Black Annis

Splendid Samhain and Happy Halloweens, my dear witches, warlocks, and all in between~ Thank you for joining me, the fox witch Forseti Fox, in another episode of my furry paranormal comedy podcast! Indeed, Foxxo Esoterica is back from it's summer-long hiatus, and starting off it's third season! I'm eternally sorry for failing to upload without an update, personal life such-and-such got in the way, but I am once again doing well, especially now that I'm with my husband again in Germany. Enough about me, though, let's regail in a haunted tail. Tonight's topic will be a particularly frightening hag legend, coming out of England. Black Annis is her name, and though her blue skin makes her name a bit of a misnomer, she nonetheless earns a reputation as a legend via a centuries-long track record of magic and cannibalism. Tonight's episode will be a departure from form, from previous season's episodes. I'll be tackling this episode, and most future episodes, as a solo project with a limited amount of drinking, though worry not, that style of episode will make a return every once in a while for future episodes. However, I do want to focus more on the stories for some episodes, without three-hour long episodes or chaotic ad libs. You can support Foxxo Esoterica on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ForsetiFox or at KoFi at https://ko-fi.com/forsetifox. All editing, research, and music is done by myself, artwork is done by @sunelchikito on Twitter! Also, be sure to check out my brother's YouTube projects, if you like pinball, video games, or other esoteric topics (His range is a bit more broad than mine) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACJntoCDTl8 Episode Sources -Katherine Brigg’s book; Encyclopedia of Fairies, written in 1976 https://archive.org/details/BriggsKatharineMaryAnEncyclopediaOfFairies/page/n37/mode/2up -C.J. Billson’s book County Folk-Lore, written in 1895 https://archive.org/details/countyfolklore00folkuoft/page/4/mode/2up?view=theater&q=annis -A paper written by Bob Trubshaw titled “The Making of a Legend: Black Annis and her Bower.” https://www.le.ac.uk/lahs/downloads/2006/2006%20(80)%2043-60%20Trubshaw.pdf -Eric Edward’s article online titled “The Folklore of the Hag and Crone” https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/the-folklore-of-the-hag-and-crone/ -The book The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, written by Ronald Hutton in 1999 https://archive.org/details/triumphofmoonhis0000hutt/page/274/mode/2up -Wikipedia