Monsters' Advocate

Monsters' Advocate

By Cailyn ToomeySociety & Culture
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  • Lit

    This week, lets do the opposite of literally every rule in the fae book and go towards the light! Who knows, you may just end up crashing the cutest wedding ever~

    References

    Boi tata

    [The BOITATÁ]. Terrabrasileira.net (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on December 18, 2009.

    CASCUDO, Chamber , Dictionary of Brazilian Folklore

    FERREIRA, Aurelio Buarque de Hollanda. Aurelio dictionary

    Kitsunebi

    鈴木 2002, pp. 38–39

    多田 1990, pp. 344–345

    Lombardi, Linda. "Kitsune: The Fantastic Japanese Fox". tofugu.com

    Colt Pixy and Friends

    William Grant Stewart (1823). The Popular Superstitions and Festive Amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland. pp.161-162.

    "Colypixy". Pandius.com. Retrieved November 18, 2011.

    Hand of Glory

    Baker, Frank (1888). "Anthropologocal Notes on the Human Hand". American Anthropologist. 1 (1): 51–76. doi:10.1525/aa.1888.1.1.02a00040

    Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Stephen (2000). A Dictionary of English Folklore. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 455–456. ISBN 9780192100191.


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    18 min
  • Heartfreeze- A Patreon Bonus Episode
    I partied a little too hard last week...and so, I didn't finish the episode I intended to release this week on time. Anyone up for a bonus episode instead? Here's a sneak peak at the sort of bonus content you would get if you were a Monsters' Advocate patron! Enjoy~References:http://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2009/01/cannibal-giants-of-snowy-northern.htmlhttp://www.native-languages.org/chenoo.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/al49.htm#fr_131

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    18 min
  • Cold Snap
    This week, lets cozy up with some familiar carnivores in some unfamiliar shapes and learn a little bit more about some creatures of Inuit mythology.ReferencesArtic wolfhttp://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/profiles/mammals/arcticwolf/AmarokRink, Hinrich (1997). Tales and Traditions of the Eskimo. Mineola: Dover Publications. ISBN 9780486299662Macdonald, David (1992) The Velvet Claw: A Natural History of the Carnivores, p. 119-144, New York: Parkwest, ISBN 0-563-20844-9http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/WaheelaAmphycionidsJacobs, Louis L. Jacobs; Scott, Kathleen Marie: Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Terrestrial carnivores, Cambridge University Press, 1998Sorkin, B. 2008: A biomechanical constraint on body mass in terrestrial mammalian predators. Lethaia, Vol. 41, pp. 333–347.KeelutToombs, Terrye (June 12, 2012). "Alaska folklore: Five mythical creatures of the Last Frontier". Alaska Dispatch Publishing. Alaska Dispatch News. Retrieved January 22, 2015Keelut Comes to Akliasuk.” Norman, Robert. Dalhousie Review; Spring2010, Vol. 90 Issue 1, p75-75, 1pAkhlutCarol Rose (2001). Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth. W. W. Norton. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-393-32211-8.Polly, Paul D. "Pakicetus (fossil Mammal Genus)". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 24 Oct 2013.Scott Francis (11 July 2007). "The Akhlut". Monster Spotter's Guide to North America. F+W Media. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-4403-0312-8. Retrieved 11 October 2013.

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    16 min
  • An Encounter of the Interview Kind
    Welcome to 2018! Let's bring in the New Year with a very special interview with special guest Nicholas Sauerbrunn, full time alien enthusiast, part time cousin.

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    13 min
  • Happy Howlidays
    It's almost here folks, the shortest day of the year! Thursday December 21st is the winter solstice, and that means in addition to all the human winter festivities taking place, all the creatures of darkness are getting up to festivities too! Lets learn about the hardest working monster of them all, and werewolf birthday parties!ReferencesKallikantzaroiMiles, Clement A. (2008). Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan. USA: Zhingoora Books. p. 244. ISBN 978-1434473769.Vuković, Milan T. (2004). "Божићни празници". Народни обичаји, веровања и пословице код Срба [Serbian folk customs, beliefs, and sayings] (in Serbian) (12 ed.).https://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/christmas.htmlhttp://villains.wikia.com/wiki/KallikantzarosChristmas werewolveshttp://blog.sfgate.com/culture/2009/12/20/25-days-of-weird-christmas-christmas-werewolves/http://ilovewerewolves.com/did-you-know-being-born-on-christmas-eve-or-christmas-day-might-make-you-a-werewolf/http://www.americas-most-haunted.com/2015/12/17/weird-christmas-werewolves-of-yule/

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    15 min
  • Crawl
    Are you itching for more invertebrate content? Well itch no more! This week, lets take a look at just a few invertebrates and their relationship to mythology in a very special slightly longer episode~References:The Scarab, the Mantis, and The CicadaClausen, Lucy W. (1954). Insect Fact and Folklore. Macmillan, New York.Egan, Rory B. (1994). Cicada in Ancient Greece. Third issue, November 1994.Pat Remler (2010). "Scarab beetle". Egyptian Mythology A to Z (3rd ed.). Infobase Publishing. pp. 169–171. ISBN 978-1-60413-926-6.Prete, Frederick R.; Wells, Harrington.: Wells, Patrick H. (1999). "The Predatory Behavior of Mantids: Historical Attitudes and Contemporary Questions". In Prete, Fredrick R.; Wells, Harrington; Wells, Patrick H.; Hurd, Lawrence E. The Praying Mantids. Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 3–8. ISBN 978-0-8018-6174-1.MukadeCherry, R. 2002.The functions of insects in mythology. Amer. Entomol. 48 (3): 134-136. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra_subspinipes#Diet_and_behaviourWeewillmekqhttp://www.native-languages.org/weewillmekq.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ne/al/al69.htmMongolian Death WormRoy Chapman Andrews (1932). The New Conquest of Central Asia: a narrative of the explorations of the Central Asiatic expeditions in Mongolia and China, 1921-1930.Daniel Harris (2007-06-26). "The Mongolian death worm"

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    22 min
  • Hog Wild
    Here piggy piggy, there piggy piggy, everywhere piggy piggy~ Lets learn about some giant boars in mythology,and find out just what makes boars such good monsters!Hint: the tusks don't hurtReferenceWild Boarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boarhttp://factsanddetails.com/asian/Northern_Asian_and_European_Animals/sub2_8b/entry-4910.htmlTwrch TrwythJones, Gwyn; Jones, Thomas (1993), "Culhwch and Olwen", The Mabinogion, Everyman Library, London: J.M.Dent, pp. 80–113, ISBN 0-460-87297-4 (Revised edition 1993; Indexed 1989; first published Everyman Library 1949)Babi NgepetSunyoto, Agus (2004). Sang pembaharu: perjuangan dan ajaran Syaikh Siti Jenar. LKiS Pelangi Aksara. ISBN 978-979-3381-55-8.Asian Folklore Institute; Society for Asian Folklore; JSTOR (Organization); American Theological Library Association (Jul 20, 2010). Asian folklore studies, Volume 65, Issues 1-2. Asian Folklore Institute.Jimmy Squarefoot"Jimmy Squarefoot". The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World. 10. Harper Collins. p. 342.Kamapua’aAlameida, Roy (1997) Stories of Old Hawaii, Bess Press, ISBN 978-1-57306-026-4.Martha Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology (University of Hawaii Press, 1940), 205-206.Beast of Dean"The Beast Of Dean". Forteana. Retrieved 2011-06-12.“Wild Boar in Britain - Extinction and Return". British Wild Boar. Retrieved 2011-10-13.

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    17 min
  • Samhain
    This week, we learn the reason for the season, and I suggest going door to door posing as a dangerous otherworldly being to threaten your neighbors into giving you food!

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    16 min
  • Unexpected
    Wish on falling stars all you want, just don't go chasing them.Facebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: [email protected], Frank C (2004). The Braxton County Monster: The Cover-Up of the Flatwoods Monster Revealed. Quarrier Press. ISBN 1-891852-37-X.Nickell, Joe (2000-11-01). "Investigative Files: The Flatwoods UFO Monster""More On The "Green Monster"". Civilian Saucer Investigation (Winter Edition). Project 1947 (Republished by). 1 (2). 1953.https://www.csicop.org/si/show/flatwoods_ufo_monsterhttp://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Flatwoods_Monsterhttps://wvexplorer.com/2014/04/03/five-west-virginia-monsters-0005/3/

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    16 min
  • Not What They Seem
    Where-hyena? Why, all across Africa of course! This week, lets learn all about the spotted hyena, one of most fascinating cats to ever be called a dog.Facebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: [email protected] HyenaEstes, Richard (1992). "The behavior guide to African mammals: including hoofed mammals, carnivores, primates". University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-08085-8.Glickman, Stephen (1995). "The Spotted Hyena from Aristotle to the Lion King: Reputation is Everything – In the Company of Animals", Social Research, Volume 62Kruuk, Hans (1972). "The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behaviour". University of California Press. ISBN 0226455084.Hyaena Specialist Group - Spotted Hyena: Diet and Foraging Archived 2011-02-04 at the Wayback Machine.. Hyaenidae.org. Retrieved on 2015-11-06.WerehyenaWoodward, Ian (1979). The Werewolf Delusion. p. 256. ISBN 0-448-23170-0.KishiMack, Carol K.; Dinah Mack (1999). A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits. Macmillan http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/12/carol-mack-demons-fairies.BoudaSalamon, Hagar (1999). The Hyena People: Ethiopian Jews in Christian Ethiopia. ISBN 0-520-21901-5.Wagaw, Teshome G. For Our Soul: Ethiopian Jews in Israel. Detroit: Wayne State Univ. Press, 1993."The Magicality of the Hyena: Beliefs and Practices in West and South Asia" (PDF). Asian Folklore Studies, Volume 57, 1998: 331–344. June 2008.http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/06/26/the-were-hyenas-of-ethiopia/

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    18 min

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A podcast about the unsung heroes of myths and legends-the monsters! We'll take a look at some monster-centric myths and legends, some not so ancient cryptids, and everything in-between and try to…