Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Spooky Tales

 


Halloween is coming! For many, it's the best holiday of the year, and there are countless traditions that go along with it. A common one is to watch scary movies. As a complement to that, here are monster-filled folktales for horror lovers:


The Soldier and the Vampire

Bluebeard

The Tailor and the Corpse

Sop, Doll, Sop

The Three Cows

The Wolf


Bonus: The Terror That Comes in the Night: An Experience-Centered Study of Supernatural Assault Traditions (1989) by David J. Hufford

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Spooky Tales

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