Rowan & Pine: A Spooky Feminist Folklore & Mythology Podcast

Special thanks to Tony for the suggestion on Discord!For thousands of years, different cultures have personified death in various ways, but few figures are as enduring—or as terrifying—as the Grim Reaper. Cloaked - literally in darkness, skeletal and cold, he’s the one who comes for us all, scythe in hand, to reap our souls when our time has come. But how did this eerie image come to be?S O U R C E S:https://www.britannica.com/story/where-does-the-concept-of-a-grim-reaper-come-fromThe Ritualesque: Festival, Politics, and Popular Culture Western Folklore Vol. 68, No. 1 (Winter 2009), pp. 9-26 (18 pages )Communications, Asian Folklore Studies Vol. 49, No. 1 (1990), pp. 135-142 (8 pages)https://www.jstor.org/stable/1177953Ships, Fogs, and Traveling Pairs: Plague Legend Migration in Scandinavia Timothy R. TangherliniThe Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 101, No. 400 (Apr. - Jun., 1988), pp. 176-206Western Campfire Tales Levette J. Davidson California Folklore Quarterly , Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1943), pp. 177-190 (14 pages) https://doi.org/10.2307/1495703https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/grim-reaper.htmhttps://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type7080.html#lach-szyrmaC O N T A C Trowanandpinepod@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpineWe ask that you listen to main episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :)Additional Sounds: PixabayPart of @Podmoth Media NetworkCheck out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/X: @PodMothNetworkIG: @PodMothAdditional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic.Featured Podmoth podcast: Bad Acts

Please heed the notes at the top of the episode and LIKE/SUBSCRIBE FOR BRAAAINS.Thanks so much to Ewan for stepping in to be the Emily of the episode. We trace the origins of zombies back to Haiti and Ewan runs us through zombies in pop culture, namedropping some best known media. Then Niamh brings us through to modern day substance-afflicted zombies recorded in medical journals. Lets not forget the relationship between zombies and revenants in mythology, how they have shown up in Game of Thrones, and how your ancestors buried their dead to ward against them coming back!Ewan's TwitchS O U R C E S:Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurstonhttps://popular-archaeology.com/article/walking-dead-and-vengeful-spirits/A Sorcerer's Bottle: The Visual Art of Magic in Haiti by Eizabeth MacAlisterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/31/opinion/a-zombie-is-a-slave-forever.htmlhttps://amywilentz.com/response-to-i-walked-with-a-zombie/Undead (A Zombie Oriented Ontology) -Jeffrey Jerome Cohenhttps://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/16bdrve/comment/jzdneav/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_buttonhttps://sites.nd.edu/manuscript-studies/2018/03/05/zombies-of-the-frozen-north-white-walkers-and-old-norse-revenants/https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/6023The Mythical Creatures Bible: The Definitive Guide to Legendary Beings Volume 14 By Brenda Rosenhttps://www.medieval.eu/grettir-and-glam/https://sagadb.org/grettis_saga.enhttps://www.historytoday.com/hidden-history-deviant-burialshttps://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/medieval-irish-had-their-own-ways-to-stop-the-undead/https://web.archive.org/web/20110612133939/http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-zombieshttps://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/revenant/Please listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collabs. :)C O N T A C TROWANANDPINEPOD@GMAIL.COMhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpineAdditional Sounds: Pixabayw: https://podmoth.network/X: @PodMothNetworkIG: @PodMothFeatured Podmoth podcast: Macab At Midnight

Deep beneath the surface of the earth, in a realm hidden from the eyes of the living, there exists a place where death itself holds court. The air is cold, the ground unyielding, and at the heart of it all, sits a figure with half a face of life, half a face of decay—this is Hel, the queen of Helheim.Sourceshttps://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/giants/hel/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hel-Norse-deityhttps://skjalden.com/hel/#https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Hel/314331C O N T A C T:https://linktr.ee/rowanandpinerowanandpinepod@gmail.comWe ask that you listen to a main episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :)Part of @Podmoth Media NetworkFeatured Podmoth partner: Caffeinated ConspiraciesCheck out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/X: @PodMothNetworkIG: @PodMothTheme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic

PLEASE LIKE/RATE/SUSBCRIBE for good karma from your feathery ancestors!Emily does what she does best and brings us an animal folklore episode all about Ravens and Crows! From their crazy intelligence and fashion sense, to their appearance in dreams, nightmares, fables and creation myths ,we got it all! Bewaare the Nachtkrapp and the Nattramnen, and be sure to befriend your local murder.Sources:“A Cacophony of Corvids” - Pete JenningsCrows in hinduismhttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/soul-search/why-one-should-feed-black-crow-as-per-hindu-shastras/photostory/104703246.cmsRavens in native american myth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravens_in_Native_American_mythology Night raven - https://www.reddit.com/r/curiousvideos/comments/16x8i3i/swedish_folklore_nattramnar_the_swedish_night/ Church grim - https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Church_grim German https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachtkrapp#:~:text=In%20most%20legends%2C%20the%20Nachtkrapp,and%20disease%20if%20looked%20at.C O N T A C TROWANANDPINEPOD@GMAIL.COMhttps://linktr.ee/rowanandpineWe ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :)Additional Sounds: PixabayPart of @Podmoth Media NetworkCheck out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/X: @PodMothNetworkIG: @PodMothAdditional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic.Featured Podmoth podcast: Thick Thighs Creepy Vibes | TTCV Instagram

Tonight, we journey deep into the ancient world where gods and monsters ruled the skies. This episode is dedicated to some of the most terrifying creatures in myth: the Harpies, Zeus’ hounds of the wind, feared by mortals and revered by gods.S O U R C E S:https://www.greeka.com/thessaly/pelion/myths/jason-argonauts/https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-a-harpy-in-greek-mythology-definition-origin.htmlBrittanica | HarpiesBrittanica | Jason & The Argonautshttps://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Harpyiai.htmlC O N T A C T:https://linktr.ee/rowanandpinerowanandpinepod@gmail.comWe ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :)Part of @Podmoth Media NetworkCheck out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/X: @PodMothNetworkIG: @PodMothAdditional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic.Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic

Every winter, the desolate shores of Block Island are shrouded in an unnatural gloom, where the spectral glow of a doomed vessel, the Palatine, haunts the eyes of those brave enough to look upon it.....For Sea-tember and our TENTH Pine Cones, we bring you on a spooky voyage into the world of ghost ships, bot phantasmal and abandoned.SOURCES:Ghost Ships by Kevin Hilehttps://moonmausoleum.com/baron-falkenberg-that-were-cursed-to-sail-the-sea-for-600-years/https://crimereads.com/a-brief-history-of-ghost-ships/https://www.npr.org/2011/10/06/141123770/the-story-of-the-flying-dutchman#:~:text=The%20Flying%20Dutchman%20was%20a,to%20stay%20at%20sea%20forever.https://k-blogg.se/2016/10/02/nar-fenrir-fick-farg/https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-legend-of-the-ghost-ship-palatine/C O N T A C T:https://linktr.ee/rowanandpinerowanandpinepod@gmail.comWe ask that you listen to an episode or two before contacting us for collaborations. :)Part of @Podmoth Media NetworkCheck out more PodMoth podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/X: @PodMothNetworkIG: @PodMothAdditional sounds from Pixabay, TabletopMusic.Theme: Creepy Mood by SoulProdMusic