Mythology – EsoterX

Category: Mythology

525 Posts

The Yule Goat: Retired Christmas Icon

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Yule Goat: Retired Christmas Icon

December 23, 2021 — 2 Comments

To Serve Coelacanth

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

To Serve Coelacanth

July 16, 2021 — 5 Comments

Wrangling Your Elementals with Hassan Khan Djinni

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Wrangling Your Elementals with Hassan Khan Djinni

February 5, 2021 — 2 Comments

Reflections on Fata Morgana and the H.M.S. Barracouta

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Mythology, Philosophy

Reflections on Fata Morgana and the H.M.S. Barracouta

January 18, 2021 — 2 Comments

The Curse of the Lawrenceburg Ferry

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Curse of the Lawrenceburg Ferry

January 17, 2021 — 1 Comment

The Miseducation of a Solomonar: Learning the Dark Arts at Scholomance

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Miseducation of a Solomonar: Learning the Dark Arts at Scholomance

December 17, 2020 — 2 Comments

The Shadow over Newburyport

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Shadow over Newburyport

December 9, 2020 — 4 Comments

The Nicotine Fiend of Lake Koshkonong

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Nicotine Fiend of Lake Koshkonong

September 9, 2020 — 5 Comments

Pandemic Magic: A Brief History of Abracadabra

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Pandemic Magic: A Brief History of Abracadabra

July 2, 2020 — 2 Comments

The Count de Cabreras: A Valencian Vampire Hunter in Hungary

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Count de Cabreras: A Valencian Vampire Hunter in Hungary

June 24, 2020 — 1 Comment

The Fire Inside Willie Brough

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Fire Inside Willie Brough

June 23, 2020 — 2 Comments

The Possession of Nicola Aubry: Lessons on Exorcism from Satan

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Possession of Nicola Aubry: Lessons on Exorcism from Satan

May 13, 2020 — 1 Comment

Bargrave and Veal: The Reading Lists of the Undead

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Bargrave and Veal: The Reading Lists of the Undead

May 11, 2020 — 5 Comments

Sense and Supersensibility: The Procession of the Damned

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Sense and Supersensibility: The Procession of the Damned

May 4, 2020 — 6 Comments

Last Minute Confession of the Warlock Major Weir

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Last Minute Confession of the Warlock Major Weir

April 29, 2020 — 3 Comments

Captain Beauclerk’s Prehistoric Horse Haunting

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Captain Beauclerk’s Prehistoric Horse Haunting

April 22, 2020 — 4 Comments

Jacopo Donati and the Bored Banshee

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Jacopo Donati and the Bored Banshee

April 20, 2020 — 7 Comments

Pro-Tips on How to Cheat the Devil

Anthropology, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Pro-Tips on How to Cheat the Devil

April 18, 2020 — 2 Comments

Bertholi is Burning: Deliberate Human Combustion

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Bertholi is Burning: Deliberate Human Combustion

April 11, 2020 — 4 Comments

A Monstrous Ticket to Ride: Liminal Locomotives

Anthropology, Folklore, Geography, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

A Monstrous Ticket to Ride: Liminal Locomotives

October 6, 2019 — 4 Comments

Human Salamanders: Check the Expiration Date on Your Superpowers

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Human Salamanders: Check the Expiration Date on Your Superpowers

September 4, 2019 — 2 Comments

Albert de Rochas, the Father of Future Life Progression

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

Albert de Rochas, the Father of Future Life Progression

August 31, 2019 — 2 Comments

The Phantom Black Dogs of Wheal Vor Mine

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

The Phantom Black Dogs of Wheal Vor Mine

August 28, 2019 — 2 Comments

Gardening with the Devil

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Gardening with the Devil

August 28, 2019 — 1 Comment

An Old Explanation for the Fermi Paradox: N ≈ L and L ain’t Looking Pretty

Anthropology, History, Mythology, Philosophy, Technology

An Old Explanation for the Fermi Paradox: N ≈ L and L ain’t Looking Pretty

August 19, 2019 — 2 Comments

Faerie Party Protocol: Surviving a Seelie Soirée

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Faerie Party Protocol: Surviving a Seelie Soirée

August 18, 2019 — 0 Comments

The Sleeping Preacher of North Alabama

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

The Sleeping Preacher of North Alabama

June 29, 2019 — 2 Comments

Anomalistic’s Faustian Bargain with Goethian Science

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Anomalistic’s Faustian Bargain with Goethian Science

June 11, 2019 — 0 Comments

Vetting Your Oracle: Even Prophets Need References

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Vetting Your Oracle: Even Prophets Need References

May 28, 2019 — 0 Comments

Tin Foil Haberdashery: Disclosure, Revelation, and Mysticism

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Tin Foil Haberdashery: Disclosure, Revelation, and Mysticism

April 10, 2019 — 3 Comments

Anomalous Airwaves: In My Defense, I was Left Unsupervised

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Anomalous Airwaves: In My Defense, I was Left Unsupervised

February 18, 2019 — 0 Comments

The Casper Constant: Ghosts as Natural Phenomena

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

The Casper Constant: Ghosts as Natural Phenomena

February 12, 2019 — 3 Comments

Some Phantasms are Just Phoning It In

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy

Some Phantasms are Just Phoning It In

January 31, 2019 — 1 Comment

Wherever You Go, There You Were: A Vardøger Goes to Tipperary

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Wherever You Go, There You Were: A Vardøger Goes to Tipperary

January 3, 2019 — 1 Comment

The Sorcerous Syndicate of Molfetta: Dodging the Inquisition

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Mythology, Occult

The Sorcerous Syndicate of Molfetta: Dodging the Inquisition

December 31, 2018 — 1 Comment

Ghost Writer: Stop the Phantom Presses

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Ghost Writer: Stop the Phantom Presses

December 4, 2018 — 0 Comments

Ghoulish Grudges: Do You Deserve to be Haunted?

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology

Ghoulish Grudges: Do You Deserve to be Haunted?

December 1, 2018 — 1 Comment

Exit Stage Left, Pursued by a Ghost Bear

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Exit Stage Left, Pursued by a Ghost Bear

November 6, 2018 — 0 Comments

Dead and Dreaming: Persistence of the Unconscious After Death

Anthropology, Folklore, Monsters, Mythology, Occult, Philosophy

Dead and Dreaming: Persistence of the Unconscious After Death

November 3, 2018 — 5 Comments

Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: Naked Ghosts and Phantom Fashion

Anthropology, Folklore, History, Monsters, Mythology, Occult

Queer Eye for the Dead Guy: Naked Ghosts and Phantom Fashion

August 30, 2018 — 3 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