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fromJezebel
6 days ago

The King of My Unrealized Mythical Erotica Dreams

Spring inspires imagination and exploration of fantasy erotica, highlighting the appeal of art that transcends traditional boundaries.
Film
fromIndependent
1 week ago

'First thing I did was bring the team to see the bog bodies in the National Museum' - Hollywood director Lee Cronin on giving his take on The Mummy an Irish spin

Lee Cronin's new take on 'The Mummy' emphasizes personal loss and horror set against a haunting landscape.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Why Bigfoot Believers Don't Change Their Minds

Belief perseverance causes individuals to maintain beliefs despite contradictory evidence, influenced by identity, experience, and community.
#bigfoot
Philosophy
fromBig Think
1 month ago

The 3 colors: What folktales teach about how to grow wise

European folktales use red, black, and white colors to represent three modes of being that map human maturation: red as ambition and life force, black as introspection and shadow, and white as wisdom and transcendence.
Podcast
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The occult-tinged murder that rocked a quiet Welsh village: best podcasts of the week

Recommended podcasts present sensitive true-crime, Holocaust-family memoir, arts critique, community innovation stories, and balanced technology coverage with strong sound design and accessible reporting.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Myth, monsters and making sense of a disenchanted world: why everyone is reading fantasy

Fantasy is a dominant, all-pervading cultural form offering diverse subgenres, serious artistic value, and lineages from varied creators and traditions.
History
fromMedievalists.net
1 month ago

New Medieval Books: Celtic Magic - Medievalists.net

Ancient and medieval Celtic-speaking peoples maintained distinctive magical beliefs and practices whose evidence appears in inscriptions, classical accounts, medieval manuscripts, charms, and medical recipes.
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

An Artist Draws Mythic Chimeras And Warrior Specters In Flat, Beardsleyesque Illustrations That Bridge Antiquity And Modern Surrealism

Two Chinese Artists Created This Terrifying Hyper-realistic Sculpture Of The Falling Angel An Artist Captured the Innocence of Childhood by Photographing His Three Sons Florey's Unforgettable Alternative Movie Posters Sensitive Ballerina Watercolour Portraits By Liu Yi Artist Turns Animals Into Original Characters That Look Like They Belong In An Anime Russian Artist Adds Digital Pixel Glitches To Animal Tattoos. And It's Awesome!
Arts
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 months ago

Ghost Dragon in Sunnyvale | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Ghost Dragon is an EDM, club, and house DJ/producer. He also happens to be a talented pianist, which may be why his sets have more musicality and complexity than the average club DJ. Pure Nightclub is helping him celebrate his birthday, and he's sure to pull out all the stops during his headlining set for such an occasion.
Music
History
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
1 month ago

Ghosts in Ancient Mesopotamia: Just Another Aspect of Life

Ghosts were integral to Mesopotamian belief: deceased spirits required proper burial and ongoing remembrance or they could return to haunt the living.
Women
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Brigid and me: 'Yes, she healed the sick and fed the poor - but she also made her brother's eyes explode when he crossed her'

Brigid is a multifaceted symbol of Irish womanhood encompassing healing, creativity, fire, poetry, protection, activism, environmentalism, and unbounded female identity.
Environment
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Wise-guy wolves, trekking in drag, talented tarantulas and Bigfoot takes a bow - High Country News

Gray wolves retrieved and opened crab traps, demonstrating advanced problem-solving that may represent intentional tool use.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

Godlike Titan threatens humanity in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters S2 trailer

Last month, Apple TV released a teaser for the second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, part of Legendary Entertainment's MonsterVerse, which brought Godzilla, King Kong, and various other monsters ( kaiju) created by Toho Co., Ltd into a shared narrative. But we only got the most fleeting glimpse of the promised new mythical Titan threatening the human race. The full trailer just dropped and rectifies that: it's a gigantic tentacled undersea being dubbed Titan X-and only Kong and Godzilla can stop it.
Television
Public health
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Do YOU live in a 'Celtic Curse' hotspot? Map reveals

Haemochromatosis prevalence is highest in north‑west Ireland and elevated across Celtic regions of the UK and Ireland, driven by the C282Y genetic variant.
fromNature
2 months ago

Should the Loch Ness Monster have a scientific name?

A debate over a potential newly discovered species, and a tip for buying good sherry in this week's pick from the Nature archive.
Science
Books
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Flat Earth theory, talking raccoons and ghosts on strike: The fascinating world of the weird

Dan Schreiber documents global fringe beliefs and bizarre claims, revealing human eccentricity, committed conviction, and the odd humor and strangeness of these ideas.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Walrus
2 months ago

"I Know I'm Not Going to Win": Why People Set Out on Impossible Quests | The Walrus

Liz White relentlessly canvasses for the Animal Protection Party of Canada while openly acknowledging she will not win in an affluent Toronto riding.
Environment
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Beach invaded by bizarre Stranger Things-looking one-footed creatures

Stormy easterly winds scoured Studland Bay seabed and deposited large numbers of mostly dead otter shell clams on the shore, many unlikely to survive.
Television
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Stranger Things' Big Finale Fight Was Inspired By Baldur's Gate 3

Stranger Things season five finale's climactic battle was inspired by Baldur's Gate 3, using cooperative, role-based teamwork among characters to defeat a powerful enemy.
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

Vampires in storytelling symbolize societal fears and reflect historical social and racial violence, as shown by a 1930s-set horror about community-targeted vampires.
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Mysterious symbols spanning the globe hint at a lost civilization

His investigation began after identifying recurring giant T-shapes, three-level indents, and step pyramids carved into ancient stones worldwide. 'These specific symbols that are built in different size proportions, and the symbols are found in ancient stones around the world, are not supposed to exist; no cultures are supposed to have any cross-platform,' LaCroix explained. The symbols appear in locations ranging from Turkey's Van region to South America and Cambodia.
History
Film
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

An undying trend: How vampires hold a mirror to society

The vampire figure personifies societal anxieties and mirrors social and racial violence, sustaining enduring cultural relevance across myth, literature, and film.
Science
fromMail Online
2 months ago

New theory hints mysterious forces once haunted the Bermuda Triangle

Methane gas releases from the seafloor may have temporarily reduced water density and disrupted engines, explaining past Bermuda Triangle disappearances without supernatural causes.
fromMedievalists.net
2 months ago

New Medieval Books: A Demon Spirit - Medievalists.net

Abū Nuwās's poetry is sheer joy: it never fails to delight, surprise, and excite. His diwan, his collected poems, encompasses the principal early Abbasid poetic genres: panegyrics ( madīḥ), renunciant poems ( zuhdiyyāt), lampoons ( hijāʾ), hunting poems ( ṭardiyyāt), wine poems ( khamriyyāt), love poems ( ghazaliyyāt) to males ( mudhakkarāt) and females ( muʾannathāt), and transgressive verse ( mujūn).
History
fromKqed
5 months ago

These 5 Creatures Make a Living Off of Death: A Halloween Compilation | KQED

A passerby discovers it first - and lets out a piercing call. Within seconds, everyone in earshot rushes to the scene. It's mayhem... or so it seems. Crows are intelligent, and super chatty. They watch out for one another within tight-knit groups. As adults it's pretty rare for crows to be killed. So when one dies the others notice. Are they just scared? Or is something deeper going on.
Science
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