In this episode, we learn of one of histories first vampires of legend. The evil irish warlord Abhartach was an immortal being of evil magic with a history of persistently rising from the dead. His  grave can still be visited today.

Sources:

Curran, Bob (2000). "Was Dracula an Irishman?". History Ireland.

https://www.historyireland.com/was-dracula-an-irishman/ - Bob Curran

https://archive.org/details/originhistoryofi00joyc/page/318/mode/2up 

https://archive.org/details/ineverknewthatab0000winn_n8g2/page/254/mode/2up?q=abhartach

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

 Joyce, Patrick (1875). The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places

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In this episode, we'll venture into the waters and Lochs of scottish Folklore to learn about the menacing creature known as the Kelpie. After we learn about the creature and its history, I will share a home made immersive story about this water horse using what we learned about its history!

Sources:

• Carlyle, Alexander (1788), "An Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands. Written by the late William Collins", Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. I
• Finlay, Winifred (1969) “ Folk Tales of Moor and Mountain” - The water horse of Barra
• Burns, Robert (1785) “address to the Devil”
• Scott, Walter (1884) [1810], The lady of the lake: a poem, Lippincott, p. 277
• Spence, Lewis (1999) [1945], The Magic Arts in Celtic Britain
• https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/the-kelpy-of-morphie/
• James Mackinlay  (1893) Folklore of Scottish Lochs and Springs’ (1893)
• https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/kelpie
• https://www.heroicage.org/issues/8/cessford.html
• Brueyre, Loys (1875) “Contes populaires de la Grande-Bretagne”
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictish_stone

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In this episode, we'll first discover the roots and evolution of a creature from Breton Folklore, The Bugul Noz. After we learn about the creature and its history, we will share a home made immersive story about the creature using what we learned about its history!

Sources for this episode:
Bulletin de la Société archéologique du Morbihan. 1858. p. 64.

Jéhan, Louis-François (1863). La Bretagne Esquisses Pittoresques Et Archéologiques: Origines Celtiques Et Nouvelle Interprétation Des Monuments Vues Ethnographiques Druidisme Et Traditions Primitives. p. 406.

Carpenter, Émilie (1886). La tour du Preux: ouvrage illustré de 60 gravures d'après les dessins de Tofani. pp. 41–42
Revue des traditions populaires, Volume 22. 1907. p. 68.

Vachell, Horace Annesley (1906). "A Face of Clay: An Interpretation". The Monthly Review. 23: 153.

Roberts, Chad O. (2018) "The Big Book Of Monsters : Volume one"

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugul-noz

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