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/

Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth is a terrifyingly beautiful dark fantasy that has captivated our Siren's interests! Join them as the deep dive into the film and it's magical creatures and myths.

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Links to Research:

Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 Pan’s Labyrinth

https://mythology.net/roman/roman-creatures/faun/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC539425/

With over 2,000 Egyptian gods, your Sirens have decided to give you the first, second and some third generation gods that have quite the drama to be told! The tea in this family tree is truly pippin' hot!

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Links to Research:

• https://discoveringegypt.com/ancient-egyptian-gods-and-goddesses/
• https://ancientegyptonline.co.uk/
• https://www.tripsinegypt.com/blog/ancient-egyptian-civilization/judgement-of-the-dead-in-ancient-egypt/
• https://arce.org/resource/goddess-bastet-and-cult-feline-deities-nile-delta/
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/ancient-Egyptian-religion/The-cult
• https://www.thecollector.com/egyptian-demons-guardians-wanders/

Who was Blackbeard, really? Where is his famed treasure, if any? How did a pirate become so famous that his name is still well known centuries later? Join us as we cover BLACKBEARD!

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Link to Queen Anne’s Revenge Project: https://www.qaronline.org/history/discovery-shipwreck

Links to Research:

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

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

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blackbeard

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/blackbeard-edward-teach-pirate

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

https://coastalreview.org/2022/10/search-for-blackbeards-treasure-based-on-enduring-myth/

https://www.visitvirginiabeach.com/blog/post/vabeach-haunts-the-lost-treasure-of-edward-teach/

https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/queen-annes-revenge/#:~:text=Soon%20after%20the%20incident%20at,under%20CC%20BY%2DSA%204.0.

Mirror, Mirror, on the wall... what do you mean you can make us unlucky, hold spirits captive, and be portal to Other Worlds?! Enjoy an episode all about the object found in every household!

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Links to Research:

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/you-asked/how-are-mirrors-made

https://www.maicar.com/GML/Narcissus.html

https://www.mirrorhistory.com/mirror-facts/

https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Fauna_of_Mirrors

You might be familiar with Disney's Snow White & The Seven Dwarves... but do you know of the Grimm Tale? Join your Sirens as we deep dive into the first Grimm Tale of the podcast! Learn about the true Snow White... and her sister, Rose Red!

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Links to Research:

https://www.fabledcollective.com/snow-white-rose-red/

https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/175/grimms-fairy-tales/3182/snow-white-and-rose-red/

https://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales/Brothers_Grimm/Grimm_fairy_stories/Snow-White_And_Rose-Red.html#gsc.tab=0

http://ianellis-jones.blogspot.com/2018/04/snow-white-and-rose-redor-how-to-become.html

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/07/the-tale-of-snow-white-and-what-the-various-versions-mean-to-us/