Monsters' Advocate

We all want things we don't have, that's why we wish! This episode, I'll show you how to be a little more proactive with your wishes, by telling you how to ransom magical creatures in exchange for magic! Careful what you wish for~Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesFish and You"Russian sturgeon: Acipenser gueldenstaedti (Brandt)". NatureGate. Retrieved 2013-12-25.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fisherman_and_His_WifeLeprechaunsMcAnally, David Russell. Irish Wonders. New York: Weathervane Books, 1888.Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1851094407.Yeats, William Butler. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. London: Walter Scott, 1888.KapreWolff, John U. (1972). "kapri". A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hi Guys! Sorry this is late and sounds weird, I was sick, which is not great for podcast-making. Anyway I hope you enjoy this silly 20th episode special, I love you all!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesKing KongVaz, Mark Cotta (2005). Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong. Villard. ISBN 1-4000-6276-4.GodzillaKalat, David (2010). A Critical History and Filmography of Toho's Godzilla Series. McFarland. ISBN 9780786447497.Ryfle, Steve (1998). Japan’s Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of the Big G. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 1550223488.Tsutsui, William M. (2003). Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1403964742.Kaiju"Introduction to Kaiju [in Japanese]". dic-pixiv. Retrieved 2017-03-09.CloverfieldMax Evry (January 21, 2008). "Reeves Runs Merrily Through Clo

We've done types of monster, and monstrous behavior, but you know what we haven't done? Monstrous locations! And I can't think of a better place to start than a country that once waged a war against a bird and lost. Curious?Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesThe Emu Warhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_WarYara-ma-yha-whoMelton, J. Gordon. The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead. Omnigraphics, Incorporated; 1999.Smith, W. Ramsey. Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals. Farrar & Rinehart, : New York. p. 342Bunyip and DiprotodonGeorge French Angus(1847) Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. Vol 1, p.99. London. Reprinted 1969 Libraries Board of South Australia.Holden, Robert (2001), Bunyips: Australia's folklore of fear, National Library of Australia, ISBN 0-642-10732-7Fenner, Charles (1933), Bunyips and Billabongs, Sydney:

Who's feeling frisky? Cats have been around for 9,000 years and they're still just as wild as ever. Let's learn about the ultimate political party animal, and meet some real life cat fairies!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:Cat FactsWade, Nicholas (29 June 2007). "Study Traces Cat's Ancestry to Middle East". New York Times. New York: NYTC. Retrieved 2 April 2008.Winters, L, Walter GE IMPACTS of FERAL and FREE-RANGING CATS on Bird Species of Conservation Concern American Bird Conservancy, 31 May 2005. Archived 13 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/why-cats-will-probably-never-be-as-domesticated-as-dogs-9858889.htmlKing of the Cats, the Cat Sith, Kellas CatsD. L. Ashliman, "Death of an Underground Person: migratory legends of type 6070B"Bowers, Aron, "Kellas Cats, Scotching the Myth", Scottish Big Cat Trust, archive

Woops this episode ended up being almost double the length of a normal episode! You don't mind, do you? I just have a lot of feelings about bird women, and soon you will too~Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comTrumpeter Finch Song:http://www.xeno-canto.org/358584Melodius Warbler Song:http://www.xeno-canto.org/297605References:HarpiesAdrian Room, Who's Who in Classical Mythology, p. 147 ISBN 0-517-22256-6Argonautica, book II; Ovid XIII, 710; Virgil III, 211, 245Virgil, Aeneid 3.209SirensPerry, "The sirens in ancient literature and art", in The Nineteenth Century, reprinted in Choice Literature: a monthly magazine (New York) 2 (September–December 1883:163).Homer, The Odyssey 12.52Virgil. V. 846; Ovid XIV, 88Suda OnlineGamayunBoguslawski, Alexander (1999). "Religious Lubok". Winter Park, FL | via Rollins College: self-published. Retrieved 16 April 2009.AlkonostMatthews,

Griffins are pretty cool, who doesn't like a good eagle lion combo? That's right, no one, so lets learn all the ways you can mix and match a griffin and introduce the exciting sequel to griffins!*p.s. A British male griffin is actually called a Keythong now, my bad! You'll get it if you listen.Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesGriffinsAdrienne Mayor, Archeology Magazine, November–December 1994, pp 53–59; Mayor, The First Fossil Hunters, 2000.Neva, Elena. "Central Asian Jewelry and their Symbols in Ancient Time" Artwis; citing Pugachenkova, G. (1959) "Grifon v drevnem iskusstve central’noi Azii." Sovetskya Arheologia, 2 pp. 70, 83Patch, Diana (29 May 2012). Dawn of Egyptian Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-0300179521. Retrieved 2014-05-24.Teissier, Beatrice (31 December 1996). Egyptian Iconography on Syro-Palestinian Cylinder Seals of

In honor of Black History Month, lets see what Brer Rabbit and all the other Brer animals are up to.Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesJoel Chandler HarrisCochran, Robert (2004). "Black father: the subversive achievement of Joel Chandler Harris". African American Review. 38 (1): 21–34Walker, Alice (Summer 1981). "Uncle Remus, No Friend of Mine". Southern Exposure. 9: 29–31.Sundquist, Eric (1998). To Wake the Nations: Race in the Making of American Literature. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-89331-X.Trickster HareHare: Infamous Trickster God. godchecker.comBrer Rabbit TalesLester, Julius (1987). The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit. Dial Books. ISBN 0-8037-0271-X.http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/brer_rabbit_falls_down_the_wel.htmlhttp://themoonlitroad.com/how-brer-coon-gets-his-meat/ See acast.com/privacy

Hey monster fans! I'm going to start releasing on Monday evenings I think, because my mornings are about to get a whole lot busier. Also sorry about the audio quality on this one, my mic was being dumb. Anyway, Please enjoy these deer!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesDeer Attack Video:https://www.snotr.com/video/5813/When_Deer_AttackGeneral Deer Factshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer#AnatomyWhite-tailed DeerVerCauteren, Kurt C. & Michael J. Pipas (2003). "A review of color vision in white-tailed deer". Wildlife Society Bulletin. 31 (3): 684–691. Retrieved September 20, 2013."ADW: Odocoileus virginianus: Information". Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. February 13, 2011.Deer WomanDunn, Carolyn. "Deer Woman and the Living Myth of Dreamtime". Endicott Journal of Mythic Arts. Retrieved 17 November 2016.http://www.native-languages.org/deer-woman.htmPamolaOff

Happy Valentine's Day Listeners! This week we'll look at some monsters who love to love humans, and I will offer an orthodox suggestion for your V-day plans~Also, I'm doing a giveaway! rate and review on iTunes or comment with what you'd like to hear more of on any of our soc meds and you will be entered to win a DnD sticker set! Winner will be announced 2/21.Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:Incubus/ SuccubusDavidson, Jane P. (2012). Early modern supernatural : the dark side of European culture, 1400-1700. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger. p. 40. ISBN 9780313393433.Lacy ,Norris J. The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, p. 322. (New York: Garland, 1991). ISBN 0-8240-4377-4.Lewis, James R., Oliver, Evelyn Dorothy, Sisung Kelle S. (Editor) (1996), Angels A to Z, Entry: Incubi and Succubi, pp. 218, 219, Visible Ink Press, ISBN 0-7876-0652-9Stephens, Walter (2002), De

Don't you hate it when someone touches your stuff without asking? I do, so let's learn about some delinquent monsters who throw stuff, break stuff, pretend to be stuff, and are stuff. Kinda.Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comThe short I mentioned: https://tinyurl.com/z5g6p3eReferences:PoltergeistAllan Kardec, Le Livre des Esprits. (2000). chapter 106, Jean de Bonnot. p.46Terence Hines. (2003). Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. Prometheus Books. p. 98. ISBN 978-1573929790GremlinsConant, Jennet. The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008Desmond, John. "The Gremlins Reform: An R.A.F. Fable." The New York Times, 11 April 1943. Retrieved: 12 October 2010.Hazen, John W. "Gremlin." Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1972. ISBN 978-0-308-40

Ever wonder what scares an old timey lumberjack? No? Well its time to find out anyway with a collection of monsters so bizarre and wonderful that they have their own group name!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:Fearsome CrittersCohen, Daniel. Monsters, Giants, and Little Men from Mars: An Unnatural History of the Americas. (New York: Doubleday, 1975)Dorson, Richard M. Man and Beast in American Comic Legend. (Bloomington, IN: Indiana Univ. Press, 1982.)Tryon, Henry Harrington. Fearsome Critters. (Cornwall, NY: Idlewild Press, 1939)Squonk, Axehandle hound, Argopelter and the TripoderoBorges, Jorge Luis (2005). Book of Imaginary Beings. New York: Viking Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-670-89180-0.Cox, William T. with Latin Classifications by George B. Sudworth. Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods. (Washington, D.C.: Judd & Detweiler Inc., 1910Matthews, John, and

This episode is all about horses who like to bite,and is extra long because I didn't realize how many waterhorses there are! Like for real, what's going on with all these murder ponies?Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesNuckelaveeBriggs (2002), p. 67Traill Dennison (1891), p. 131Westwood & Kingshill (2012), p. 388TangieBriggs, Katharine Mary (2002), Fairies in Tradition and Literature, Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-415-28601-5Edmondston, Thomas (1866), An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect, Adam and Charles Black, pp. 125, 126Ceffyl DŵrRose, Carol (2001). Giants, Monsters & Dragons, An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend and Myth. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-32211-8.Kelpie and Each-usigeBown, Nicola (2001), Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-79315-5Briggs, K

This week, please enjoy something a little different; an extra special interview with our resident zombie expert! We'll go over zombie-the origin story, different types of brain munchers, and real life walkers both human and other!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesAckermann, Hans-W, and Jeanine Gauthier. "The Ways and Nature of the Zombi." JSTOR.American Folklore Society, 1991. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.Buckland, Raymond. Signs, Symbols & Omens: An Illustrated Guide to Magical & Spiritual Symbolism. St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2003. Print.Danticat, Edwidge. The Farming of Bones: A Novel. New York, NY: Penguin, 1998. Print. Dubois, Laurent. "Vodou and History." JSTOR. Michigan State University, Jan. 2001. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.Largey, Michael. "Recombinant Mythology and the Alchemy of Memory: Occide Jeanty, Ogou, and Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Haiti."

Hi Everyone! Sorry about the impromptu haitus last week :< Please accept my apologies and some crazy stories about amphibians. Also I lost the last story at the end and had to re-record, so excuse the sudden random shift in tone!Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoInstagram:@monstersadvocateEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:Alp-luachraKirk, Robert (1933) [1893]. The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-46611-8http://listverse.com/2013/07/05/10-fascinating-creatures-from-british-isles-mythology/Fire Salamanders in Pop Culturehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legendary_salamander_in_popular_cultureWitch SlangBeale, Nigel. "Macbeth and what was in the Witches Brew." Literary Tourist. Oct. 2, 2009. (Jan. 10, 2015) http://literarytourist.com/2009/10/macbeth-and-what-was-in-the-witches-brew/Erzulies. "Love Spells, Voodoo Spells, Witchcraft Spells and Herbal Magic!" 2014. (Jan. 10

This week we'll go over some monsters that love to hate, and JK Rowling will briefly thwart our quest to find awesome monsters. Not to worry though, we always get our monsterLets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:The Garuda and the NagaVishnu Purana: Book I, Chapter XV The Vishnu Purana, translated by Horace Hayman Wilson, 1840. p. 112.http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/air-creatures-of-the-sky/opposites-attack/The Lion and The UnicornOpie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), pp. 442-3.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_UnicornThe Thunderbird and The Horned SerpentBouck, Jill and James B. Richardson (2007). "Enduring Icon: A Wampanoag Thunderbird on an Eighteenth Century English Manuscript From Martha's Vineyard". Archaeology of Eastern North America. 35: 11–19.Vecsey, Christopher (1983). Traditio

Harpy Holidays everyone! This episode doesn't contain any Harpies, but monster puns are hard. Despite the lack of Harpies, please enjoy learning about a few much under-celebrated Christmas monsters.*Disclaimer: this episode contains mentions of holiday themed evisceration, as well as gratuitous child-eating and minor mentions of corporal punishment. Please use your discretion in determining if your child is ready to handle these topics.*Lets Be SocialFacebook:www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:@monstersadvoEmail: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferences:Saber-tooth Catshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140401112022.htmhttp://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/did-humans-coexist-saber-cats/Herschel and the Hanukkah Goblinshttp://www.goodreads.com/book/show/496802.Hershel_and_the_Hanukkah_GoblinsThe Yule CatJólakötturinn (National Museum of Iceland)http://web.archive.org/web/20050108092720/http://www.simnet.is/gardarj/yule11.htmFrau BerchtaGrimm 1882:2

This episode we'll be covering some rather polite monsters who just want you to be the best you you can be-even if that means smothering you.Lets Be SocialFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/monstersadvocate/Tumblr:https://monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Twitter:https://monstersadvocate.tumblr.com/Email: monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.comReferencesJapanese Giant Salamander"Japanese Giant Salamander". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. Retrieved 2016-06-13.Japanese River OtterMueller, Jennifer. "Extinct Otters". PawNation. Demand Media. Retrieved October 23, 2014.Kappa怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: 河童雑談 [Folktale Data of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai] (in Japanese). International Research Center for Japanese Studies.Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. pp. 195–196. ISBN 1-57607-467-6. Retrieved December 22, 2010.Foster, M. D. (1998). "The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan". Asian Folklore Studies, 57:1, 1-24.Eiichirô, Ishida (1950). "The Kappa Legend". Folk

This week's episode is all about the owlsEnjoy finding a new cure for alcoholism, a story about an owl looking for love, and some not so good old fashioned were-owls .Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MonstersAdvocateemail : monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.com. References:Athena and the Little OwlDeacy, Susan, and Alexandra Villing. Athena in the Classical World. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2001. Print.Owls in Aztec Mythology"Mictlantecuhtli". Ancient History Encyclopedia.LakshmiAjnatanama (1983), Symbolism in Hinduism, Chinmaya Mission Publication, ISBN 978-8175971493, page 317-318Owl FactoidsBrowne, Vee. 1995. "Animal Lore & Legend: Owl". Scholastic.Knowling, Philip. 1998. "A Wisdom of Owls". Avenue Press.Weinstein, Krystyna. 1990. "The Owl In Art Myth & Legend". Universal Books Limited.Stikini and Big Owlhttp://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/stikini.htmhttp://www.native-languages.org/big-owl.htmThe Owl Husbandhttp://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheOwlHusband-Passa

This week's episode is up a little early because I have a flight to Oregon to catch tomorrow!Enjoy an episode about some of our favorite hematophages, featuring media darling El Chupacabra.Also, we have an email now! monstersadvocatepodcast@gmail.com. If you have any suggestions for topics, cool info about past monsters, or if there’s anything you’d like to hear more of please write in to let me know!References:Everyday Bloodsuckershttp://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/flying-snake/http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151214-nine-creatures-that-drink-the-blood-of-other-animalshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematophagyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hood_mockingbirdhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_bat#Ecology_and_lifecycleChuppacabra José Toribio Medina. Memorias de un Oficial de Marina Ingles al servicio de Chile durante los años 1821 - 1829. Imprenta Universitaria, 1923. Wagner, Stephen. "On the trail of the Chupacabras". Retrieved October 5, 2007.Wagner, Stephen. "The Top 10 Most Mysterious C

Monster's Advocate will be a weekly podcast focused around the unsung heros of myths and legends, the monsters! We’ll take a look at some monster-centric myths and legends, some not so ancient cryptids, and everything inbetween and try to sort out possible origin species, biological impetus for why they do what they do, and why we love to hear about them. Today's episode will be about some sweet legendary dogs!References: Dog FactsSkoglund, P.; Ersmark, E.; Palkopoulou, E.; Dalén, L. (2015). "Ancient Wolf Genome Reveals an Early Divergence of Domestic Dog Ancestors and Admixture into High-Latitude Breeds". Current Biology. 25 (11): 1515–9. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.019. PMID 26004765."Introduction to Coat Color Genetics" from Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. Web Site accessed January 12, 2008The Mini-Atlas of Dog Breeds by Andrew De Prisco, ISBN 0-86622-091-7, 1990, page 149,"... and Mastiffs were crossbred with the indigenous dogs, which were pro