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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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

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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‘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.

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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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/

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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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

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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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

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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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

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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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/

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!