides accosting women, slapping men, and generally causing traffic mayhem, somewhere on the way Jack acquired the means to belch blue or white fire.
Many, including the Lord Mayor of London were skeptical, but he did receive and heed a letter stating that a nobleman had taken a wager to take on disguises and try to scare women out of their senses.
Spring Heeled Jack came and vanished from notoriety over the years. His most famous attacks took place in February 1838, and the last confirmed sighting of him was in 1872 when he jumped amidst a squad of soldiers and slapped one soundly. One of the soldiers claimed to have shot Spring Heeled, but other than a hollow, metallic sound like shooting a bucket, all it did was tick SHJ off, and send him to chasing the soldiers with his belches of blue flame. After a few days of bothering the soldiers a mob caught sight of Jack, and laid chase. Though they too claim to have shot him, he never slowed, and jumped right out of the area.
From 1837 to 1872 is a fairly notable career, but more surprising, there have been more recent reports of Spring Heeled Jack, including a spree in Sheffield in the 1970’s, and one in 1986.
So maybe he was a drunken noble out to win a bet, and became a part of folklore. The popular reading of the day was a “Penny Dreadful” which depicted haunting tales, and these publications couldn’t resist. Perhaps they exaggerated Jack’s appearance and traits, perhaps those exaggerations melded with real incidents in people’s minds, leaving history as an amalgam of fiction and truth. Strangely, when Spring Heeled Jack first appeared in literature, he was unwaveringly a villain, but over the years, he has morphed into a heroic icon.
Maybe Jack didn’t have springs in his heels at all–there is a faction who have him pegged as an alien from a high-gravity world. The relatively low gravity on Earth would account for his hopping talents, whereas an extra-terrestrial origin could account for his longevity. I suppose if there were a world with that kind of unforgiving gravity, and the natives all spewed flames, some of them would inevitably seek more hospitable environs.
Who or what Spring Heeled Jack really was are things we may never know. We’ll just have to make due with the dozens of police reports that attest that he has, indeed, haunted the streets of London."
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The first confirmed sightings of old Spring Heel were in London of September 1837–though there is speculation that he was in action some twenty years previous. A man walking home late one night reported a muscular male with devilishly pointed ears and glowing red eyes had leapt over the tall cemetery fence with ease and landed right in front of him. This witness did not report being attacked or harassed by Jack, making him one of the lucky few.
Shortly later a barmaid named Polly Adams was found laying in the street in a state of semi-undress. She reported that she’d been attacked by a man of the same evil features who has ripped off the top of her blouse, grabbed her naked breasts with his corpse-cold hands, and deeply scratched her belly with his claws.
In October, Mary Stevens reported a man leapt out of the shadows, gripped her tightly and began to kiss her face. She cried out and raised an alarm, but her attacker was never found.
The very next day the character jumped into the road and caused a carriage to run out of control and tip. Witnesses reported that the perpetrator escaped by bounding over a nine-foot wall and laughing all the way. A few days later the sinister figure appeared again, and for the first time the police called to the scene found something of interest: a pair of very deep tracks in the mud that indicated that they had been made from a great height. One of the investigators of the time noted the tracks hinted to some gadgetry on the shoes, and speculated that it might be “some sort of compressed springs”. At the time no one saw fit to make moulds of the prints, but the story got out, and from it the media affixed the name Spring Heeled Jack.
Cover of a Penny Dreadful
Cover of a Penny Dreadful
Sightings of SHJ continued sporadically through England for the next several years. Besides accosting women, slapping men, and generally causing traffic mayhem, somewhere on the way Jack acquired the means to belch blue or white fire.
Many, including the Lord Mayor of London were skeptical, but he did receive and heed a letter stating that a nobleman had taken a wager to take on disguises and try to scare women out of their senses.
Spring Heeled Jack came and vanished from notoriety over the years. His most famous attacks took place in February 1838, and the last confirmed sighting of him was in 1872 when he jumped amidst a squad of soldiers and slapped one soundly. One of the soldiers claimed to have shot Spring Heeled, but other than a hollow, metallic sound like shooting a bucket, all it did was tick SHJ off, and send him to chasing the soldiers with his belches of blue flame. After a few days of bothering the soldiers a mob caught sight of Jack, and laid chase. Though they too claim to have shot him, he never slowed, and jumped right out of the area.
From 1837 to 1872 is a fairly notable career, but more surprising, there have been more recent reports of Spring Heeled Jack, including a spree in Sheffield in the 1970’s, and one in 1986.
So maybe he was a drunken noble out to win a bet, and became a part of folklore. The popular reading of the day was a “Penny Dreadful” which depicted haunting tales, and these publications couldn’t resist. Perhaps they exaggerated Jack’s appearance and traits, perhaps those exaggerations melded with real incidents in people’s minds, leaving history as an amalgam of fiction and truth. Strangely, when Spring Heeled Jack first appeared in literature, he was unwaveringly a villain, but over the years, he has morphed into a heroic icon.
Maybe Jack didn’t have springs in his heels at all–there is a faction who have him pegged as an alien from a high-gravity world. The relatively low gravity on Earth would account for his hopping talents, whereas an extra-terrestrial origin could account for his longevity. I suppose if there were a world with that kind of unforgiving gravity, and the natives all spewed flames, some of them would inevitably seek more hospitable environs.
Who or what Spring Heeled Jack really was are things we may never know. We’ll just have to make due with the dozens of police reports that attest that he has, indeed, haunted the streets of London."
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Monsters In My Pocket
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Collectible toy figureines that are based on "real" cryptozoology, folklore, demons,etc.
Collectible toy figureines that are based on "real" cryptozoology, folklore, demons,etc.
Monday, February 10, 2014
The Aswang Phenomenon - Full Documentary on the Filipino Vampire
What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real. In the Philippines for the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has been used as propoganda and social control by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine Administration, and even the CIA.
- Written by Anonymous
What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real? In the Philippines, this isn't far from the truth. Over the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has come to represent everything that is 'vile, disgusting and evil in Philippine society'. It has become the most controversial, and popular, creature in Philippine Mythology and is the main subject in hundreds of movies, television programs, comics, and books. The aswang can appear in many forms- a young woman, a witch, a large black pig or dog, a corpse stealing ghoul, or the Manananggal - a self segmenting beast with a long hollow tongue that will feed on the fetus of pregnant woman. Where did this word come from? Why are there so many different types of aswang?
Why are they predominantly women?
And why is the small Visayan province of Capiz suspected as their home? Jordan Clark sets out to find the answers. His journey explores folk stories in pre-Spanish Philippines - re-created in animated sequences by Denver Jackson. He uncovers historical tales of social control and black propaganda by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine Administration, and even the CIA - who all used the stories of 'aswang' for their own agenda. The Aswang Phenomenon is the first in-depth documentary regarding the aswang myth - discovering where manifestations of the creature came from and how they evolved and embedded themselves in Filipino society. Learn how Filipinos have been transformed by the myth and are now evolving the aswang to fit into their developing cultural identity. "Understanding where the 'aswang' came from is the first step in taking away its power and the fear it creates."
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- Written by Anonymous
What would happen if a country of 97 million people were taught at a young age that the boogie man was real? In the Philippines, this isn't far from the truth. Over the last 400 years, the 'aswang' has come to represent everything that is 'vile, disgusting and evil in Philippine society'. It has become the most controversial, and popular, creature in Philippine Mythology and is the main subject in hundreds of movies, television programs, comics, and books. The aswang can appear in many forms- a young woman, a witch, a large black pig or dog, a corpse stealing ghoul, or the Manananggal - a self segmenting beast with a long hollow tongue that will feed on the fetus of pregnant woman. Where did this word come from? Why are there so many different types of aswang?
Why are they predominantly women?
And why is the small Visayan province of Capiz suspected as their home? Jordan Clark sets out to find the answers. His journey explores folk stories in pre-Spanish Philippines - re-created in animated sequences by Denver Jackson. He uncovers historical tales of social control and black propaganda by Spanish Colonizers, the Catholic Church, the Philippine Administration, and even the CIA - who all used the stories of 'aswang' for their own agenda. The Aswang Phenomenon is the first in-depth documentary regarding the aswang myth - discovering where manifestations of the creature came from and how they evolved and embedded themselves in Filipino society. Learn how Filipinos have been transformed by the myth and are now evolving the aswang to fit into their developing cultural identity. "Understanding where the 'aswang' came from is the first step in taking away its power and the fear it creates."
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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Monster High
"Monster High is an American fashion doll franchise created by Mattel in July, 2010. The characters are inspired by monster movies, sci-fi horror, thriller fiction, and various creatures therefore distinguishing them from most fashion dolls. They were created by Garrett Sander, with illustrations by Kellee Riley."(Wikipedia)
*Mattel is know for deforestation and cruel practices. If you need to buy the dolls, movies, etc try ebay, instead. That way the profits are going to a person, not the company. The characters are fun and exciting, but the company itself are meanies, and bullies.
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Videos
Official site
*Mattel is know for deforestation and cruel practices. If you need to buy the dolls, movies, etc try ebay, instead. That way the profits are going to a person, not the company. The characters are fun and exciting, but the company itself are meanies, and bullies.
More info...
Videos
Official site
Monster Wiki
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A little scattered, but has a large collection of education about monsters. Has different types such as demons and aliens, and names of specific monsters like The Rake. Sending you all the link to the categories page where you will find each category.
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A little scattered, but has a large collection of education about monsters. Has different types such as demons and aliens, and names of specific monsters like The Rake. Sending you all the link to the categories page where you will find each category.
Check it out!!
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology
""More than 2,000 individual fairies and species of fairy from around the world and across time, as well as helpful entries on the phenomenon as observed in various geographic areas. Well done. For writers, mythologists, and fairy tale lovers and scholars in high school, public, and academic libraries."--Library Journal
Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe."
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Fairies have been revered and feared, sometimes simultaneously, throughout recorded history. This encyclopedia of concise entries, from the A-senee-ki-waku of northeastern North America to the Zips of Central America and Mexico, includes more than 2,500 individual beings and species of fairy and nature spirits from a wide range of mythologies and religions from all over the globe."
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Timeless Myths
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"Ancient gods, elusive monsters, bad luck and roach eggs in envelope glue; what do all of these things have in common? All of them have a basis in stories that are part myth, part legend, and in some cases part truth."
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"Ancient gods, elusive monsters, bad luck and roach eggs in envelope glue; what do all of these things have in common? All of them have a basis in stories that are part myth, part legend, and in some cases part truth."
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Ursi's Eso Garden Your Competent Esoteric Guide
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Blog with many topics about Esoteric subjects. Great resource. From yoga to urban legends and wiccan spells. Has everything you would like to learn about in the Esoteric field.
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Blog with many topics about Esoteric subjects. Great resource. From yoga to urban legends and wiccan spells. Has everything you would like to learn about in the Esoteric field.
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