Backstory: The Mari Lwyd
Update: 2023-12-04
Description
The mostly warm, fuzzy, cozy, sanitized Christmas is mainly a product of 19th and 20th century American influence. In earlier times, Christmas had a spooky side — one example of which is the Welsh tradition of the ghostly gray mare: the Mari Lwyd.
Mentioned in this Episode
- Jeff Belanger
- The Fright Before Christmas by Jeff Belanger
Music in this Episode
- "John Barleycorn" — Julius H., via Pixabay
- "Dread Lake" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive
- "Mile Marker 323" — Blue Dot Sessions, via Free Music Archive
- "Relaxing Acoustic - Noel" —Oleksii Kaplunskyi, via Pixabay
- "Dramatic Uplifting Cinematic Piano" — Yevhen Onoychenko, via Pixabay
- Additional sound effects via Freesound
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