The Mything Link

Journey deep into the Louisiana swamps with us as we discuss the Rougarou— that famous Cajun Swamp Werewolf!

Content Warning: Discussions of violence, bloodshed, and monster dongs.

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Bibliography:
“There's a Rougarou in the Bayou!” Maria Gary University of Louisiana at Lafayette. 2021.
Him, Cécile. “Representing and Resisting Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls through the Rougarou, Deer Woman, the Windigo, and B'gwus”
“Werewolf.” Oxford English Dictionary.
“Loup-Garou.” The Canadian Encyclopaedia.
“Metis Mythology and Folklore.” Metis Museum.
“What Does It Mean to Be Cajun?” The Historic New Orleans Collection. 2020.
“Rougarou: The Swamp Werewolf.” Terrebonne Parish Library.
Poche, Kaylee. “The Rougarou's Comin': How Tales of the Cajun Folklore Creature Have Endured for Centuries.” 18 Oct 2023.
Bass, Mike. Frightful Folklore of North America. 2024.
Saxon, Lyle. Gumbo Yaya: A Collection of Louisiana Folktales, 70th Anniversary Edition. Pelican Publishing Company. 2015.

Content Warning: infanticide, death of children and infants, childhood illness, starvation, and poverty.

Folktales are stories that come from the everyday lives of the common people (folk), to be told around the fire, in a community setting, and feature fantastical tales of the imagination for kids and adults alike. Join Dr. Caitlinn Curry and Dr. Randall Ulyate around the Mything Link fire as they learn the real faerie stories from Irish social story curator and founder of Craicly Stories, Jane Gormley, in this episode of Season 2: Monsters, and Cryptids, and Beasts, OH MY!

Craicly: www.craiclystories.com
Instagram: @CraiclyStories @wanderingstoriestheatre

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Bibliography:

Deasún Breatnach (1993) The Púca: A MultiFunctional Irish Supernatural Entity, Folklore, 104:1-2, 105-110
Freaky Folklore: Terrifying Tales of the World’s Most Elusive Monsters and Enigmatic Cryptids by Darkness Prevails with Carman Carrion
Quinn, Síne, and Dermot Flynn. The Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland's Forgotten Folklore. Candlewick Press, 2025.
Fanning, Kieran. Haunted Ireland: An Atlas of Spooky Tales From Every County. Gill Books, Dublin. 2024.

Folktales are stories that come from the everyday lives of the common people (folk), to be told around the fire, in a community setting, and feature fantastical tales of the imagination for kids and adults alike. Join Dr. Caitlinn Curry and Dr. Randall Ulyate around the Mything Link fire as they explore different ways we can approach the study of folklore in Season 2: Monsters, and Cryptids, and Beasts, OH MY!

Check out an extended discussion on the topic on Happy Hour with Fernweh Collective.

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Bibliography:
Bascom, William R. “Four Functions of Folklore.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 67, no. 266, 1954, pp. 333–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/536411.

Lotzof, Kerry. “Sea Monsters and Their Inspiration.”
Natural History Museum. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/sea-
monsters-inspiration-serpents-mermaids-the-kraken.html

Salvador, Rodrigo B. and Barbara M. Tomotani. “The
Kraken: When Myth Encounters Science.” 21 (3) Jul-Sep
​ https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702014000300010

Content Warning: discussions of sex, beastiality, and sexual assault.

That’s a wrap on Season One! Join Dr. Caitlinn and Dr. Randall as they reflect on The Mything Link Season One: Kaos Theory.

Join us for Season 2- Monsters, and Cryptids, and Beasts—Oh My! Coming soon.

Check out extended mythology discussions on Happy Hour with Fernweh Collective.

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Helen Slater’s Greek Mythology storytelling album
Deborah Crossland’s novel The Quiet Part Out Loud

Content Warning: discussions of murder, rape, animal sacrifice

Special guest Professor Kristin Jøsvoll joins us from Texas A&M University - College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies to discuss Poseidon and maritime folklore.

Check out extended mythology discussions on Happy Hour with Fernweh Collective.

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Bibliography:

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010.

The Iliad, translated by Caroline Alexander.