Willing & Fable

Tracey tells the tale of the most famous baroque painter you've probably never heard of.

This week we deep dive into the life and work of Artemisia Gentileschi.

Sources

Wikipedia

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

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

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

National gallery

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/artemisia-gentileschi

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio

Brooklyn Museum

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/artemisia_gentileschi

Art History Archive

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/baroque/Artemisia-Gentileschi.html

New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/10/05/a-fuller-picture-of-artemisia-gentileschi

Smithsonian

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/artemisias-moment-62150147/

Biography

https://www.biography.com/artist/artemisia-gentileschi

1000 Museums

https://www.1000museums.com/artemisia-gentileschi-paintings/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw4cOEBhDMARIsAA3XDRjOlsiF-1rhmHVqIAZ27UINiMgO9hIcrHRfz373qpedSMTQon8k77waAt9aEALw_wcB

The Art Story

https://www.theartstory.org/artist/gentileschi-artemisia/life-and-legacy/

The Baroque Badassery of Artemisia Gentileschi - Odd Salon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdOpOGQ3CU&ab_channel=OddSalon

Know the Artist - Several Circles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS6VJZhhOWs&ab_channel=SeveralCircles

The Trials of Artemisia Gentileschi: A Rape as History

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2671289?seq=1

National Gallery

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/past/artemisia/artemisias-rape-trial

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio

Tuscany Villas

https://www.tuscany-villas.it/to-tuscany/2017/localities/florence/judith-slaying-holofernes

Royal Collection Trust

https://www.rct.uk/collection/405551/self-portrait-as-the-allegory-of-painting-la-pittura

Daily Art

https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/artemisia-gentileschi-rape-survivor-revenge/

The Virtual Instructor

https://thevirtualinstructor.com/blog/baroque-painting-technique

Earth Date

https://www.earthdate.org/colorful-history-of-paint

In part two of our two part series on Bluebeard, special guest Kailey Bray talks more about this story.

In this episode the trio dives deep into the history that inspired the story, and the affects it has on audiences today.

Sources

General Story info:

Story

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

https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/4858/blue-beard/

Charles Perrault, The Complete Fairy Tales, A new translation by 

Christopher Betts (Oxford World Classics)

History:

Perrault and his “daughters”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Charlotte_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

https://anecdota.princeton.edu/archives/500#footnote

https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/charles-perrault

https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/232724

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

Conomor the Accursed

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

https://www.boneandsickle.com/category/conomor-the-accursed/

https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/the-breton-bluebeard-and-his-bride/

Gilles de Rais

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gilles-de-rais-bluebeard

http://gillesderaiswasinnocent.blogspot.com/

Gilles de Rais by Jean Benedetti

James Watson

https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/james-bluebeard-watson-serial-killer-14490554.php

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2014/02/15/unsolved-secrets-of-lost-spokane-episode-2-bluebeard

https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-prolific-murders-and-marriages-of-james-p-watson-afb8216b83e7

Helmuth Schmidt

http://alenereaugh.com/passion-flower/synopsis/

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

Analysis:

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes

Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and his Wives by Maria Tatar

https://blog.pshares.org/women-who-open-doors-bluebeard-and-horror/

https://theattic.jezebel.com/something-is-wrong-in-this-house-how-bluebeard-became-1829596691

https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2019/07/bluebeard.html

From the Beast to the Blonde: Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner

Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar

https://www.grunge.com/238435/the-legend-of-bluebeard-finally-explained/

Mother Goose Refigured, A critical translation of Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales by Christine A. Jones

Pop Culture:

Magpie Games

https://magpiegames.com/bluebeards-bride/\

"Bones" by Francesca Lia Block (from The Rose and the Beast)

We bring in special guest Kailey Bray to talk to you about the legendary fairytale, Bluebeard.

In the first of our two part series on this figure, Rowan, Tracey, and Kailey talk about the history of Bluebeard and his author Charles Perrault.

Sources

General Story info:

Story

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

https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/68/fairy-tales-and-other-traditional-stories/4858/blue-beard/

Charles Perrault, The Complete Fairy Tales, A new translation by 

Christopher Betts (Oxford World Classics)

History:

Perrault and his “daughters”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89lisabeth_Charlotte_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans

https://anecdota.princeton.edu/archives/500#footnote

https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/charles-perrault

https://www.themorgan.org/literary-historical/232724

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

Conomor the Accursed

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

https://www.boneandsickle.com/category/conomor-the-accursed/

https://bonjourfrombrittany.wordpress.com/2020/06/28/the-breton-bluebeard-and-his-bride/

Gilles de Rais

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gilles-de-rais-bluebeard

http://gillesderaiswasinnocent.blogspot.com/

Gilles de Rais by Jean Benedetti

James Watson

https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/james-bluebeard-watson-serial-killer-14490554.php

https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2014/02/15/unsolved-secrets-of-lost-spokane-episode-2-bluebeard

https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-prolific-murders-and-marriages-of-james-p-watson-afb8216b83e7

Helmuth Schmidt

http://alenereaugh.com/passion-flower/synopsis/

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

Analysis:

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes

Secrets Beyond the Door: The Story of Bluebeard and his Wives by Maria Tatar

https://blog.pshares.org/women-who-open-doors-bluebeard-and-horror/

https://theattic.jezebel.com/something-is-wrong-in-this-house-how-bluebeard-became-1829596691

https://www.terriwindling.com/blog/2019/07/bluebeard.html

From the Beast to the Blonde: Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner

Classic Fairy Tales by Maria Tatar

https://www.grunge.com/238435/the-legend-of-bluebeard-finally-explained/

Mother Goose Refigured, A critical translation of Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales by Christine A. Jones

Pop Culture:

Magpie Games

https://magpiegames.com/bluebeards-bride/\

"Bones" by Francesca Lia Block (from The Rose and the Beast)

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This week we bring you two tales of trickster gods, Anansi and Kokopelli.

Or as we call them God of Sick Burns and God of a Good Time.

Sources

Wikipedia 

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

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-ethnicity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%27er_Rabbit

Myth Encyclopedia

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Tr-Wa/Tricksters.html

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Am-Ar/Anansi.html#:~:text=Anansi%2C%20the%20spider%2C%20is%20one,kind%20of%20misfortune%20for%20humans.&text=In%20one%20well%2Dknown%20tale,to%20repay%20with%20100%20servants.

Ancient pages

https://www.ancientpages.com/2020/05/11/kokopelli-popular-trickster-god-of-the-american-southwest-brought-happiness-to-people/

History Daily

https://historydaily.org/kokopelli-a-fun-loving-guy

AAA Native Arts

https://www.aaanativearts.com/kokopelli

Palms Trading

https://www.palmstrading.com/kokopelli-fertility-deity-and-god-of-harvest/

Indigeonous People

https://www.indigenouspeople.net/kokopelli.htm

Artsy

https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-kokopelli-flute-playing-god-conquered-pop-culture

ThriftBooks

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/zomo-the-rabbit-a-trickster-tale-from-west-africa_gerald-mcdermott/369922/item/2158100/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwyZmEBhCpARIsALIzmnL1o50ve5L6CJl1uIXvg7Yash0Wc24T8PoDgu-j54Mh6VmIdXwg4RwaAi4KEALw_wcB#idiq=2158100&edition=4205684

YouTube - ExtraCredits 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0dsjv9c5MU

Mythology.net

https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/anansi/

Folklore Thursday

https://folklorethursday.com/regional-folklore/anansi-the-spider-trickster-or-teacher/

Gateway-Africa

http://www.gateway-africa.com/stories/how-anansi-became-a-spider.html

NPR

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/11/527459106/tar-baby-a-folktale-about-food-rights-rooted-in-the-inequalities-of-slavery

The Gilder Lehrman Museum

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/teaching-resource/historical-context-facts-about-slave-trade-and-slavery

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This week our mythic level patrons chose the story and you all chose the story of Ra's Journey through Duat.

Tracey covers this ancient Egyptian story of death and rebirth.

Sources

Wikipedia

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

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_funerary_practices#New_Kingdom,_New_Object_Purposes

Overly Sarcastic Productions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Chrp-H-Jk4&ab_channel=OverlySarcasticProductions

Sacred Texts

https://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ael/ael14.htm

Ancient Egypt Online

https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/ra/

https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/bookgates/

Anthropology MSU

http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp455-fs14/2014/10/28/duat/

Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/through-twelve-chambers-hell-afterlife-ancient-egypt-008228

Tour Egypt

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

Sofiatopia

http://www.sofiatopia.org/maat/hidden_chamber03.htm

Abrock

http://www.abrock.com/MudloffSite/Amduat.html

ARCE

https://www.arce.org/resource/ra-creator-god-ancient-egypt

Amduat PDF

THE BOOK OF THE AMDUAT ON PAPYRUS ZAGREB E-605

New World Encyclopedia

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ra

Penn Museum

https://www.penn.museum/documents/publications/expedition/PDFs/50-2/Roberson.pdf

It's finally time for Rowan to share all of her thoughts on the infamous snake headed gorgon herself, Medusa.

In this episode Rowan dives deep into the historical and modern cultural impacts of the myth of Medusa.

Sources

Wikipedia

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_the_United_States#:~:text=A%202014%20study%20of%20college,college%20are%20independent%20of%20race.

The Reformation Project

https://reformationproject.org/case/sodom-and-gomorrah/

Westar Institute 

https://www.westarinstitute.org/blog/sodom-and-gomorrah-how-the-classical-interpretation-gets-it-wrong/

NSVRC

https://www.nsvrc.org/sites/default/files/publications_nsvrc_factsheet_media-packet_statistics-about-sexual-violence_0.pdf

Study Breaks

https://studybreaks.com/thoughts/pick-me-girl/

RAINN
https://www.rainn.org/statistics/victims-sexual-violence

Dictionary.com

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/misogyny

Palatinate

https://www.palatinate.org.uk/medusa-monster-but-not-villain/

World History EDU

https://www.worldhistoryedu.com/medusa/

PB Pressbooks

https://iagtm.pressbooks.com/chapter/story-perseus-and-medusa/

War and Civilization

http://www.camrea.org/tag/libya/

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2018/12/04/new-science-suggests-biblical-city-of-sodom-was-smote-by-an-exploding-meteor/?sh=3686dfc5c677

Reconstructing Judaism

https://www.reconstructingjudaism.org/dvar-torah/destruction-cities-sodom-and-gomorrah

BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/cultures/sodom_gomorrah_01.shtml

Daily Art Magazine

https://www.dailyartmagazine.com/metoo-and-the-medusa-myth/

Ancient.eu

https://www.ancient.eu/athena/

Classical Wisdom

https://classicalwisdom.com/mythology/monsters/medusa-sympathy-monster/

Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/legend-medusa-and-gorgons-002773

Hyper Allergic

https://hyperallergic.com/432102/dangerous-beauty-medusa-in-classical-art-metropolitan-museum/

Met Museum

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/medu/hd_medu.htm

Made In Turkey Tours

https://madeinturkeytours.com/medusa/

Vice

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvxwax/medusa-greek-myth-rape-victim-turned-into-a-monster

Tales of Times Forgotten

https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2020/10/10/where-does-the-myth-of-medusa-come-from/

Mythology.net

https://mythology.net/others/concepts/serpent/

Women in Antiquity

https://womeninantiquity.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/thegorgons/

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Our tale continues with chapter 2! Thea and Roslyn find themselves in a sticky situation.

This chapter was written and told to you by Rowan.

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As we always say on this podcast, history provides!

This week we bring you two weddings that didn't go according to plan. Tracey talks about Augusta of Saxe Gotha and Prince Frederick and Rowan shares the story of Atilla the Hun.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildico#cite_note-3

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

History Collection

https://historycollection.com/16-of-the-worst-royal-weddings-and-marriages-of-all-time/2/

Rebecca Star Brown

https://rebeccastarrbrown.com/2017/02/15/february-15-the-death-of-augusta-of-saxe-gotha-princess-of-wales/

English Monarchs

https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/hanover_18.html

University of Cambridge 

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-royal-wedding-of-1736

Unofficial Royalty

https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/may-8-daily-featured-royal-date/

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0iBU3CSEAA&t=347s

The Vintage News

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/23/attila-the-hun/

ThoughtCo

https://www.thoughtco.com/how-did-attila-the-hun-die-117225

Ancient Origins

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/attila-hun-0012472

History.com

https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-might-not-know-about-attila-the-hun

Ancient.eu

https://www.ancient.eu/Attila_the_Hun/

Live Science

https://www.livescience.com/44417-attila-the-hun.html

Cosmos

https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/deformed-skulls-were-badges-of-belonging/#:~:text=The%20Huns%20practised%20cranial%20modification,in%20and%20making%20them%20longer.

Atlas Obscura

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/head-space-artificial-cranial-deformation

Fascinate

https://www.factinate.com/people/40-atrocious-facts-attila-hun/2/

Rowan tackles a heavy hitter this week with the Hatfields and the McCoys.

Rowan takes over and dives deep into the life and legend of these two famous feuding families of Appalachia.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield%E2%80%93McCoy_feud

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

Howder Family

https://www.howderfamily.com/blog/appalachian-4/

Time

http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,925085,00.html

Stuff You Should Know Podcast

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-26940277/episode/what-was-the-deal-with-the-29467399/

Roadside America

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/48371

PBS - The Feud

https://www.amazon.com/American-Experience-Feud-Michael-Murphy/dp/B07YLBCRWY

West virginia Explorer

https://wvexplorer.com/2020/01/24/how-the-tug-fork-in-west-virginia-got-its-name/

Civil War Profiles

https://www.civilwarprofiles.com/the-confusing-confederate-service-of-randolph-mccoy/

Biography.com

https://www.biography.com/military-figure/randall-mccoy#:~:text=During%20the%20Civil%20War%2C%20McCoy,Anderson%20%22Devil%20Anse%22%20Hatfield.

https://www.biography.com/military-figure/devil-anse-hatfield

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTtuHfNi34I&ab_channel=FastTheLatestNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk3Uhw6kYVo&ab_channel=AssociatedPress

History Channel

https://www.history.com/news/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-hatfields-and-mccoys

Lapham’s Quarterly

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/rivalry-feud/loves-labors-lost

America’s Library

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/nation/jb_nation_train_1.html#:~:text=The%20first%20railroad%20track%20in,harbor%20on%20July%204%2C%201828.

National Geographic

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/photo/union-confederacy/

Part two of our double feature on Jack the Ripper with special guest Harry Horror!

This week we talk about the hunt for Jack, who the suspects might be, and why this story is so infamous even today.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_murders#Legacy

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_Victor,_Duke_of_Clarence_and_Avondale

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

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

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

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

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Macnaghten#Macnaghten_and_Jack_the_Ripper

Biography

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jack-the-ripper

Historic UK

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Jack-the-Ripper/

JacktheRipper.org

https://www.jack-the-ripper.org/police-investigation.htm

StrawberryTours

https://strawberrytours.com/london/blog/the-5-most-likely-jack-the-ripper-suspects-and-the-facts-against-them

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-the-ripper-suspects

Jack The Ripper Tour

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/london-in-1888/

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/t-p-oconnor-the-star/

https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-hunt-for-the-ripper/

The Jack The Ripper Tour

https://thejacktherippertour.com/blog/what-was-it-really-like-to-live-in-whitechapel-london-in-1888/

All That’s Interesting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/prince-albert-victor

History.com

https://www.history.com/news/who-was-jack-the-ripper-6-tantalizing-theories

Whitechapel Jack

https://whitechapeljack.com/the-ripper-letters/

Digital Scholarship In the Humanities

https://academic.oup.com/dsh/article/33/3/621/4824843

Smithsonian Mag

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/were-ripper-letters-fabricated-journalists-180968004/

Casebook

https://www.casebook.org/official_documents/memo.html

BBC America

https://www.bbcamerica.com/blogs/whitechapel--51228

Strawberry Tours

https://strawberrytours.com/london/blog/jack-the-ripper/what-was-life-in-whitechapel-like-during-the-jack-the-ripper-murders