NEW SERIES! Mythology Facts will explore many elements of world mythologies, but with a particular focus on Greek, Egyptian, and Norse, especially at the start. Easily the winner of the first poll about this new series as held on my Patreon is Sobek, the ancient Egyptian crocodile-headed god! In ancient Egypt, like many ancient cultures,…
Wargs (aka worgs, if you play D&D) handily won the poll for August’s folklore fact. What are these giant wolves like, anyway, and are they really all evil in legend? As usual, let’s start with etymology. The word “warg” comes from Old Norse “vargr” (plural “vargar”), meaning – essentially – “destroyer.” Originally, the term is…
This month’s folklore fact is a long-awaited one from over on the Patreon: the cynocephali or “dog-headed men.” Some depictions of cynocephali (the one above is from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493) are mistaken for werewolves fairly frequently; there are several differences of note, including but not limited to the fact that they are otherwise very,…
Ahead of the major release that is Wulfgard: Knightfall in November of this year (still aiming for that!), I have updated the website and rearranged assorted things to prepare for the coming of such an important book. Firstly, you’ll find the main menu has rearranged… here is what it looks like on desktop: Consolidated list…
Today I’ll be covering something else clinical: hypertrichosis. You may have heard of “werewolf syndrome,” a condition of excessive hair growth. It isn’t to be confused with clinical lycanthropy, which is something else entirely. “Werewolf syndrome” is also called hypertrichosis – and it’s occasionally associated with and/or can even be derived from another condition, porphyria,…
Another month, another folklore fact! Wyverns handily won the poll over on my Patreon this month (be sure to take a look if you’d like to vote in the next one or even suggest all new subjects!)… (nearly all modern dragon designs seen in visual media, especially film and television but now quite often also…
Gryphons, griffins, griffons, however you prefer to spell it (I personally use gryphon) – let’s talk their folklore and mythology! (Attic pottery depicting a satyr and a griffin and an Arimaspus from around 375-350 BC, Eretria.) You probably already know the common popular culture concept of a gryphon: a big, vicious beast that attacks people…
The results of the poll for this month on my Patreon are in, and the winner is an opinionated article on werewolf video games! For clarity’s sake: this will be a relatively concise list of SOME video games in which you can or do play as a werewolf. It will NOT include every single game…
Time for Werewolf Fact #72! Wow, that’s a lot. And that’s not counting all the books and articles and ask responses and other things I’ve done over the years. It’s been a fun ride. But for now, let’s turn our attention to something a patron pointed out I’ve never actually discussed… what makes a werewolf…
I will now be posting some of my flash fiction for free here on my website! I may even publish it into free ebook collections eventually. These are extra-short short stories and/or single interesting scenes set in Wulfgard or Nova Refuge. You can find the new flash fiction section here! Currently there is only one…