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10. For A Werewolf, I'm Pretty Optimistic
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Things get a little bit hairy by the end of this episode as Hannah barks through the diverse wolf and dog creatures of Asian folklore.
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.
For further reading:
https://www.wolfsongalaska.org/chorus/node/256
https://www.britannica.com/topic/yaksha
https://rkaroma.com/en-us/blogs/our-journal/ancient-indian-cult-of-yakshas-the-tutelary-deity-of-plants-and-fragrances
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/x97ec695a:1000-b-c-e-500ce-indo-gangetic-plain/a/yaksha-and-yakshi
https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales.Keibu_Keioiba_By_Nganthoi_Lourembam
Murakami, Kenji (2000). Yōkai jiten. The Mainichi Newspapers. pp. 74–75.
https://yokai.com/okuriinu/
https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/08/okuri-okami.html
Kyōgoku, Natsuhiko (2008). Tada, Katsumi (ed.). Yōkai gahon: kyōka hyakumonogatari. Kokushokankokai. p. 280.
https://ulukayin.org/boru-the-wolf-in-turkic-mythology/
http://mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2012/03/short-history-of-dog-headed-men.html
Correa, Gustavo (1955). "El espiritu del mal en Guatemala". Nativism and Syncretism. New Orleans: Middle American Research Institute Publications, Tulane University. 19: 37–104.
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