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The True Story of Yule
Death, darkness, and the midwinter feast
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
Greco-Roman Mythology Quiz!
Are you a mythology master?
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
Gods of Gender-Bending
Gender fluidity and the ancients, just in time for Pride
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
Curious Facts about the So-Called Aztecs
The truth about Cortés, Moctezuma, and human sacrifice
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
Eating God: on Theophagy and Cannibalism
Plus fun facts re: blood jam, Vampire Facelifts, and more
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
Kisses and King-Slaps: What's in a New Year?
The first, the forgotten, and the thriving New Year celebrations of today and tomorrow
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
The Christmas Witch
"Children or bacon, I won’t go away!" Meet the goddess/ogress Frau Perchta, the so-called "female Krampus," plus some contextual history re: Yule and…
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
Poetry NOW
The gods of writing, from Sumer to the Americas. Plus the world's first recorded poet, celestial librarians, Muses, the Mead of Poetry, codices, and a…
 • Lindsay Merbaum she/her
The Cauldron
The Cauldron
Curious occult facts and pagan history with Lindsay Merbaum, queer feminist horror writer at Creature Publishing and founder of Pick Your Potions.
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