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The Rise of the Planet of the Jellyfish: World Domination by the Spineless

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters

The Rise of the Planet of the Jellyfish: World Domination by the Spineless

May 22, 2014 — 2 Comments

The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Burning Witches: Sorcery in Switzerland

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Burning Witches: Sorcery in Switzerland

May 18, 2014 — 3 Comments

The Fireship of Baie des Chaleurs: Burning Boats, Blushing Brides, and Buccaneers

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

The Fireship of Baie des Chaleurs: Burning Boats, Blushing Brides, and Buccaneers

May 9, 2014 — 0 Comments

My Probability Wave Collapsed on Blue Ouachita Mountain

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

My Probability Wave Collapsed on Blue Ouachita Mountain

May 7, 2014 — 1 Comment

See You at the End of Time, Again: The Horror of Cyclical Time

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

See You at the End of Time, Again: The Horror of Cyclical Time

April 29, 2014 — 5 Comments

Mythological Origins of Language Diversity: Are You Fluent in Proto-World?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Mythological Origins of Language Diversity: Are You Fluent in Proto-World?

April 26, 2014 — 6 Comments

The Bear Lake Monster: You Can Lead a Hoax to Water, but You Can’t Make it Sink

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Bear Lake Monster: You Can Lead a Hoax to Water, but You Can’t Make it Sink

April 10, 2014 — 0 Comments

Other Intelligences: SETI, Spiritualism, and Effing the Ineffable

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Other Intelligences: SETI, Spiritualism, and Effing the Ineffable

April 3, 2014 — 3 Comments

How to Unmake a Sea Serpent: The Case of the Scoliophis Atlanticus

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

How to Unmake a Sea Serpent: The Case of the Scoliophis Atlanticus

March 29, 2014 — 3 Comments

I Do not like the Snarly Yow, I Do not like Him Then or Now

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

I Do not like the Snarly Yow, I Do not like Him Then or Now

March 26, 2014 — 5 Comments

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: The Mythological History of Time Dilation

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: The Mythological History of Time Dilation

March 23, 2014 — 1 Comment

Die Saintly, Leave a Beautiful Corpse: Exhuming Incorruptibility

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Die Saintly, Leave a Beautiful Corpse: Exhuming Incorruptibility

March 21, 2014 — 0 Comments

The High Kings of Siberia: Big Rocks, Bigfoot, and the Polar Exile of Man

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The High Kings of Siberia: Big Rocks, Bigfoot, and the Polar Exile of Man

March 18, 2014 — 1 Comment

It’s Always Darkest Before You Steal the Dawn: The Theft of Daylight

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

It’s Always Darkest Before You Steal the Dawn: The Theft of Daylight

March 15, 2014 — 0 Comments

Episcopus Marinus: The Clergy of the Sea

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Episcopus Marinus: The Clergy of the Sea

March 13, 2014 — 0 Comments

The Last Stand of the Centaurs: The Thessalian Centauromachy

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Last Stand of the Centaurs: The Thessalian Centauromachy

March 11, 2014 — 3 Comments

Dark Energy Wants You Dead: Homicidal Cosmology

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

Dark Energy Wants You Dead: Homicidal Cosmology

March 5, 2014 — 2 Comments

Divine Diets: The Culinary Preferences of the Gods

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

Divine Diets: The Culinary Preferences of the Gods

March 3, 2014 — 3 Comments

Know Your Armageddon: Team Roster of the Apocalypse

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult

Know Your Armageddon: Team Roster of the Apocalypse

February 28, 2014 — 4 Comments

We Are Alone: What if the Universe is Devoid of Life?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

We Are Alone: What if the Universe is Devoid of Life?

February 27, 2014 — 15 Comments

The Gods Must be Hungry: Famine Monsters and the Agricultural Odds

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Gods Must be Hungry: Famine Monsters and the Agricultural Odds

February 24, 2014 — 3 Comments

Nine Lives are Not Enough: Inquisitions, Cat Massacres, and the Black Death

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Nine Lives are Not Enough: Inquisitions, Cat Massacres, and the Black Death

February 20, 2014 — 5 Comments

Collective Hallucination and Anomalies: The Inexplicable Made Incomprehensible

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Collective Hallucination and Anomalies: The Inexplicable Made Incomprehensible

February 17, 2014 — 4 Comments

Dead Puppies Aren’t Much Fun: Monstrous Mutts and the Afterlife

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Dead Puppies Aren’t Much Fun: Monstrous Mutts and the Afterlife

February 15, 2014 — 0 Comments

Beauty is Only Skin Deep: Fear and Loathing on Valentine’s Day

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Beauty is Only Skin Deep: Fear and Loathing on Valentine’s Day

February 14, 2014 — 1 Comment

The Blue Men of the Minch: Mercenary Memories or Rhyming Storm Kelpies?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Blue Men of the Minch: Mercenary Memories or Rhyming Storm Kelpies?

February 13, 2014 — 0 Comments

Once in a Blue Moon: The Monstrous Mathematics of Triskaidekaphobia

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Once in a Blue Moon: The Monstrous Mathematics of Triskaidekaphobia

February 8, 2014 — 0 Comments

Contract Law of the Beast: Historical Fine Print on Your Pact with the Devil

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Contract Law of the Beast: Historical Fine Print on Your Pact with the Devil

February 5, 2014 — 0 Comments

To Bee or Not to Bee: Mythological Implications of the Beepocalypse

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

To Bee or Not to Bee: Mythological Implications of the Beepocalypse

January 30, 2014 — 1 Comment

Sometimes a Flying Boat is Just a Flying Boat: Not Everything Has to be a UFO

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Sometimes a Flying Boat is Just a Flying Boat: Not Everything Has to be a UFO

January 28, 2014 — 0 Comments

We Are Property: My So-Called Life in the Simulacrum

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

We Are Property: My So-Called Life in the Simulacrum

January 24, 2014 — 3 Comments

Sex, Violence, and Softcore Sasquatch Snuff Films

Anthropology, History, Monsters, Mythology

Sex, Violence, and Softcore Sasquatch Snuff Films

January 20, 2014 — 2 Comments

If Called By the Cult of the White Panther, Don’t Anther

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Occult

If Called By the Cult of the White Panther, Don’t Anther

January 19, 2014 — 0 Comments

Bringing Out Your Dead: The Unintended Consequences of Mass Resurrection

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Bringing Out Your Dead: The Unintended Consequences of Mass Resurrection

January 14, 2014 — 1 Comment

Displeased to Meet Me: Invasions from a Parallel Universe

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Displeased to Meet Me: Invasions from a Parallel Universe

January 12, 2014 — 4 Comments

The World According to Greenland: Inuit, Erqigdlit and Qavdlundt

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The World According to Greenland: Inuit, Erqigdlit and Qavdlundt

January 10, 2014 — 0 Comments

Hogs of War: The Other Homicidal White Meat

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

Hogs of War: The Other Homicidal White Meat

January 6, 2014 — 2 Comments

The Moon in Your Eyes: The Tragic and Forgotten History of the Azgen

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology

The Moon in Your Eyes: The Tragic and Forgotten History of the Azgen

January 3, 2014 — 5 Comments

Exiles from Fairyland: Finding Your Phynnodderee on the Isle of Man

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Exiles from Fairyland: Finding Your Phynnodderee on the Isle of Man

January 1, 2014 — 1 Comment

The Infernal Department of Public Works: Building the Devil’s Bridge

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Infernal Department of Public Works: Building the Devil’s Bridge

December 29, 2013 — 0 Comments

“It is a condition of monsters that they do not perceive themselves as such. The dragon, you know, hunkered in the village devouring maidens, heard the townsfolk cry ‘Monster!’ and looked behind him.”
-Laini Taylor

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.”
-Oscar Wilde

“Life is Hard. After all, it kills you.”
-Katherine Hepburn

“Horror is beyond the reach of psychology.”
-Theodor Adorno

“All would be well. All would be heavenly–If the damned would only stay damned.”
-Charles Fort

“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
–Jerry Garcia

“You can’t create a monster, then whine when it stomps a few buildings.”
–Yeardley Smith

“Horror is the natural reaction to the last 5,000 years of history.”
–Robert Anton Wilson

“The earth, it has been said, is one vast graveyard, and man can nowhere put down his foot without stepping on the remains of a brother.”
–M. Schele de Vere

“Even from the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.”
–H.P. Lovecraft

“If the sleep of reason produces monsters, what does the sleep of unreason produce?”
–Guillermo Cabrera Infante

“The problem with people who say monsters don’t really exist is that they’re almost never saying it to the monsters.”
— Seanan McGuire, Discount Armageddon

“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean there isn’t an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
–Jim Butcher, Storm Front

“What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people’s faces as unfinished as their minds.”
–Eric Hoffer, American Social Philosopher

“The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. The human head is monstrous.”
–Günter Grass, German Novelist