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- Feb 17, 2022
- 1 min
Afterpants: Underthings (Bhoots)
Today's lovely ghosts are called Bhoots or Bhuta (As a side note: I'm not an etymologist but it does strike me that the second name is...
- Feb 17, 2022
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Aeriae Potestates (Aerial Powers))
In the last episode I talked about Aerial Devils The Aeriae Potestates are apparently a specific type of these demons. Rather than...
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Aerial Devils!)
Today's Undemons are called "Aerial Devils!" I normally tend to shy away from western folklore, but these guys caught my interest....
- Jan 29, 2022
- 1 min
Afterpants: Underthings (Announcement)
Welcome to my new series of all things supernatural and all things underpants! The series title (again) is a play on slang terms for...
- Jan 17, 2022
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Amikuk)
Today's Undemon is called "Amikuk" But first, I have to share this AWESOME pic I found: ok, now this pic was found on wikipedia. It's of...
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Afterlives (Ghost reunion AND Go into the light)
I'll be covering two afterlife story tropes today. The first is "ghost reunion ending" wherein several deceased characters in stories...
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Yokeks 十はつ
Today's yokai is "Bake-bi" 化け火 Japan has lots of different kinds of 'ghost fires.' My favorite is hitodama but they all essentially...
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Rakshasas)
Today's Undemons are Rakshasas. Coming to you from the terrible Indian underworld (or the island of Lanka) they come in all shapes and...
- Dec 5, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Yokeks 十匕
Today's Yokai is: Name: Chiko 地狐 Like certain other societies, Kitsune culture is fairly hierarchical. Chiko (earth fox) are a step on...
- Nov 22, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Empousai)
Hailing from the Greek underworld, empousai (kinda like onryo) are the vengeful, vampiric, returned spirits of the dead. It seems that...
- Nov 19, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Srin Po)
Today's Undemons are a classic case of the demonization of a previous 'pagan' faith by a dominant paradigm; in this case, Buddhism. The...
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Afterpants: Yokeks 十四 (札返し)
I don't even remember how long I've been here. The barn has no windows which is actually super helpful in terms of sleep. But this fact...
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (kallikantzaros)
Todays Undemons are called "kallikantzaros" These are underworld residents that get to "visit" our world for a period of time at the end...
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Afterlives (Otherworld Backup)
Today's afterlife trope is "Backup from the other world" This is the idea that a character in a story receives direct assistance from...
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Yokeks 十二
So I had a "date" last night. I met this guy who was on OKcupid. We've met twice now and he seems nice, but I can't get over how he just...
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (The Furies)
Today's Undemons are; The Furies! Coming at you from Ancient Greece's underworld, The Furies have many names; The Dirae (The Terrible...
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
Affterpants: Yokeks 十一
Well, I slept like a goddamn viking last night. Almost 12 hours! YAY!!!! (Yes, that's a Ralph reference) Possible funerary job on the...
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons (Edimmu)
Today's Undemons are the surprisingly rhyming "Edimmu" Hailing from the Sumerian underworld, they are created when a person is improperly...
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Yokeks 十
Another cold night last night. It's not like I don't appreciate the help I've been offered. I mean, a regular job, food AND a place to...
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Afterpants: Undemons #3 Charontes
So today's Undemons are the "Charontes", a group of demons from the Etruscan underworld. What I found interesting in the book by Theresa...