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Oct 2020
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The Lycanthropic Tale of Lycaon & Other ...

Liv Albert
About this episode

It's officially Spooky Season! Ancient werewolves, ghosts, and haunted houses...

 

CW/TW: this episode contains less mythological references to sexual assault and may be more triggering than typical episodes, there is a warning in the episode prior to that story and can easily be avoided.

 

Sources: Theoi: https://www.theoi.com/Heros/Lykaon.html; Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum; Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden.

 

Attributions and licensing information for music used in the podcast can be found here: mythsbaby.com/sources-attributions.


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