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Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 45: Full Beaver Blood Moon
Eclipse superstitions and…werewolves!
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Today’s a full moon. We’d think twice before venturing out.Curiosity Shop Show Notes:
Here are links to the sources and resources we used while researching this episode:
Links to research materials:
Haley:
- The Watcher in the Woods: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081738/plotsummary?ref_=tt_stry_pl#synopsis
- Solar Eclipse Folklore, Myths, and Superstitions: https://www.almanac.com/solar-eclipse-folklore-myths-and-superstitions#
- Myths and Superstitions Around Solar Eclipses: https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar-eclipse-myths.html
- Why People Used to be Afraid of Solar Eclipses: https://time.com/4886511/total-solar-eclipse-superstition-history/
Natali:
- The Saga of the Volsungs https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/volsungsaga.html
- Burgot and Verdun: Werewolves or hallucinating murderers http://monstrumathenaeum.org/burgot-and-verdun-werewolves-hallucinating/
- The Guardian Article on Peter the Wild Boy https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/mar/20/peter-wild-boy-condition-revealed
- World History Encyclopedia- Gilgamesh https://www.worldhistory.org/gilgamesh/
- The Conversation- Ancient origins of werewolves https://theconversation.com/the-ancient-origins-of-werewolves-104775
- The Book of Werewolves by Sabine Baring-Gould https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1534461.The_Book_of_Werewolves
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