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Ursula Lynn Hebert
Scholar Minor is a weekly podcast about myth, magic, and miscellany. My name is Ursula, and I'm an amateur historian and fan of all things otherworldly. In these bite-sized episodes we will explore a variety of topics, and listeners are encouraged to continue engagement with the material on their own aided by the sources provided.
Some myth and science about our pollinator friends!
Correction note! 3 million years, in reference to cave art, should be 300,000.
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Music: "Wonderland" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Bibliography:
Bartolotti, Laura and Cecilia Costa. "Chemical Communication in the Honey Bee Society." In Neurobiology of Chemical Communication. Boca Raton: CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2014.
"Bees." The National Wildlife Federation. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Bees.
"Bumblebees vs. Honeybees: What's the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?" Student Conservation Association. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.thesca.org/connect/blog/bumblebees-vs-honeybees-what%E2%80%99s-difference-and-why-does-it-matter?
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Bee." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 13, 2021. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/animal/bee.
Hirst, K. Kris. "Ancient Maya Beekeeping: The Stingless Bee in Pre-Columbian America." ThoughtCo. May 11, 2018. Accessed April 5, 2022. https://www.thoughtco.com/ancient-maya-beekeeping-169364.
Horn, Tammy. Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2005.
"The Sacred Bee: Ancient India." Planet Bee Foundation. December 5, 2017. Accessed April 6, 2022. https://www.planetbee.org/planet-bee-blog//the-sacred-bee-bees-in-ancient-india-and-china-7tmcx.
Weber, Ella. "Apis mellifera: The Domestication and Spread of European Honey Bees for Agriculture in North America." University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal 9 (2012).
Another look at some legends from the Emerald Isle!
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Bibliography:
“The Boyhood Deeds of Cu Chulainn.” Ancient Irish Tales. Edited and translated by Tim Cross and Haris Slover. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1996.
The Boyish Exploits of Finn. Translated by Kuno Meyer, edited by Beatrix Farber. University College, Cork.
Cartwright, Mark. "Cu Chulainn." World History Encyclopedia. February 3, 2021. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/Cu_Chulainn/#:~:text=Koo%2Dkul%2Din)%2C,from%20only%20a%20single%20strike.
"Cycle of the Kings." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford Reference. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095655734.
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "The Cattle Raid of Cooley." The Encyclopaedia Britannica. September 25, 2007. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Cattle-Raid-of-Cooley.
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Cu Chulainn." Encyclopaedia Britannica. October 17, 2021. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cu-Chulainn.
"Fionn Mac Cumhail." Discovering Ireland Vacations. 2022. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://www.discoveringireland.com/fionn-mac-cumhail/.
"Giant's Causeway and the Causeway Coast." United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/369/.
The Cattle-Raid of Cooley. Translated by Joseph Dunn and compiled by Steve Taylor, 1999. Accessed March 18, 2022. http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/Cooley/.
Usman, Max. "Once Upon a Time, Irish Mythology Crash Course." Lewis and Clark University. 2019. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://college.lclark.edu/live/blogs/68-once-upon-a-time-irish-mythology-crash-course#:~:text=Basically%20all%20of%20Irish%20mythology,the%20stories%20from%20those%20cycles.
A little history of the fruits we take for granted!
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Bibliography:
"Buddha's Hand Citron." Citrus Variety Collection. University of California at Riverside. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/buddha.html
"Citrus Fruits 2020 Summary." United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. August 2020. Accessed February 15, 2022. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Todays_Reports/reports/cfrt0820.pdf
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences. Edited by Cora Linn Daniel and Prof. C.M. Stevans. University Press of the Pacific: 1903.
Geisseler, Daniel and William R. Horwath. "Citrus Production in California". UC Davis. Accessed February 15, 2022. https://apps1.cdfa.ca.gov/FertilizerResearch/docs/Citrus_Production_CA.pdf
Langgut, Dafna. "The Citrus Route Revealed: From Southeast Asia into the Mediterranean." HortScience 52 no. 6, 2017.
Mansky, Jackie. "Why We Should Bring Back the Tradition of the Christmas Orange." Smithsonian Magazine. December 21, 2018. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-we-should-bring-back-tradition-christmas-orange-180971101/
Meer, Wouter van der. "The History of Citrus in the Low Countries During the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age." In Agrumed: Archeology and History of Citrus Fruit in the Mediterranean. Edited by Veronique Zech-Matterne and Girolamo Fiorentino. Naples: Publications du Centre Jean Berard, 2017.
Pliny the Elder. Naturalis Historia. Edited by John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. and H.T. Riley, Esq. London: Taylor and Francis, 1855.
Scora, Rainer W. "IX. On The History and Origin of Citrus." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 102 no. 6, 1975. 369-375.
White, Marcus. "James Lind: The Man Who Helped to Cure Scurvy with Lemons." BBC News. October 4, 2016. Accessed February 14, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-37320399
The history and superstition surrounding our feline companions!
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Bibliography:
"Black Cats Shunned for Purr-fect Selfies." BBC. January 30, 2018. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42871851
Brulliard, Karin. "Long Before They Conquered the Internet, Cats Took Over the World." The Washington Post. June 19, 2017. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/06/19/long-before-they-conquered-the-internet-cats-took-over-the-world/
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences. Edited by Cora Linn Daniel and Prof. C.M. Stevans. University Press of the Pacific: 1903.
"How Did Cats Become Domesticated?" Library of Congress. November 19, 2019. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/how-did-cats-become-domesticated/
Hutchinson, Sean. "13 Writers Who Really Loved Cats." Mental Floss. August 8, 2018. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/49302/11-writers-who-really-loved-cats
Mark, Joshua J. "Cats in the Middle Ages." World History Encyclopedia. May 20, 2019. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1387/cats-in-the-middle-ages/
Porck, Thijs. "Paws, Pee and Mice: Cats among Medieval Manuscripts." Medievalfragments. February 22, 2013. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://medievalfragments.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/paws-pee-and-mice-cats-among-medieval-manuscripts/
Simpson, Frances. The Book of the Cat. London, Paris, New York and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1903.
Smith, Casey. "Cats Domesticated Themselves, Ancient DNA Shows." National Geographic. June 19, 2017. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/domesticated-cats-dna-genetics-pets-science
Greek deities for blustery days!
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Bibliography:
"Anemoi/Venti." The British Museum. Accessed January 4, 2022. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG206272
Atsma, Aaron J. Theoi Project. 2017. Accessed January 4, 2022. https://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/sky-gods.html
Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's Mythology. Avenel Books: New York, 1979.
Gill, N.S. "What Is the Classical Origin of the Aurora Borealis?" ThoughtCo. March 9, 2019. Accessed January 5, 2022. https://www.thoughtco.com/classical-origin-of-aurora-borealis-118328
Ovid. Metamorphoses. Translated by Charles Martin. W. W. Norton and Company: New York, 2004.
Vigil. Virgil: Eclogues-Georgics-Aeneid Books I-VI. Translated by Fairclough, H. Rushton. Harvard University Press, 1916.
Virgil. The Aeneid. Translated by Day-Lewis, C. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1953.
The amazing story of a nomadic storyteller, frozen in time.
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Bibliography:
"Conservation of the Sacred Ukok Plateau." The Altai Project. December 4, 2020. Accessed December 14, 2021.
https://www.altaiproject.org/2020/12/sacred-ukok-plateau-conservation/
"Exposing the Mummy". National Museum of the Republic of Altai. Accessed December 14, 2021.
http://www.musey-anohina.ru/index.php/ru/component/k2/item/403
"Ice Mummies: Siberian Ice Maiden". NOVA. PBS. November 24, 1998. Transcript Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2517siberian.html
Liesowska, Anna. "Iconic 2,500 Year Old Siberian Princess 'Died From Breast Cancer', Revails MRI Scan." The Siberian Times. October 14, 2014. Accessed December 14, 2021. http://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/features/iconic-2500-year-old-siberian-princess-died-from-breast-cancer-reveals-unique-mri-scan/
Mosbergen, Dominique. "Now We Know What Killed The Ancient 'Ice Princess,' And Why She Had That Marijuana." Huffington Post. October 16, 2014. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/siberian-ice-princess-cancer-cannabis_n_5993052
Raygorodetsky, Gleb. "Maria and the Ukok Princess: Climate Change and the Fate of the Altai." United Nations University. July 21, 2013. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/maria-and-the-ukok-princess
Thorne, Sam. "Siberia Ice Maiden Guards Her Secrets." The Moscow Times. June 4, 2002. Accessed December 14, 2021. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/archive/siberia-ice-maiden-guards-her-secrets
The wandering apple advocate of legend!
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Bibliography:
Cornett, Peggy. "Encounters with America's Premier Nursery and Botanic Garden." Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants. Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.monticello.org/house-gardens/center-for-historic-plants/twinleaf-journal-online/prince-nursery/
Editors of the Ecyclopaedia Britannica. "Johnny Appleseed." Encyclopaedia Britannica. September 22, 2021. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Chapman
Holleb, Josh. "That's Where My Apples Come From? The Basics of Grafting." Ceres Greenhouse Solutions. May 15, 2014. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://ceresgs.com/thats-where-my-apples-come-from-the-basics-of-grafting/
"Johnny Appleseed Planted Stories Of Myth, Adventure." All Things Considered. NPR. April 14, 2011. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2011/04/17/135409598/johnny-appleseed-planted-stories-of-myth-adventure
Malesky, Kee. "The Strangely True Tale Of Johnny Appleseed." NPR. October 20, 2012. Accessed November 24, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2012/10/20/162862456/the-strangely-true-tale-of-johnny-appleseed
Means, Howard. Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story. Simon & Schuster, 2011.
A little look into the Hippocratic Oath while I recover from surgery. Thank you for your patience, friends! Apologies for a few little audio gremlins in the recording this episode!
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Bibliography:
Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Hippocratic Oath." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 4, 2019. Accessed November 16, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hippocratic-oath
"Greek Medicine." U.S. National Library of Medicine. February 7, 2012. Accessed November 16, 2021. https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/greek/greek_oath.html
Shmerling MD, Robert H. "First, do no harm." Harvard Health. June 22, 2020. Accessed Novemebr 16, 2021.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/first-do-no-harm-201510138421
Tyson, Peter. "The Hippocratic Oath Today." NOVA. March 26, 2001. Accessed November 16, 2021. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/hippocratic-oath-today/
Ghostly imprints and The Stone Tape Theory!
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Bibliography:
Babbage, Charles. The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. United Kingdom: J. Murray, 1837.
"Historic Hauntings at Hampton Court Palace." Historic Royal Palaces. Accessed October 20, 2021. https://www.hrp.org.uk/hampton-court-palace/history-and-stories/historic-hauntings-at-hampton-court-palace/#gs.ece812
The Stone Tape. Directed by Peter Sasdy, written by Nigel Kneale. 1972; United Kingdom: BBC Two.
"Who Was Charles Babbage?" Charles Babbage Institute. University of Minnesota. Accessed October 20, 2021. https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/who-was-charles-babbage
One (of many!) strange stories preserved by the German folklorist brothers.
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Bibliography:
Bronner, Simon J. The Meaning of Folklore: The Analytical Essays of Alan Dundes. University Press of Colorado, 2007.
Denecke, Ludwig. "Brothers Grimm." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 29, 2020. Accessed October 8, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brothers-Grimm
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Grimm's Fairy Tales." Encyclopaedia Britannica. March 9, 2021. Accessed October 6, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grimms-Fairy-Tales
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. German Popular Tales and Household Stories. United States: Crosby and Ainsworth, 1865.
The legendary illusionist takes on the Spiritualists!
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Bibliography:
Andrews, Evan. "What Killed Harry Houdini?" History. October 31, 2016. Accessed September 13, 2021. https://www.history.com/news/what-killed-harry-houdini
Brown, Raymond J. "The Most Mysterious Man in the World." Popular Science Monthly. October, 1925.
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Harry Houdini." Encyclopaedia Britannica. March 20, 2021. Accessed September 13, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-Houdini
"Harry Houdini." Biography. A&E Television Networks. April 2, 2014. Accessed September 13, 2021. https://www.biography.com/performer/harry-houdini
Houdini. A Magician Among the Spirits. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924.
"Houdini Exposes Fraud." America's Story. Library of Congress. Accessed September 13, 2021. http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/houdini/aa_houdini_fraud_1.html
Ptacin, Mira. "How Harry Houdini Became the Champion of Mother's Day." Literary Hub. May 8, 2020. Accessed September 13, 2021. https://lithub.com/how-harry-houdini-became-the-champion-of-mothers-day/
Thomas, Heather. "Harry Houdini Goes to Washington." Library of Congress. April 28, 2018. Accessed September 13, 2021. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/08/harry-houdini-goes-to-washington/
An ancient and legendary profession!
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The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Brigit." Encyclopaedia Britannica. May 1, 2020. Accessed August 25, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Brigit
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Itsekiri." Encyclopaedia Britannica. December 12, 2016. Accessed August 25, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Itsekiri
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Wayland the Smith." Encyclopaedia Britannica. February 12, 2020. Accessed August 25, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wayland-the-Smith
Greenberg, Mike. "Kagutsuchi: The Japanese God of Fire." Mythology Source. November 3, 2020. Accessed August 25, 2021.
https://mythologysource.com/kagutsuchi-japanese-god/
Encyclopaedia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult Sciences. Edited by Cora Linn Daniel and Prof. C.M. Stevans. University Press of the Pacific: 1903.
"Iron versus Steel - What is the difference?" Queen City Forging Co. Accessed August 25, 2021.
https://www.qcforge.com/forging-innovations-blog/iron-versus-steel-what-is-the-difference/
Kennedy, Lesley. "The Prehistoric Ages: How Humans Lived Before Written Records." History. October 21, 2019. Acessed August 25, 2021. https://www.history.com/news/prehistoric-ages-timeline
Molina-Diaz, Erick. "The Greatest Swordsmith in Japanese History." Jackson Journal. Accessed August 24, 2021. https://jacksonjournal.news/50788/world/humans-of-history/the-greatest-swordsmith-in-japanese-history/
Omondi, Sharon. "What Was the First Metal Used by Humans?" WorldAtlas. May 16, 2018. Accessed August 24, 2021. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-first-metal-used-by-man.html
Vuckovic, Aleksa. "Wayland the Smith: The Lost Germanic Legend of the Flying Blacksmith." Ancient Origins. November 20, 2020. Accessed August 24, 2021.
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Yasuka. "The Birth of the Katana." KCP International. July 7, 2021. Accessed August 25, 2021.
https://www.kcpinternational.com/2021/07/the-birth-of-the-katana/
The strange significance of hair!
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Akesha (The Hair Historian). "A Brief History of Blondes: From Bird Poop to Balayage." HJ. July 11, 2019. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.hji.co.uk/blonde/brief-history-of-blondes-hair-historian/
Burgess, Anika. "The Intricate Craft of Using Human Hair for Jewelry, Art, and Decoration."
Atlas Obscura. January 12, 2018. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/intricate-craft-art-human-hair-jewelry-mourning-braid-mutter-museum
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Delilah." Encyclopaedia Britannica. January 6, 2020. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Delilah
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Manu-smriti." Encyclopaedia Britannica. February 15, 2015. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Manu-smriti
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"Nazirite/Nazarite." New World Encyclopedia. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Nazirite/Nazarite
Struck, Peter T. "Hair." Greek & Roman Mythology Tools. University of Pennsylvania. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/tools/dictionary.php?regexp=HAIR.&method=standard
Trueb, Ralph M. "From Hair in India to Hair India." International Journal of Trichology, Volume 9. January-March 2017. Accessed August 10, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5514789/
The stories behind the signs!
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Allen, Richard Hinckley. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover, 1963.
The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Leo." Encyclopaedia Britannica. June 15, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/place/Leo-constellation
McClure, Bruce. "Cancer? Here's Your Constellation." EarthSky. March 29, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2021. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/cancer-heres-your-constellation/
McClure, Bruce. "Leo? Here's Your Constellation." EarthSky. April 13, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2021. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/leo-heres-your-constellation/
McClure, Bruce. "Virgo? Here's Your Constellation." EarthSky. May 27, 2021. Accessed August 4, 2021. https://earthsky.org/constellations/virgo-heres-your-constellation/
"The Nemean Lion." The Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Accessed August 4, 2021. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/lion.html
Owls and the in-between!
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Bibliography:
Bachmann, Thomas and Hermann Wagner. "The three-dimensional shape of serrations at barn owl wings: towards a typical natural serration as a role model for biomimetic applications." Journal of Anatomy, Volume 219, Issue 2. Institute for Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics, April 20, 2011.
Clouston, William Alexander and Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby. Birds of Omen in Shetland. United Kingdom: Private print, 1893.
Eggenberger, Sophia. "Owl of Athena on the Union Building." University of Texas at Austin. July 30, 2019. Accessed July 26, 2021. https://sites.utexas.edu/classicalmythutcampus/2019/07/30/owl-of-athena-on-the-union-building/
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Hay, Anne. "Owls in the Native American Culture." Buffalo Bill Center of the West. August 6, 2018. Accessed July 26, 2021.
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Jackson, Hazel. "Curious Kids: how do birds see where they're going?" The Conversation. August 31, 2018. Accessed July 26, 2021.
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Lienhard, John H. "No. 2581, Binocular Vision." Engines of Our Ingenuity. University of Houston, 2010. Accessed July 26, 2021. https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2581.htm
Sikes, Wirt. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions. United Kingdom: Sampson Low, 1880.
The trickster Devil in folklore!
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Dreiling, D'Ann. "Stingy Jack and the Jack o' Lanterns." The Martin City Telegraph. October 31, 2019. Accessed July 14, 2021.
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O Suilleabhain, Sean. "Etiological Stories in Ireland." Medieval Literature and Folklore Studies. Edited by Jerome Mandel and Bruce A. Rosenberg. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1970.
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Sea serpent of the Pacific Northwest!
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An introduction to the world of the fairy folk!
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One of history's most fantastic frauds!
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Three noble pups of Greek myth!
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The story behind your summertime brews!
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How a counterculture movement fell in love with the Hobbit folk!
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Three cool ladies of mythology in celebration of Mother's Day!
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The surprisingly strange origins of these quirky statues!
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The folklore of these oft overlooked birds!
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The stories behind the signs!
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Three wild plants, just in time for Spring!
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Haak, Matt, Marie Holl, and Nick Hoeft. "Zebra Mussels." University of Wisconsin. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://people.uwec.edu/piercech/zebra/index_files/Page581.htm
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"Invasive Species." National Wildlife Federation. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Threats-to-Wildlife/Invasive-Species
Leu, Chelsea. "What's the Little Yellow Flower That's Everywhere Right Now." Bay Nature. March 11, 2015. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://baynature.org/article/a-natural-history-of-that-little-yellow-flower-thats-everywhere-right-now/
Nickel, Earl. "Oxalis." Pacific Horticulture Society. 2015. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/oxalis/
"Nightshade." Guide to Poisonous Plants. Colorado State University. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://csuvth.colostate.edu/poisonous_plants/Plants/Details/90
Orr, Eric. "Wood Sorrel." Wild Edible. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://www.wildedible.com/wild-food-guide/wood-sorrel
"The Powerful Solanaceae: Belladonna." U.S. Forest Service. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethnobotany/Mind_and_Spirit/belladonna.shtml
"Sunflower." Edible Wild Food. Accessed March 29, 2021. https://www.ediblewildfood.com/sunflower.aspx
Three mysterious spirits of Irish folklore!
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Bibliography:Daly, Lilian. "Popular Superstitions in Ireland." The New Ireland Review. 1901.
Field, Louise Frances. Ethne. Edited by E.M. Field. United Kingdom: 1887.
Frond, Brian and Alan Lee. Faeries. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1995.
"The Keening Tradition." The Keening Wake. Accessed March 15, 2021. http://www.keeningwake.com/keening-tradition/
Lover, Samuel. Legends and Stories of Ireland. United States: D. & J. Sadlier, 1873.
Nix, Elizabeth. "Is St. Patrick's Day Celebrated in Ireland?" History.com. Accessed March 15, 2021.
Todhunter, John. The Banshee and Other Poems. Dublin: Sealy, Bryers, and Walker, 1891.
"Tumulus." The New World Encyclopedia. Accessed March 15, 2021. https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tumulus
Yeats, William Butler. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. In A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore. New York: Gramercy Books, 1986.
Otherworldly mischief-makers!
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Bibliography:
Dagnall, Dr. Neil and Ken Drinkwater. "Eight things you need to know about poltergeists - just in time for Halloween." Manchester Metropolitan University. October 31, 2017. Accessed March 8, 2021. https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/story/6543/
Romain, Lindsey. "The Terrifying True Story That Inspired Poltergeist." Nerdist. October 2, 2020. Accessed March 8, 2021. https://nerdist.com/article/poltergeist-true-story-inspired-movie/
Thurston, Herbert. Edited by J.H. Crehan. Ghosts and Poltergeists. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1954.
Thurston, Herbert. Surprising Mystics. Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1955.
Potts, Michael. "Herbert Thurston." Psi Encyclopedia. London: The Society for Psychical Research, 2015. Accessed March 8, 2021. https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/herbert-thurston
White, Micah. "The 'Poltergeist' Curse: Inside the Mysterious Cast Deaths and Oddities On Set." Biography. June 17, 2020. Accessed March 8, 2021. https://www.biography.com/news/the-poltergeist-curse-its-heeere
Monstrous cephalopods of legend!
As mentioned in the episode, copy and paste these URLs to see the Kraken's real-world cousins in action!
First living giant squid ever photographed in its natural habitat!
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2013/01/08/exp-early-ellis-giant-squid.cnn
A recent video of a giant squid in the Gulf of Mexico!
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/06/22/giant-squid-orig.cnn
A rare surface encounter with a giant squid in Toyama Bay, Japan!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/dec/30/rare-giant-squid-encounter-toyama-bay-japan-video
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Bibliography:“An Essay on the Credibility of the Existence of the Kraken, Sea Serpent, and Other Sea Monsters.” United Kingdom: W. Tegg & Company, 1849.
Bassett, Fletcher S. Sea Phantoms: Or, Legends and Superstitions of the Sea and of Sailors. United States: Morrill, Higgins & Company, 1892.
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana: Insufficient- Mashy. United Kingdom: B. Fellowes, 1845.
Hann, Michael. "A monster from the depths of our imagination." The Guardian. March 1, 2006. Accessed March 1, 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/mar/02/g2
"Monographic Revision of the Cephalopods of the Atlantic Coast, from Cape Hatteras to Newfoundland." Report of the Commissioner for 1879, Part VII. United States: Bureau of Fisheries, 1882.
Salvador, Rodrigo B. and Barbara M. Tomotani. "The Kraken: when myth encounters science." Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos. V. 21, N. 3. Rio de Janeiro: 2014.
Salvador, Rodrigo B. "Kraken: The real-life origins of the legendary sea monster." The Independent. January 4, 2016. Accessed March 1, 2021. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/kraken-real-life-origins-legendary-sea-monster-a6796241.html
Verrill, Alpheus Hyatt. The Ocean and Its Mysteries. United States: Duffield & Company, 1917.
Verne, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. United States: Butler Brothers, 1887.
The strange and sorrowful life of a Gothic horror legend.
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Bibliography:
Bondurant, Agnes M. Poe's Richmond. The Poe Museum. Accessed on February 22, 2021. https://www.poemuseum.org/poe-in-richmond
The Collected Letters of Edgar Allan Poe, Volume I: 1824-1846. Edited by John Ward Ostrom, Burton R. Pollin, and Jeffrey A. Savoye. New York: The Gordian Press, 2008.
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Poe, Edgar Allan. Edgar Allan Poe's Annotated Poems. United States: Bottletree Books, LLC, 2008.
Taylor-White, Alyson L. Shockoe Hill Cemetery: A Richmond Landmark History. United States: History Press, 2017.
Our first little adventure into the lore of this mythical king!
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The Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "King Arthur." Encyclopaedia Britannica. July 10, 2020. Accessed February 15, 2021. britannica.com/topic/King-Arthur
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Lozon, Emily. "Excalibur: Origins and Evolution." Hanover. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://vault.hanover.edu/~battles/arthur/excalibur
Malory, Thomas. Le Mort D’Arthur. Edited by John Rhys. United Kingdom: Dent, 1967. Available to read for free through Google Books!
Mark, Joshua J. "Excalibur." Ancient History Encyclopedia. May 17, 217. Access February 1, 2021. https://www.ancient.eu/Excalibur/
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Wight, Ed. "The sword in the stone: Archaeologists discover medieval weapon dubbed 'Excalibur' embedded in rock at bottom of Bosnian lake." Daily Mail. October 2, 2019. Accessed February 15, 2021. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7605165/Archaeologists-discover-medieval-weapon-dubbed-Excalibur.html
Three Greek myths of tragic love.
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Bibliography:
Boeckmann, Catherine. "Growing Hyacinth and Muscari." The Old Farmer's Almanac. Accessed February 7, 2021. https://www.almanac.com/plant/growing-hyacinth-muscari#.
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"Ursa Major Constellation" and "Ursa Minor Constellation. Constellation Guide. Accessed February 7, 2021. https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/.
Introductory Quotations:
Before Orpheus and Eurydice - William Shakespeare
Before Apollo and Hyacinthus - Ovid
Before Callisto and Arcas - J. R. Lowell
Organizing the natural world.
Check out the great sources mentioned in this episode using these links! Full citations are listed in the Bibliography.
Aberdeen Bestiary via University of Aberdeen. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/
The Ashmole Bestiary via Digital Bodleian. https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/faeff7fb-f8a7-44b5-95ed-cff9a9ffd198/surfaces/bb83ca90-bbe4-45e8-be56-36a649d4cacf/
Pliny the Elder's Naturalis Historia via Tufts University. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001.perseus-eng1:1.dedication
Aristotle's Historia Animalium via Internet Classics Archive (MIT). Accessed January 29, 2021. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/history_anim.1.i.html
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Bibliography:
Aberdeen Bestiary. University of Aberdeen. Accessed February 1, 2021. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/.
Aristotle. The History of Animals. Translated by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. The Internet Classics Archive. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Accessed January 29, 2021. http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/history_anim.1.i.html.
"Burgerbibliothek Bern, Codex Bongarsianus 318 (The Bern Physiologus)". Manuscript: Codex Bongarsianus 318. The Medieval Bestiary. January 15, 2011. Accessed January 29, 2021. http://bestiary.ca/manuscripts/manu1345.htm.
Cynewulf. The Old English Elene, Phœnix, and Physiologus. United Kingdom: Yale University Press, 1919.
"Differences Between Parchment, Vellum and Paper". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Accessed January 29, 2021. https://www.archives.gov/preservation/formats/paper-vellum.html.
The Editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Bestiary". Encyclopaedia Britannica. April 18, 2013. Accessed February 1, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/art/bestiary-medieval-literary-genre.
Mark, Joshua J. "Illuminated Manuscripts". Ancient History Encyclopedia. March 6, 2018. Accessed January 29, 2021. https://www.ancient.eu/Illuminated_Manuscripts/.
"MS. Ashmole 1511". Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries. Accessed February 1, 2021. https://medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/catalog/manuscript_290.
Pliny the Elder. The Natural History. Translated and edited by John Bostoke, M.D., F.R.S., H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A., Ed. 1855. Perseus Digital Library. Tufts University. Accessed January 29, 2021. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001.perseus-eng1:1.dedication.
Ross, Dr. Nancy. "The Bestiary". Khan Academy. Accessed February 1, 2021. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/judaism-christianity-in-art/christianity-art/a/the-bestiary.
Sancti Ephiphanii Ad Physiologum. Christopher Plantin Antwerp: 1588. University of Victoria, McPherson Library. Accessed February 1, 2021. http://spcoll.library.uvic.ca/Digit/physiologum/index.html.
Woodruff, Helen. "The Physiologus of Bern: A Survival of Alexandrian Style in a Ninth Century Manuscript." The Art Bulletin 12, no. 3 (1930): 226-53. Accessed January 31, 2021.
Stormy nights and spectral frights!
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Bibliography:Basford, Trish. "The Wild Hunt: Furious Hosts & Shadow Processions". Hurstwic. January 10, 2018. Accessed January 25, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf38nz5e79g.
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Rapping and tapping and knocking, oh my!
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Time to talk about trees!
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Bibliography:Allies, Jabez. The British, Roman, and Saxon Antiquities and Folklore of Worcestershire. United Kingdom: J.R. Smith, 1856.
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Rhys, John. Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx. United Kingdom: Clarendon Press, 1901.
Hooray, first episode! Hope you enjoy! An introduction to some half-animal lasses of the deep, recommended for a wintry and blustery evening.
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Homer. Book XII. In The Odyssey. Translated by Samuel Butler. Accessed December 17, 2020.
McCorristine, Shane. "Toward No Earthly Pole: Otherworldly Quests for a Northwest Passage." In Spectral Arctic: A History of Dreams and Ghosts in Polar Exploration, 19-51. London: UCL Press, 2018. Accessed December 17, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvqhsrj.5.
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