If you do any digging into the history of Robotics, you’ll eventually hear the tale of Talos, a ‘machine’ that guarded the Isle of Crete. mythcrafts.com/2024/02/29/a...

As a goddess, Seshat was tasked with presiding over all that was written. She ruled the entire domain of the written word, overseeing its use in the mortal world, the celestial heavens, and the realm of the dead. mythcrafts.com/2025/03/13/g...

In the late 1950’s, two Italian brothers set up a space listening station in an abandoned Nazi bunker. They claim to have received and recorded transmissions from “Lost Cosmonauts”, explorers whose deaths they maintain were covered up… mythcrafts.com/2018/10/18/s...

For thousands of years, the giant catfish Namazu swam around in the rivers that ran beneath the earth. As he wriggled his fat body through the muddy waters everything above trembled and shook. mythcrafts.com/2019/07/12/c...

A connection between marriage and the domestication of the weasel becomes apparent when we consider that the modern Greek word for weasel also means “little bride” and contextualize it against some of the associated folklore #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2025/04/18/g...

Salamanders were believed to have powerful magical properties and were key ingredients in many folk magic recipes. #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2025/08/09/b...

While most of the Egyptian cult centers worshiped current, living gods, there was also a dedicated cult-center for those gods that came before: Khenmw or “eight-town” (later called Hermopolis after the Greek Hermes) mythcrafts.com/2017/09/11/t...

What if the “sexually dangerous woman” was never a myth—but a tool of control? How have stories about female sexuality been used to justify fear, shame, and violence against women? youtu.be/s3rMBuWjI-w?...

The Land of Cockaygne was a popular Middle Ages invention where the peasantry was free from labor and exploitation, houses were made of foodstuffs, and the inhabitants never went without… mythcrafts.com/2024/11/21/c...

The Ages of Man were theoretical ages of humanity that existed before current day human being was created and formed a part of the greater cosmological understanding of both the Greek and Roman civilizations. mythcrafts.com/2021/01/07/t...

Reaching into His bag of jewels, Black God set about crafting the constellations… #mythologymonday mythcrafts.com/2018/07/03/c...

In the Yijian Zhi (夷坚志) of the Song Dynasty, sea sirens are not gentle maidens but beautiful omens of ruin. On a lonely island, one such woman became a wife, spoke the language of plants and beasts, and bore sons. Yet when her husband prepared to leave with another man, 1/2

Shiva’s Other Child: Batara Kala, Lord of the Underworld mythcrafts.com/2022/02/17/s...

Sometime in the 12th century A.D. Chinese and Europeans made an important observation: Loadstones always aligned themselves to the North Star and any metal left in contact with a loadstone would acquire this ability. mythcrafts.com/2023/01/29/t...

The Călușari originated as a secret fraternal dance troupe known for “their ability to create the impression of flying in the air”, which he thought represented both the galloping of a horse as well as the dancing of fairies mythcrafts.com/2019/05/23/d...

The Ancient Greeks and Romans wrote Oneirocritica; books to help decode their dreams. #MythologyMonday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2025/06/24/d...

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In the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata, only six people remained after a brutal war. As they left the plain of the mortals and headed upwards along a questionable path towards the heavens, a black dog joined them on the journey. 🔗👇 #MythologyMonday mythcrafts.com/2016/11/29/t...

Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the last hour of lore. This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social here for the next hour of birth and renewal lore as we welcome spring. Img: Frederic Leighton - The Return of Persephone

What do two enlightened Buddhist beings, a mythical Wind Horse, and a Russian painter with ties to Tibet and the highest levels of the U.S. Government share in common? They all possess(ed) the Cintamani stone, a wish fulfilling jewel. #MythologyMonday mythcrafts.com/2018/10/09/t...

One of the interesting features of the Norse Gods is that they are mortal. Yes, they can die. Luckily for the Aesir of Asgard, they had the Goddess Idunn and her youth bestowing apples. mythcrafts.com/2019/02/12/w...

The Colossus of Rhodes was erected from abandoned weaponry left behind by the Macedonians after an unsuccessful siege of the city. mythcrafts.com/2023/11/28/t...

“I only want to ride the wind and walk the waves, slay the big whales of the Eastern sea, clean up frontiers, and save the people from drowning. Why should I imitate others, bow my head, stoop over and be a slave? Why resign myself to menial housework?” - Lady Triệu mythcrafts.com/2019/03/19/l...

Happy International Women’s Day to all you gorgeous goddesses!

When a full moon turns the color of blood fearful lore arises…. 🩸🌕🩸 #bloodmoon 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2018/07/24/l...

Since the aqueducts of ancient civilizations, sewers have created dark labyrinthine worlds beneath our feet. It’s no surprise human imagination has filled them with monsters…. #BookologyThursday mythcrafts.com/2025/05/01/w...

Gashadokuro are angry spirits that appear as giant skeletons, several times larger than your typical human. These monsters are assembled out of the bones of those who have died unnatural deaths. #MythologyMonday mythcrafts.com/2021/07/22/w...

The myth that women have teeth “down there” has been found in global myths all over the world. Bite me is the first collection of these myths, providing understanding of the psychological, social and political motivations that has kept them alive and thriving. #mythologymonday

Quarrelsome neighbors are nothing new, but this was the beginning of America’s first large-scale Satanic Panic, and is often the case, there was one individual near the center of it all. His name: the Reverend Cotton Mather… mythcrafts.com/2024/10/31/c...

#FolkloreThursday In Japanese folklore, eating the flesh of a ningyo, or mermaid, grants eternal life and youth. It was also said that Ningyo blood will cure any wound. Boxwood ningyo netsuke, Tadayoshi, 19th century collections.mfa.org/objects/19902

Lore Lay stayed true to her lover and her suitors, despondent with rejection, hurled themselves into the Rhine like lemmings. But the townsfolk began to suspect Lore Lay and so she is hauled in front of the bishop facing charges of bewitchment. #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2023/01/15/t...

An enchantress awaits on the coastline of Java. She may appear as a mermaid, or she may appear as a beautiful Goddess, but regardless of her form, she harbors a grudge against men, and has been known to lure the unsuspecting to a watery grave… #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2017/05/03/t...

Sirens did not start out as sexy fish ladies. #FolkloreThursday mythcrafts.com/2018/11/13/w...

If you are in #Canberra we are doing another live #mythology show Tickets smithsalternative.com/events/the-pow…

The Fairytales of the Papyrus Westcar is an ancient Egyptian text dating somewhere between 18-16th BC These tales are considered to be some of the first fairytales goven the themes invoke the magical in the miracles that are performed by priests and magicians within. mythcrafts.com/2017/04/20/e...

Pythagoras met his death at the hands of his enemies after stopping in his tracks and refusing to run through a field of beans. Yes, beans, and they weren’t even the magical ones….. mythcrafts.com/2025/01/09/p...

Salamanders capacity for regeneration has been a focus of many modern medical studies. In the ancient world, salamanders were equally as intriguing; believed to have powerful mystical properties they were a key ingredients in many folk magic recipes. mythcrafts.com/2025/08/09/b...

Tomorrow is St Lucy’s Day and her being a light in the darkness is celebrated in many European regions. But on the eve of Lucy’s feast day, her dark counterpart Lussi rides through Sweden’s winter night with her demon retinue, the lussiferda. Read of her in our 13th #Yulefolklore tale below!

I’m excited to show you my finished Krampus marionette/puppet in action. look at him go! 🌲

El Caganer (which roughly translates to “The Shitter”) is a figurine that is crouched down, pants around its ankles and visibly defecating. A unique addition to the traditional Nativity scene in Catalonia. 🔗👇 #bookologythursday mythcrafts.com/2019/12/18/e...

Krampus’ name is probably from the German kramp/krampen, which means claw (though another possible etymology comes from the Bavarian word krampn, which means dead or rotten) #folklorethursday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2024/12/05/g...

Most accounts of Perchta concur on the major themes: she was associated with spinning, she traveled with a litany of others, and she loved slitting open the bellies of naughty children and stuffing them with straw or garbage. #folklorethursday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2024/12/12/t...

Who knew Santa was a necromancer!! 🎅 #LegendaryWednesday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2017/12/09/s...

From deep underground, the Kallikantzaroi spend their days sawing away at the roots of the Tree of Life hoping to destroy the world. And when the Winter Solstice breaks, they claw their way up to create chaos on the surface. 🔗👇 #WyrdWednesday mythcrafts.com/2022/12/15/i...

The Heroides are 15 poems, all written by Ovid. They are presented as love letters, sent from women who have been mistreated, neglected, or abandoned by classical Greek ‘heroes’. 🔗👇 #mythologymonday mythcrafts.com/2018/11/01/h...

Weasel myths warn against the wiles of women, especially outspoken women. They attempt to devalue women who refused to be domesticated and tamed by their male masters. mythcrafts.com/2025/04/18/g...

The Duat is the realm of the Dead in Egyptian Mythology. Ruled by Osiris it is not so much a realm of punishment, but a land of trials and tribulations… 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2021/09/09/g...

The Goddess Aphrodite is so ingrained within our linguistic memory that we commonly use the word Aphrodisiac to describe anything that induces desire within us. The Birth of Venus: Aphrodite through the Ages #mythologymonday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2020/06/18/t...

As a species we humans have been interpreting our dreams as far back as recorded history goes. The Ancient Greek and Romans were no exception to this fascination with our nightly dreams and what they may reveal. mythcrafts.com/2025/06/24/d...