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Welcome back to the world of dragons! this week we're headed to East Asian mythology to learn about Longs, the metabolism of the Uwabami, and what happens when you grant a pseudo-dragon's wishes!

References

Chinese Long

Dikötter, Frank (10 November 1997). The Construction of Racial Identities in China and Japan. C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-1850652878.

Tom, K. S. (1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends, and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0824812859.

"Dinosaur bones 'used as medicine'". BBC News. 2007-07-06. Retrieved 2007-07-06.

http://blog.tutorming.com/expats/chinese-dragon-western-difference-lucky

Korean Long and Imugi

'Korean Water and Mountain Spirits', in: Ingersoll, Ernest, et al., (2013). The Illustrated Book of Dragons and Dragon Lore. Chiang Mai: Cognoscenti Books. ASIN B00D959PJ0

Japanese Long

Heinrich, Amy Vladeck. 1997. Currents in Japanese Culture: Translations and Transformations. Columbia University Press.

Smith, G. Elliot. 1919. The Evolution of the Dragon. Longmans, Green & Co.

de Visser, Marinus Willern (1913), The Dragon in China and Japan, J. Müller, archived from the original on 2008-10-26.

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/dragon.shtml#tale-of-hoori

Uwabami and Yamata-no-orochi

http://www.blackdrago.com/fame/yamata.htm

http://www.blackdrago.com/species/uwabami.htm

Vietnamese Long

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_dragon

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/dragons-creatures-of-power/natural-history-of-dragons

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It's time to turn up the heat dear listeners! In honor of our 50th episode, lets take a deep dive into the realm of dragons and learn why you shouldn't throw your problems down the local well to deal with later!

References:

Dragon Hall of Fame

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dragons_in_mythology_and_folklore

http://www.blackdrago.com/fame.htm

Indo-european dragons

Jones, David E. (2000), An Instinct for Dragons, New York City, New York and London, England: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-92721-8

https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/dragons-creatures-of-power/european-dragons/

Lambton Worm

Ghosts of the North Country, Henry Tegner. Butler Publishing, 1991. ISBN 0-946928-40-1

Western dragons

Cohen, Daniel (1989). The encyclopedia of monsters. Michael O'Mara Books Limited. p. 231. ISBN 978-0-948397-94-3.

Jones, Thomas (1958–59). "The Story of Myrddin and the Five Dreams of Gwenddydd in the Chronicle of Elis Gruffydd". Etudes celtiques. 8.

Lindworms

Haimerl, Edgar (2013), "Sigurðr, a Medieval Hero", in Acker, Paul; Larrington, Carolyne, Revisiting the Poetic Edda: Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend, New York City, New York and London, England: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-203-09860-8

"645-646 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 16. Lee - Luvua)". runeberg.org. 22 January 2018.

St. George

Niles, Doug (2013), Dragons: The Myths, Legends, and Lore, Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, ISBN 978-1-4405-6216-7

Fafnir

Byock, Jesse L. (1990). Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23285-2.

Ichneumon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumon_(medieval_zoology)

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This week, local podcaster fails to come up with a title and we explore why you should always be kind to bats. Sorry for the delay on this one, moving cities is a task and a half~

References:

Bat Facts

http://www.batrescue.org/batfacts/batfacts.html

https://www.popsci.com/bats-immune-systems-are-totally-unique

Leutogi

Patricia Monaghan, PhD (2014).Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines

Camazotz

 E. Siarkiewicz, Słowo wstępne, [w:] Popol Vuh. Księga Rady Narodu Quiché, p 9.

   Miller, Mary; Karl Taube (2003) [1993]. An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames & Hudson. ISBN 0-500-27928-4. OCLC 28801551.

   Read, Kay Almere; Jason González (2000). Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology. Oxford: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-85109-340-0. OCLC 43879188.

Popol Vuh. Księga Rady Narodu Quiché, p 61-100.

pelota game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCzhtTjzWvU

BATMANS

Clark, Jerome and Coleman, Loren. Cryptozoology A-Z. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. Pages 26, 38, 125-127

Karl Shuker. The Beasts That Hide From Man. New York: Paraview, 2003. Pp. 84-107. ISBN 1-931044-64-3

Roberts, Ainslie; Mountford, Charles P. (1971). The First Sunrise: Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 22-3.

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Ahool

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Giant_Bats

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This week, lets learn about some creatures with fins, and find out how to make some money in the 1500s, what to do if you accidentally kill your mortal lover, and find a possible reason for why us humans have so little hair~

References:

Dugong

Jøn, A. Asbjørn (1998). "Dugongs and Mermaids, Selkies and Seals". Australian Folklore: A Yearly Journal of Folklore Studies. University of New England (13): 94–98. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

Marsh, H. et al. (2002). Dugong: status reports and action plans for countries and territories. IUCN.

"Dugong". National Geographic. Retrieved 26 March 2011.

Mermaids

Donald, A.K. (1895). "Melusine, Compiled (1382–1394 A.D.) by Jean D'Arras, Englisht About 1500". Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner. Retrieved November 20, 2012.

Donkin, R.A. (1998). Beyond price : pearl and pearl-fishing : origins to the age of discoveries. Philadelphia: American Philosophical society. p. 7. ISBN 978-0871692245.

Atargatis and Thesaloniki

John Day (1 December 2002). Yahweh and the Gods and Goddesses of Canaan

Rostovtseff, M. (January 1933). "Hadad and Atargatis at Palmyra". American Journal of Archeology. 37 (1): 58–63.

The "Teacher's Guide", Alexander (PDF), MPT, archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2008

Jenny Haniver and the Fiji Mermaid

Roger G-S. "Roles, Rules, and Rolls: Monster Monday: Jenny Haniver, Sea Clergy, and Morkoths". Retrieved 15 November 2014.

"Jenny Haniver". Wondercabinet. Retrieved 15 November 2014.

Barnum, P.T. (1871). Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P.T. Barnum. New York: American News Company. pp. 129–130.

"The Feejee Mermaid Archive". The Lost Museum. American Social History Project/Center for Media Learning. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

Aquatic Ape Hypothesis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis

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This week, lets meet the ancestors of the modern phoenix, and learn why you shouldn't pick up random feathers (especially if they're glowing), meet mythology's hottest power couple, and confirm that ornithologists are huge history nerds.

References:

Bennu

Budge, e. A. Wallis. The book of the dead the papyrus of ani in the british museum. The egyptian text with interlinear transliteration and translation, a running translation, introduction, etc. Http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/index.htm

Hart, George (2005). The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (Second ed.). New York: Routledge. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-415-34495-6.

Wilkinson, Richard H. (2003). The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. London: Thames & Hudson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennu_heron

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/benu.htm

Fenghuang

《尔雅·释鸟》郭璞注，鳳凰特徵是：“雞頭、燕頷、蛇頸、龜背、魚尾、五彩色，高六尺许”。

Nozedar, Adele (2006). The secret language of birds: A treasury of myths, folklore & inspirational true stories. London: HarperElement. p. 37.

Firebird

Massie, Suzanne (1980). Land of the Firebird. Simon and Schuster. pp. 18–19. ISBN 0-9644184-1-X.

Zheleytova, Irina. "Russian Fairytales: The Firebird and Princess Vassilissa". Retrieved 9 October 2012.

Phoenix

Garry, Jane; El-Shamy, Hasan (2005), Archetypes and Motifs in Folklore and Literature, ME Sharpe, ISBN 978-0-76561260-1

Herodotus, The Histories, Book II Trans. G. Rawlinson (1858)

Van der Broek, R (1972), The Myth of the Phoenix, Seeger, I trans, EJ Brill.

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When disaster strikes, sometimes the supernatural tries to preemptively lend a hand...but are we always ready to accept it?Lets learn about Mothman's extensive resume, a red dwarf with beautiful eyes, and two very sad and one not so sad gals-

References:

Mothman

"Couples See Man-Sized Bird...Creature...Something". Point Pleasant Register Point Pleasant, WV Wednesday, November 16, 1966. WestVA.Net, Mark Turner. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007

"First sighting of the Mothman". Wvcommerce.org. 1966-11-12.

Associated Press (Dec 1, 1966). "Monster Bird With Red Eyes May Be Crane". Gettysburg Times.

https://theportalist.com/4-alleged-mothman-sightings-that-preceded-disasters

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Mothman

http://www.unknownexplorers.com/blackbirdofchernobyl.php

Nain Rouge

Alan Naldrett (19 August 2014). Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-1-62585-191-8.

DeVito, Lee. "March 16, 2016, Arts & Culture - The legend of Detroit's Nain Rouge". metrotimes.com. Detroit Metro Times. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

"Marche Du Nain Rouge 2012: Detroit Revelers Kick Out The 'Red Dwarf' (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Huffpost Detroit. Retrieved 18 June 2015

"We Are Nain Rouge". We Are Nain Rouge. Retrieved 18 June 2015.

Banshees and other Ghoul-Pals

Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies. Pantheon Books. pp. 14–16. ISBN 0394409183.

Wiffen, B. B., Choice Notes from "Notes and Queries", P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries, William John Thoms. p. 32

Wirt Sikes. British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions. (2nd edition) London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1880.

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This week, lets learn about your new, highly fashionable defense attorney, and hear the story of why not everyone should follow their dreams, especially if they involve unicorns~

References:

Unicorns

http://mentalfloss.com/article/79557/curious-case-ringlings-living-unicorn

Ctesias (390 BC). "45". Indica (Τα Ἰνδικά)

Linda S Godfrey (2009). Mythical creatures. Chelsea House Publishers. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-7910-9394-8.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40421599/inside-the-unicorn-economy

Qilin

Wilson, Samuel M. "The Emperor's Giraffe", Natural History Vol. 101, No. 12, December 1992

"qilin (Chinese mythology)". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 24 July 2011.

http://yokai.com/kirin/

http://www.chinasage.info/dragons.htm

http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/gentle-and-benevolent-qilin-chinese-mythology-001933

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This week we finish our saurian studded world wide tour with a cattle rustler in the outback, a dinosaur that just wants to get ahead in Papa New Guinea, and the most famous dinosaur cryptids you've never heard of~

Expeditions:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mokele-mbembe

Mokèlé-mbèmbé

Clark, Jerome (1993). Unexplained! 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena. Visible Ink Press

Gibbons, William J. (2006). Missionaries And Monsters. Coachwhip Publications. ISBN 978-1930585249.

Mackal, Roy P. (1987). A Living Dinosaur? In Search of Mokele-Mbembe

Regusters, Herman A. (1982). Munger, Ned, ed. "Mokele-Mbembe: An Investigation into Rumors Concerning a Strange Animal in the Republic of the Congo, 1981"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicraeosaurus

Nguma-monene

Baigent, Michael (August 26, 1999). Ancient Traces: Mysteries in Ancient and Early History. Penguin UK. ISBN 0141928352.

Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu

Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu, Cryptozoology.net

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentrosaurus

ngamba-namae

Loren Coleman (21 January 2006). Emela-Ntouka: Africa's Killer of Elephants. Cryptomundo. Accessed April 2016.

Loren Coleman & Jerome Clark (1999). Cryptozoology A-Z. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780684856025.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styracosaurus

Burrunjor

http://tylerscryptozoo.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-burrunjor-present-day-australian.html

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Burrunjor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australovenator

Kaiaimunu

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Kaiaimunu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therizinosaurus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantoraptor

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Life finds a way....and this week, we're going to talk about where and how you might expect to run into that life!! That's right, buckle up for a special two parter on Dinos, Dinos, and more dinos! Because why let the extant species have all the fun?

References

Arica Monster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atacama_Desert

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Arica_Monster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromaeosauridae#Group_behavior

http://s8int.com/phile/dino44.html

Quetzalcoatlus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus#Cultural_significance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagornis_sandersi

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Thunderbird

https://truewestmagazine.com/tombstones-flying-monster/

Lone Pine Mountain Devil

http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Lone_Pine_Mountain_Devil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinornithosaurus#Paleobiology

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microraptoria

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This week, we'll take a look at two common types of animal wives, and learn how forcing someone to marry you can doom an entire island!

References

Swan Maiden

Bolte, Johannes; Polívka, Jiří (2014) [1918]. "193. Der Trommler". Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- und Hausmärchen der Brüder Grimm (in German). 4. Dieterich. pp. 406–417 (416).

Miller, Alan L. (1987), "The Swan-Maiden Revisited: Religious Significance of" Divine-Wife" Folktales with Special Reference to Japan", Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 46 (No. 1): 55–86, JSTOR 1177885

Selkie

“Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes". 42. July 1884: 355–356.

Hardie, Alison (20 January 2007). "Dramatic decline in island common seal populations baffles experts". The Scotsman. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

Animal Wive Tales

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/type0402.html

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