The Nagual
Episode 12 of the Hey Strangeness podcast, hosted by Hey Strangeness, titled "The Nagual" was published on January 19, 2022 and runs 55 minutes.
January 19, 2022 ·55m · Hey Strangeness
Summary
This was going to be a quick episode highlighting a particularly interesting Mesoamerican shapeshifter. Then it turned into a rabbit hole of coincidence and apparent linkages with other folk tales which literally blew our minds. Join us on a strange journey through Mesoamerican mythology in which we find connections with La Lechuza, the European Werewolf, Quetzalcoatl and a lot more. We'll also get into 17th century guerilla fighter Maria De La Candelaria who we're now sort of obsessed with, as well as examine some modern day Nagual sightings courtesy of Nick Redfern and the internet, and talk a little bit about Farcry 6. Dang. A big thank you to all the creators who's work we reference in this episode, including The Unrefined Podcast, The Haunted Hermanas Podcast, Small Town Monsters, Tobias Wayland, Nick Redfern, JSTOR Iago's Wand Emporium on Instagram Merriam Webster Entry defining Nagualism JSTOR Article containing the 1894 research paper Encyclopedia Britannica article Tlacatecolotl from the Nahual dictionary / University of Oregon Nagual sighting near Veracruz in 2020 Article referencing the 2020 sighting Upper Necaxa Totonac Project translated nagual folk tale Haunted Hermanas Podcast Wikipedia entry for Maria De La Candelaria The Lake Michigan Mothman by Tobias Wayland Shapeshifters by Nick Redfern On the Trail of The Lake Michigan Mothman from Small Town Monsters Skinwalker: Howl of The Rougarou from Small Town Monsters
Episode Description
This was going to be a quick episode highlighting a particularly interesting Mesoamerican shapeshifter. Then it turned into a rabbit hole of coincidence and apparent linkages with other folk tales which literally blew our minds. Join us on a strange journey through Mesoamerican mythology in which we find connections with La Lechuza, the European Werewolf, Quetzalcoatl and a lot more. We'll also get into 17th century guerilla fighter Maria De La Candelaria who we're now sort of obsessed with, as well as examine some modern day Nagual sightings courtesy of Nick Redfern and the internet, and talk a little bit about Farcry 6. Dang.
A big thank you to all the creators who's work we reference in this episode, including The Unrefined Podcast, The Haunted Hermanas Podcast, Small Town Monsters, Tobias Wayland, Nick Redfern, JSTOR
Iago's Wand Emporium on Instagram
Merriam Webster Entry defining Nagualism
JSTOR Article containing the 1894 research paper
Encyclopedia Britannica article
Tlacatecolotl from the Nahual dictionary / University of Oregon
Nagual sighting near Veracruz in 2020
Article referencing the 2020 sighting
Upper Necaxa Totonac Project translated nagual folk tale
Wikipedia entry for Maria De La Candelaria
The Lake Michigan Mothman by Tobias Wayland
On the Trail of The Lake Michigan Mothman from Small Town Monsters
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