Are dog-headed creatures people or beasts? Find out in this live podcast done at the Kalamazoo Medieval Congress. Our guest, Karl Steel, regales us with tales of the Cynocephalus. Become a member of the Manticores club https://plus.acast.com/s/real-fantastic-beasts.
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Wolf! Wolf!
From Beowulf to the guerrilla rewilding of Britain, guest Elizabeth (Lizzie) Marshall regales us with wolfish lore. Become a member of the Manticores club https://plus.acast.com/s/real-fantastic-beasts.
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And your little dog too!
Small, cute dogs that serve no practical purpose other than to make us go “awwww” turn out to have a long and fantastic history. Become a member of the Manticores club https://plus.acast.com/s/real-fantastic-beasts.
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There are no baby griffins
The griffin was both a ferocious beast and a maternal figure. Nobody took it seriously, but its image is everywhere in the pre-modern world from the Near East to Europe. Become a member of the Manticores club https://plus.acast.com/s/real-fantastic-beasts.
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Advice from Jackals: Arab Beast Fables
Guest expert Mustafa Banister Introduces us to the world of Arabic Beast Fables in the Kalila Wa Dimna and elsewhere. Become a member of the Manticores club https://plus.acast.com/s/real-fantastic-beasts.
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Alexa Sand and Ian MacInnes explore the world of medieval and Renaissance animals, real, fantastic, and fantastically real.
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