Morrigan: a total badass babe in the ACOTAR universe. But, where does the name 'Morrigan' come from? Time to dive into Celtic folklore once again! Enjoy this bonus content episode during our hiatus!

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Research Material:

‘Celtic Myths and Legends’ by T.W. Rolleston - Eaton Press

https://historycooperative.org/morrigan/

https://mythopedia.com/topics/morrigan

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Morgan-le-Fay

https://mythicalireland.com/blogs/myths-legends/the-morrigan

https://college.lclark.edu

Today your Sirens cover one of the most popular myths of all time: the story of Persephone and Hades. Olympian and cthonic deity, light and dark, life and death, the two brought together and a *theoretically* story of love.

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Rachel Smythe's Lore Olympus on Webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/romance/lore-olympus/list?title_no=1320

Rachel Smythe's website: https://rachelsmythe.com/books/

Links to Research:

https://medium.com/autumns-august/hades-and-persephone-a-story-of-love-power-and-the-cycle-of-life-fa70f442f8

https://www.thecollector.com/did-persephone-love-hades-lets-find-out/

https://spgs.org/ipaulina/hades-and-persephone-stockholm-syndrome-or-rare-romance/

https://www.hellenic.org.au/post/persephone-and-the-seasons

https://thegoddesscircle.net/visionary-writing/persephone-hades-dance-shadow-light

https://www.greekmythology.com/Other_Gods/Minor_Gods/Melinoe/melinoe.html#google_vignette

https://www.worldhistory.org/Zagreus/

Story Sirens welcomes Intercultural Studies Scholar, and Creative Director of the publishing house and studio Cold Open Stories' Colyn DeGraaff! Today we cover Mothman: a cryptid that has been perfectly reinterpreted for modern anxieties of Americana, myth, and legend. But can this cryptid be as scary as legends say? Or just a misunderstood soul? Colyn & your Sirens will find out!

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Links to Documentaries:

Animal Planet's Lost Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aKB_FTgxmY

Netflix's Inside Job: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqxZ5KxMMkc

Books:

• The United States of Cryptids by J.W. Ocker
• Chasing American Monsters by Jason Offutt
• The Big Book of Cryptid Trivia by Bernadette Johnson

Links to Research:

• https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia
• https://www.mythfolks.com/mothman-legend
• https://transportation.wv.gov/highways/bridge_facts/Modern-Bridges/Pages/Silver.aspx
• https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2279&context=researchweek
• https://uwm.edu/letters-science/in-focus-2021/history-student-tells-the-story-of-the-mothman/
• https://medium.com/@jackpatrickbrooks/mothman-the-harbinger-of-death-1652671ef71c
• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/31-days-of-halloween/the-true-story-behind-the-mothman-of-west-virginia/