Episodes

  • Sinbad the Sailor & The Seven Voyages
    Nov 20 2024

    Get ready to go on an adventure with the coolest sailor in Baghdad, Sinbad! Journey with your Sirens through Sinbad's seven (absolutely insane) voyages.

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    Links to research:

    http://mythfolklore.net/3043mythfolklore/reading/arabian/pages/04.htm

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Thousand-and-One-Nights

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sindbad-the-Sailor

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

    https://artuk.org/discover/stories/scheherazade-the-story-of-a-storyteller

    https://forebears.io/surnames/sinbad

    https://www.thebump.com/b/sinbad-baby-name

    https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=sinbad

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/roc-legendary-bird

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Deer Woman: Protector of Women
    Nov 13 2024

    The Sirens deep dive into a being from Native American folklore that protects women and children.

    A note to our listeners: most legends of Deer Woman deal with topics such as sexual assault and death. Listener discretion is advised.

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    ‘Deer Woman: An Anthology’ links:

    https://globalvoices.org/2017/10/03/deer-woman-an-anthology-sheds-light-on-violence-against-native-women-in-north-america/

    https://atcgbooksandcomics.com/products/deer-woman-an-anthology-digital-edition

    Links to research:

    https://www.wernative.org/articles/who-is-deer-woman-from-reservation-dogs

    https://endicottstudio.typepad.com/articleslist/deer-woman-and-the-living-myth-of-dreamtime-by-carolyn-dunn.html

    https://fauna-protect.com/en-us/blogs/spirit-animals/spirit-animal-deer?srsltid=AfmBOor63MDzO7uO-lToVkb7Q65IZ0nSzuUprGIgUVB0erH8MKwaUpCS

    https://www.pioneerwomanmuseum.com/history/the-deer-woman

    https://www.allcreation.org/home/the-deer-woman

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

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Artemis-Greek-goddess

    https://www.faena.com/aleph/notes-on-the-symbolism-of-deer#:~:text=In%20the%20Christian%20imagination%2C%20the,a%20magnificent%20and%20enormous%20deer.

    http://www.buddhistsymbols.org/animals.html

    https://www.samyeinstitute.org/sciences/arts/dharma-wheel-pair-deer-buddhism/#:~:text=Dharma%20wheel%20symbolism,teachings%20of%20the%20holy%20dharma.

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    25 mins
  • The Lost City of Atlantis: Plato's Masterpiece
    Nov 7 2024

    Buckle up, because we are deep diving into one of the biggest legends out there that still has people searching for clues today! Where did Atlantis come from? Why is there so much mystery surrounding it? How are people still trying to look for it centuries later?! Let's find out!

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    Links to research:

    Critias by Plato - https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/critias.html

    Timaeus by Plato - https://classics.mit.edu/Plato/timaeus.html

    'Atlantica' Documentary Trailer by Merlin Burrows - http://www.ingeniofilms.com/

    https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/07/atlantis-the-story-behind-the-legend/144097

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

    https://www.thecollector.com/atlantis-truth-behind-myth/

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

    https://www.historydefined.net/history-of-atlantis/

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/atlantis

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis:_The_Antediluvian_World

    https://atlantipedia.ie/samples/wirth-hermann/

    https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/bimini-road-mystery-unearthing-atlantis/

    https://www.livescience.com/64176-lost-city-atlantis-spain.html

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X18302591?via=ihub

    https://www.livescience.com/28219-holocene-epoch.html

    https://www.merlinburrows.com/

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    50 mins
  • Hallow's Eve & Dia de los Muertos
    Oct 31 2024

    What better way to celebrate Halloween than by discovering all about the days where the barrier between the living and dead is at its thinnest? Take out your pumpkin and start carving - we've got a spooky (and silly) episode!

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    Links to research:

    https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween

    https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain

    https://dayofthedead.holiday/history/

    https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/day-of-the-dead

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/the-history-of-trick-or-treating-and-how-it-became-a-halloween-tradition#:~:text=In%20modern%20times%2C%20trick%2Dor,that%20fell%20on%20November%201.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/trick-or-treat-history

    https://www.history.com/news/history-of-the-jack-o-lantern-irish-origins

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

    https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/

    https://poets.org/poem/halloween

    https://www.today.com/life/holidays/history-of-halloween-rcna34503

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    46 mins
  • Nightmares: Sleep Paralysis or Demons?
    Oct 24 2024

    Ever wondered why you wake up in the middle of the night, terrorized by a nightmare? What's the reason for these scary dreams? Your Sirens investigate the folklore tales on why nightmares happens and how to deal with them.

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    Links to research:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_(folklore)

    https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/the-folkore-of-the-nightmare/

    https://sleepopolis.com/education/causes-of-dreams-and-nightmares-mythology/

    https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/the-oneiroi.html#google_vignette

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alp_(folklore)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesanta https://compendiumiberica.wordpress.com/2020/05/09/pesanta-and-dip/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocnitsa#:~:text=According%20to%20some%20folklore%2C%20night%20hags%20are%20made%20of%20shadow,the%20hypnagogic%20state%20of%20sleep.

    https://www.stjo.org/native-american-culture/lakota-legends/dreamcatcher-legend/#:~:text=The%20Dreamcatcher%20Legend,in%20the%20light%20of%20dawn.

    https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep/common-nightmares-that-are-actually-warnings#statistics

    https://www.sleepfoundation.org/dreams/dream-interpretation/teeth-falling-out

    https://www.sleep.com/sleep-health/sleep-paralysis-demon

    https://www.farmersalmanac.com/halloween-herbal-folklore

    https://www.centraltexasgardener.org/resource/dream-pillows/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_(mythology)#:~:text=Baku%20(%E7%8D%8F%20or%20%E8%B2%98)%20are,finished%20creating%20all%20other%20animals.

    https://sites.google.com/view/krokopeplos-org/faq/what-does-krokopeplos-mean

    https://religionandgender.org/13-african-cultural-views-on-dream-meanings/

    https://www.chinafetching.com/dream-interpretation

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    51 mins
  • Werewolves: Lycanthropes, Loup-Garous, Wolf Men, Oh My!
    Oct 17 2024

    Spooky Season is among us and what better way to reel it in with some werewolf tales? Learn about different werewolf myths from around the world and try to not think about Jacob Black from Twilight (we're not sorry).

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    Links to research:

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

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

    https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/opinion/columns/chapman-the-origins-of-the-werewolf/article_dee5123a-ef5a-11e9-88fd-8b64c8a75b9d.html#:~:text=The%20origins%20of%20the%20werewolf%20date%20far%20back%20in%20human,previous%20mate%20into%20a%20wolf.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycaon_(king_of_Arcadia)

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/monument-to-jean-chastel

    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1152/1152-h/1152-h.htm

    https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend

    https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/german-werewolf-009397

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loup-garou

    https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Werewolf

    https://www.historiamag.com/the-history-of-werewolves/

    https://www.farmersalmanac.com/werewolves-and-other-spooky-moon-lore

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/loup-garou#:~:text=Traditional%20tales%20about%20the%20Loup,Garou%20is%20often%20a%20dog.

    https://justhistoryposts.com/2020/11/30/mythical-creatures-a-history-of-european-werewolves/

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Epic-of-Gilgamesh

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Akkadian-language

    https://italoamericano.org/werewolves-puglia/

    https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/what-is-clinical-lycanthropy

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    41 mins
  • The Monster Under Your Bed: El Coco AKA The Boogeyman
    Oct 10 2024

    Mami & Papi loved to scare us Hispanic kids with 'El Coco'... but did you know that is one of the many variations of The Boogeyman? This week, we dive into the scary monster underneath all our beds and talk about how they shaped us... and gave us generational trauma! Yay!

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    Music by Donald Guzzi & Artwork by Alexis Torres

    Links to research:

    https://www.britannica.com/topic/bogeyman

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

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/native-american-monsters/3

    https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/13-terrifing-spooky-and-awesome-latin-american-horror-monsters-legends/

    https://acis.com/blog/5-spanish-myths-and-legends/

    https://llamitasspanish.com/latin-american-spanish-folktales-kids/

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    45 mins
  • Story Sirens: Legends, Myths, and Laughter
    Oct 3 2024

    Looking for a podcast that takes you into the world of myths and legends, but also makes you laugh? We've got you. Here's a little taste of what to expect with your Sirens!

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    2 mins