Monsters' Advocate

Ever wonder what scares an old timey lumberjack? No? Well its time to find out anyway with a collection of monsters so bizarre and wonderful that they have their own group name!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: [email protected]:Fearsome CrittersCohen, Daniel. Monsters, Giants, and Little Men from Mars: An Unnatural History of the Americas. (New York: Doubleday, 1975)Dorson, Richard M. Man and Beast in American Comic Legend. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1982.)Tryon, Henry Harrington. Fearsome Critters. (Cornwall, NY: Idlewild Press, 1939)Squonk, Axehandle hound, Argopelter and the TripoderoBorges, Jorge Luis (2005). Book of Imaginary Beings. New York: Viking Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-670-89180-0.Cox, William T. with Latin Classifications by George B. Sudworth. Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods. (Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler Inc., 1910Matthews, John, and Caitlin Matthews. The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: The Ultimate A-Z of Fantastic Beings from Myth and Magic. London: HarperElement, 2005. Print.Wyman, Walker D. Mythical Creatures of the USA and Canada. (River Falls, WI: Univ of Wisconsin Riverfalls Press,1978.)Hidebehind, Ball-Tailed Cat, Wampus CatBotkin, B.A. The American People: Stories, Legends, Tales, Traditions and Songs. (New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1977)Paul G. Hoffman and S. E. Schlosser, Spooky South: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore (Chapter 16, Wampus cat, Knoxville, Tennessee)Randolph, Vance. We Always Lie to Strangers: Tall Tales from the Ozarks. (New York: Columbia University Press, 1951.)Jackalope, Hodag,SnallygasterDelbridge, Rena (2006-12-16). "Chasing the Jackalope". Casper Star-Tribune. Casper, Wyoming. Retrieved 2015-01-31.Holly Hilgenberg. "In search of the Hodag". CURB Magazine. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.Hooper, Anne B. (1974). Braddock Heights: A Glance Backward. Great Southern Printing Co. p. 71-72. ASIN B0006CEDUA.Kearney, Lake Shore. The Hodag and Other Tales of the Logging Camps. (Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1928)

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This episode is all about horses who like to bite,and is extra long because I didn't realize how many waterhorses there are! Like for real, what's going on with all these murder ponies?Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: [email protected] (2002), p. 67Traill Dennison (1891), p. 131Westwood & Kingshill (2012), p. 388TangieBriggs, Katharine Mary (2002), Fairies in Tradition and Literature, Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-415-28601-5Edmondston, Thomas (1866), An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect, Adam and Charles Black, pp. 125, 126Ceffyl DŵrRose, Carol (2001). Giants, Monsters & Dragons, An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend and Myth. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-32211-8.Kelpie and Each-usigeBown, Nicola (2001), Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-79315-5Briggs, Katharine (1976). An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures. Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books. pp. 115–16. ISBN 0-394-73467-X.Spence, Lewis (1999) [1945], The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain, Courier Dover Publications, ISBN 978-0-486-40447-9Varner, Gary R. (2007), Creatures in the Mist: Little People, Wild Men and Spirit Beings around the World: A Study in Comparative Mythology, Algora, ISBN 978-0-87586-545-4Westwood, Jennifer; Kingshill, Sophia (2012), The Lore of Scotland: A Guide to Scottish Legends, Random House, ISBN 978-1-4090-6171-7Mares of DiomedesPseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca ii.5.8The Man-eater of LucknowO'Reilly, CuChullaine. Deadly Equines: The Shocking True Story of Meat-eating and Murderous Horses. Walla Walla, WA: Long Riders' Guild, 2011. Print.

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This week, please enjoy something a little different; an extra special interview with our resident zombie expert! We'll go over zombie-the origin story, different types of brain munchers, and real life walkers both human and other!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: [email protected], Hans-W, and Jeanine Gauthier. "The Ways and Nature of the Zombi." JSTOR.American Folklore Society, 1991. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.Buckland, Raymond. Signs, Symbols & Omens: An Illustrated Guide to Magical & Spiritual Symbolism. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2003. Print.Danticat, Edwidge. The Farming of Bones: A Novel. New York, NY: Penguin, 1998. Print. Dubois, Laurent. "Vodou and History." JSTOR. Michigan State University, Jan. 2001. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.Largey, Michael. "Recombinant Mythology and the Alchemy of Memory: Occide Jeanty, Ogou, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Haiti." JSTOR. American Folklore Society, 2005. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.Nozedar, Adele. The Element Encyclopedia of Secret Signs and Symbols: The Ultimate A-Z Guide from Alchemy to the Zodiac. London: HarperElement, 2008. Print.Nozedar, Adele. The Illustrated Signs & Symbols Sourcebook: An A to Z Compendium of over 1000 Designs. New York: Metro, 2010. Print.Rhys, Jean, Charlotte Brontë, and Judith L. Raiskin. Wide Sargasso Sea: Backgrounds, Criticism. New York: W.W. Norton, 1999. Print. Sanchez-Carretero, Cristina. "Santos Y Misterios as Channels of Communication in the Diaspora: Afro-Dominican Religious Practices Abroad." JSTOR. American Folklore Society, 2005. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.Walcott, Derek. The Odyssey: A Stage Version. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1993. Print.

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Hi Everyone! Sorry about the impromptu haitus last week :< Please accept my apologies and some crazy stories about amphibians. Also I lost the last story at the end and had to re-record, so excuse the sudden random shift in tone!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: [email protected]:Alp-luachraKirk, Robert (1933) [1893]. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-46611-8http://listverse.com/2013/07/05/10-fascinating-creatures-from-british-isles-mythology/Fire Salamanders in Pop Culturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_salamander_in_popular_cultureWitch SlangBeale, Nigel. "Macbeth and what was in the Witches Brew." Literary Tourist. Oct. 2, 2009. (Jan. 10, 2015) http://literarytourist.com/2009/10/macbeth-and-what-was-in-the-witches-brew/Erzulies. "Love Spells, Voodoo Spells, Witchcraft Spells and Herbal Magic!" 2014. (Jan. 10, 2015) http://erzulies.com/herbs-of-the-darker-artsNewts and SalamandersAlain Dubois and Roger Bour, The nomenclatural status of the nomina of amphibians and reptiles created by Garsault (1764), with a parsimonious solution to an old nomenclatural problem regarding the genus Bufo (Amphibia, Anura), comments on the taxonomy of this genus, and comments on some nomina created by Laurenti (1768), Zootaxa 2447 (2010), 1–52.Book XX: Humorous Writings, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880Brasey, Édouard (14 September 2007). La Petite Encyclopédie du merveilleux. Paris: Éditions le pré aux clercs. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-2842283216.Clare Browne, "Salamander's Wool: The Historical Evidence for Textiles Woven with Asbestos Fibre", Textile History, Volume 34, Number 1, May 2003, pp. 64-73(10)Lanza, B., Vanni, S., & Nistri, A. (1998). Cogger, H.G. & Zweifel, R.G., ed. Encyclopedia of Reptiles and Amphibians. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 73–74. ISBN 0-12-178560-2.Pliny the Elder (c. 100). Natural History. pp. Book 10, 86."Salamandra and the Flames of Hell" by Reb Chaim HaQotonTheophrast von Hohenheim a.k.a. Paracelsus, Sämtliche Werke: Abt. 1, v. 14, sec. 7, Liber de nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris et de caeteris spiritibus. Karl Sudhoff and Wilh. Matthießen, eds. Munich:Oldenbourg, 1933.White, T. H. (1992) [1954]. The Book of Beasts: Being a Translation From a Latin Bestiary of the Twelfth Century. Alan Sutton. pp. 183–184. ISBN 0-7509-0206-X

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This week we'll go over some monsters that love to hate, and JK Rowling will briefly thwart our quest to find awesome monsters. Not to worry though, we always get our monsterLets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoEmail: [email protected]:The Garuda and the NagaVishnu Purana: Book I, Chapter XV The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840. p. 112.http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/air-creatures-of-the-sky/opposites-attack/The Lion and The UnicornOpie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 442-3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_UnicornThe Thunderbird and The Horned SerpentBouck, Jill and James B. Richardson (2007). "Enduring Icon: A Wampanoag Thunderbird on an Eighteenth Century English Manuscript From Martha's Vineyard". Archaeology of Eastern North America. 35: 11–19.Vecsey, Christopher (1983). Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes. 152. American Philosophical Society. p. 75.http://www.native-languages.org/horned-serpent.htmWerewolves and Vampshttp://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/6546/where-did-the-notion-that-werewolves-and-vampires-are-at-odds-originate

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Harpy Holidays everyone! This episode doesn't contain any Harpies, but monster puns are hard. Despite the lack of Harpies, please enjoy learning about a few much under-celebrated Christmas monsters.*Disclaimer: this episode contains mentions of holiday themed evisceration, as well as gratuitous child-eating and minor mentions of corporal punishment. Please use your discretion in determining if your child is ready to handle these topics.*Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoEmail: [email protected]:Saber-tooth Catshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401112022.htmhttp://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/did-humans-coexist-saber-cats/Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblinshttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/496802.Hershel_and_the_Hanukkah_GoblinsThe Yule CatJólakötturinn (National Museum of Iceland)http://web.archive.org/web/20050108092720/http://www.simnet.is/gardarj/yule11.htmFrau BerchtaGrimm 1882:280–81Smith, John B. "Perchta the Belly-Slitter and Her Kin: A View of Some Traditional Threatening Figures, Threats and Punishments." Folklore 115.2 (2004): 167-86Wagner 2007La BefanaD. Augustine de Civit. Dei, lib. iv. c. 16.Illes, Judika. Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses (2009) p. 269. ISBN 978-0-06-135024-5"Italian Christmas tradition of "La Befana"." Italian-Link.com n.d. 15 Dec, 2009GrylaGrýla, Grýlur, Grøleks And Skeklers (Christmas in Iceland 2000)Grýla - Responsible For The Year's Biggest Volcanic Eruption". The Onion. Retrieved 16 Dec 2016http://icelandreview.com/news/2012/11/27/iceland-ogress-gains-worldwide-attentionhttp://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-20799889

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This episode we'll be covering some rather polite monsters who just want you to be the best you you can be-even if that means smothering you.Lets Be SocialFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:https://monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:https://monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Email: [email protected] Giant Salamander"Japanese Giant Salamander". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Retrieved 2016-06-13.Japanese River OtterMueller, Jennifer. "Extinct Otters". PawNation. Demand Media. Retrieved October 23, 2014.Kappa怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: 河童雑談 [Folktale Data of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai] (in Japanese). International Research Center for Japanese Studies.Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. pp. 195–196. ISBN 1-57607-467-6. Retrieved December 22, 2010.Foster, M. D. (1998). "The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan". Asian Folklore Studies, 57:1, 1-24.Eiichirô, Ishida (1950). "The Kappa Legend". Folklore Studies. 9: 1–2. JSTOR 1177401.Loup Garouhttp://mentalfloss.com/article/81818/8-mythical-canadian-monstershttp://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loup-garou/Domovihttp://rbth.com/arts/2014/06/13/scary_monsters_russias_creatures_of_folklore_live_on_36659.htmlTokarev, Sergei Aleksandrovich. (1957) Религиозные верования восточнославянских народов XIX — начала XX века [The religious beliefs of the peoples of East 19th – early 20th centuries]. AN SSSR Moscow and Leningrad. p. 97.Ivanits, Linda J. (1989) Russian Folk Belief. Routledge. p. 49-54 ISBN 0-873-32889-2Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2000). Ancient Deities: An Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. p. 155.

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This week's episode is all about the owlsEnjoy finding a new cure for alcoholism, a story about an owl looking for love, and some not so good old fashioned were-owls .Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonstersAdvocateemail : [email protected]. References:Athena and the Little OwlDeacy, Susan, and Alexandra Villing. Athena in the Classical World. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2001. Print.Owls in Aztec Mythology"Mictlantecuhtli". Ancient History Encyclopedia.LakshmiAjnatanama (1983), Symbolism in Hinduism, Chinmaya Mission Publication, ISBN 978-8175971493, page 317-318Owl FactoidsBrowne, Vee. 1995. "Animal Lore & Legend: Owl". Scholastic.Knowling, Philip. 1998. "A Wisdom of Owls". Avenue Press.Weinstein, Krystyna. 1990. "The Owl In Art Myth & Legend". Universal Books Limited.Stikini and Big Owlhttp://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/stikini.htmhttp://www.native-languages.org/big-owl.htmThe Owl Husbandhttp://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheOwlHusband-Passamaquoddy.htmlRedfeatherhttps://www.mpm.edu/wirp/ICW-141.html#redfeatherAdapted from Beatrice Blackwood, 1929, "Tales of the Chippewa Indians," Folk-Lore 40[4]:315-44

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This week's episode is up a little early because I have a flight to Oregon to catch tomorrow!Enjoy an episode about some of our favorite hematophages, featuring media darling El Chupacabra.Also, we have an email now! [email protected]. If you have any suggestions for topics, cool info about past monsters, or if there’s anything you’d like to hear more of please write in to let me know!References:Everyday Bloodsuckershttp://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/flying-snake/http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151214-nine-creatures-that-drink-the-blood-of-other-animalshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematophagyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_mockingbirdhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat#Ecology_and_lifecycleChuppacabra José Toribio Medina. Memorias de un Oficial de Marina Ingles al servicio de Chile durante los años 1821 - 1829. Imprenta Universitaria, 1923. Wagner, Stephen. "On the trail of the Chupacabras". Retrieved October 5, 2007.Wagner, Stephen. "The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times". Retrieved October 5, 2007.'Hybrid Mutant' Found Dead in Maine". Associated Press. August 16, 2006"Chupacabra the Goatsucker Vampire Sightings Reported in Central Russia". MosNews. April 17, 2006.PeuchenCompendio de la Historia Geográfica, Natural y Civil del Reino de Chile, por el Abate Don Juan Ignacio Molina. Primera Parte. Biblioteca del Bicentenario. Pehuén Editores, 2000.Jubokko:Gupta, D.; Bleakley, B.; Gupta, R.K. (2007). "Dragon's blood: Botany, chemistry and therapeutic uses" (PDF). Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 115 (3): 361–380. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2007.10.018. PMID 18060708. Retrieved 2015-02-17Kunio Yanagita. Youkai Stories, Kodansha (Kodansha Academic Book Collection), 1977, pg. 196-216.ISBN 4-061-58135-X.https://www.quora.com/What-will-happen-if-I-water-plants-with-human-blood

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Monster's Advocate will be a weekly podcast focused around the unsung heros 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 inbetween and try to sort out possible origin species, biological impetus for why they do what they do, and why we love to hear about them. Today's episode will be about some sweet legendary dogs!References: Dog FactsSkoglund, P.; Ersmark, E.; Palkopoulou, E.; Dalén, L. (2015). "Ancient Wolf Genome Reveals an Early Divergence of Domestic Dog Ancestors and Admixture into High-Latitude Breeds". Current Biology. 25 (11): 1515–9. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.019. PMID 26004765."Introduction to Coat Color Genetics" from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008The Mini-Atlas of Dog Breeds by Andrew De Prisco, ISBN 0-86622-091-7, 1990, page 149,"... and Mastiffs were crossbred with the indigenous dogs, which were probably descendants of the ancient Molossus. The dogs were bred to fight to the death in the silent, stoic, ..."CerberusHesiod, Theogony 309–324 (although it is not certain whom Hesiod meant as the mother of the Chimera: Echidna, the Hydra, or Ceto); Apollodorus, 2.5.10, 2.3.1; Hyginus, Fabulae Preface.Gantz p. 22; Ogden 2013a, p. 105, with n. 182; Hesiod, Theogony 311–312; Pindar, fragment F249a/b SM, from a lost Pindar poem on Heracles in the underworld, according to a scholia on the Iliad.West, David, p. 108; Ogden 2013a, p. 107; Horace, Odes 3.11.17–20 (West,David, pp. 101–103) ("a hundred snakes … triple-tongued"), Odes 2.13.33–36 ("hundred-headed"), Odes 2.19.29–32 ("triple tongue").Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006). "Chapter 25.10: Death and the Otherworld". Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World. Oxford, GBR: Oxford University Press. p. 439. ISBN 978-0-19-928791-8. OCLC 139999117.InugamiTakeshi Abe, Adam Beltz: The Negima Reader: Secrets Behind the Magic. DH Publishing Inc, 2007, ISBN 1932897240, page 49–51.Moku Jōya: Mock Jōya's Things Japanese. Japan Times, Tokyo 1985, page 408–412.Kazuhiko, Komatsu. "Seimei jinja" 28-61Black ShuckAbraham Adams, A strange, and terrible wunder, London 1577, reprinted 1948Enid Porter, Cambridgeshire customs and folklore: with Fenland material provided, Taylor & Francis, George M. Eberhart, Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology: Volume 1, 2002, p. 63969, p.53Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson, The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys, Penguin, 2005, pp.687-688John Seymour, The companion guide to East Anglia, Collins, 1977Dr Simon Sherwood, Apparitions of Black Dogs, University of Northampton Psychology Department, 2008Church GrimArrowsmith, Nancy A Field Guide to the Little People, London:Pan 1978 ISBN 0-330-25425-1Tongue, Ruth Country Folk-Lore, Vol. VIII, p. 108

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