Regional Myths - American (USA)
Some of the newest myths: tall tales, traditional ballads and more.
A Few Ways to Use the DaVinci Tarot 
A rare treat! During our interview, Mark McElroy, who has written many books about tarot including the companion book to "The DaVinci Tarot" shares some ways to use the Da Vinci and other tarots for meditation and brainstorming. He also tells us a little about how the cards of the Major Arcana as ar A Review of the Haitian Voodoo Handbook
A review of Kenaz Filan´s rather remarkable book about the meaning, origins and practical applications of Vodou. A Review of The Voodoo Tarot of New Orleans
A review of "The New Orleans Voodoo Tarot", by Louis Martinez and Sallie Ann Glassman, Destiny Books African American Religion  [offsite link]
Some of the many links here provide information about conjuring. American Ballads  [offsite link]
An article that traces the evoloution of popular American ballads. American Folk Music [offsite link]
An article about the history of the genre. Ancient World News Today
Updated 9/9 - Breaking news relating to the ancient world getting ready to become a newsletter-only feature. SO, sign up now to keep getting updates! Appalachain Legends, The Mothman
Spending a few days not far from where the Mothman was said to have appeared, Point Pleasant, WV, I was inspired to look into his story in more detail. Archaeology & Conjuring [offsite link]
A look at evidence of conjuring in Virginia Babe, Paul Bunyans' Blue Ox
This week´s creautre: Babe, Paul Bunyans´ Big Blue Ox. Read their story, the latest archaeology, pre-history and other ancient yet breaking news and more. Sign up to get a weekly Creature Feature right in your mailbox!
Cowboy Facts & Legends [offsite link]
A very comprehensive site with lots of info. Cowboy Song Lyrics
The fourth and last collection of these for now. Here are a final few very cool songs from the real wild west, re-arranged by yours truly. From, appropriately, the final days of the frontier. Cowboy Songs
Songs written by real-life cowboys in the 1800s and such re-arranged by your host. They provide a picture of the West not seen in todays´cowboy movies, songs, t.v. shows. This is the real deal, and it ain´t purty. Funny sometimes though, and the girls are very often purty. Dreadful Wind and Rain
How we hear the echoes of a 50,000 year old flute in a popular song. Eadred the Ageless
An introduction to the first Merlin, Eadred the Ageless. Part of your host's original myth cycle. Folk History  [offsite link]
About.com´s site about folk music, great articles. Folk Lyric Archive
My Americanna project in progress --- re-arrangements of traditional songs by your host. New! Jack a Roe, (now returned to its' original title, Jack Monroe), Johnny has Gone for a Soldier' and the haunting tale of a sailors' ghost and a house carpenters' wife. Folk Remedies
Some shocking, folk cures for common ailments like headaches, stomachaches, earaches and the like. Folk Song Index [offsite link]
For the advanced scholar of American folk music. Ghost Riders in the Sky
A little cowboy myth to curl up by the fire with. Coming soon, a look at the related, incredibly ancient myth of the wild hunt from the Brittish Isles. Green Leaves
This is a song loosely based on an old English folk ballad, (feature coming soon!)written/somewhat co-written by your host. Heroes & Hard Times [offsite link]
An essay about African-American folklore. Hoodoo Candle Magic
A few of the types of candles used in Hoodoo and some ways to use them. Hoodoo in Blues Lyrics
More Blues lyrics about Hoodoo practices and beliefs Hoodoo in Blues Lyrics Part 3
Even more Blues songs about Hoodoo traditions and belifs Hoodoo in Blues Lyrics Part 4
The last collection of blues lyrics that focus on Hoodoo beliefs and practices It's Not Easy Being an Urban Legend
Why its not easy being an Urban Legend and why it deserves a "little respect." John Henry
The whole story of the steel drivin' man, (close as I can tell), traditional, co-written/arranged by your host. Lonesome Liz's Mojo Sideshow
Spanish playwright Frederico Garcia Lorca took folk tales and myths from his country's past and transformed them in to surreal, often bitingly sarcastic, commentaries on his own time. I've put together a Sideshow of Southern culture, built around the play below. Watch as it evolves! Lonesome Liz's Mojo Sideshow 2
Part II of my celebration of Southern myth and folklore in progress Marie Leveau, Voodoo Queen
The life, (and possibly after-life), of the infamous Voodoo Queen. More Cowboy Songs
A great deal of American folklore and/or mythology, (and occasionally that of the Brittish Isles), is found in Cowboy and Western songs. Here are some re-arrangements of songs from the frontier days written by real cowboys, re-arranged by yours truly. More Folk Remedies
Strange and archaic cures for the common cold, (it can be prevented by eating the first snow of winter, but if you miss that, try kissing a mule or breathing in the odor of a skunk to get rid of it, for example),nose bleeds, coughs, hysteria and more, even herpes. More Hoodoo Blues Lyrics
A collection of blues songs that focus on Hoodoo traditions and beliefs More Tall Tales [offsite link]
An academic look at a uniquely American tradition. More Women in American Folklore
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett, Slue-foot Sue and Sal Fink, three women who´s tales are as tall as any man of their time´s. Myths and Legends Fact and Fiction
Myths and legends are often based in fact. We're going to start looking at what the history behind many of them may be. How? Find out in this feature. Myths of the Future American Mythology
An introduction to the origins of mythology and the continuation of earliest traditions through to the present. Outlaw Songs
Billy the Kid, Jesse James and a song written by Cole Younger himself. Also, a version of "I´ve Been All Around this World" you´ll find interestingly different from the Dead version. Pop Goes the Weasel
What does "Pop Goes the Weasel" really mean and which version of the song is correct. Is the monkey chased around a cobblers' bench or a mulberry bush? The question popped up this morning in my kitchen and I found that the song has a complex history, many versions, and wasn't originally for childr Railroad Extra [offsite link]
Stories about the railroad from people who were there. Searching For the Real John Henry
American myth and folklore is laden with ghost stories. Some have been collected and recorded, others have not. This, the first of a series that will include first-hand accounts from Appalachia to Virginia Plantations to the New Jersey Pine Barrens, is an account of a very strange experience I had w Shamanism
A look at the history and nature of Shamanism. Sign up for the Mythology Newsletter
Subscribe for site updates and more, including the contiuing adventures of your host in music, art and cultural journalism gonzo,book reviews, interviews, all kinds of way cool stuff. It's more than just myth, it's Americana live as it happens. Updates on my upcoming interviews with Justin Townes Some Hoodoo Spells
Hoodoo magic! Some of the Women of Folklore
Some of the women in folklore who were, as with most folklore, probably based in fact and made an, (albiet incompletely recorded) difference. Stories of Charles Chesnutt [offsite link]
A collection of early African American folklore, with many tales of conjuring. Tall Tales  [offsite link]
A collection of American stories, some mythical. The DaVinci Tarot: An Interview with Mark McElroy
Learn more about Da Vinci, the meaning behind "Da Vinci Code" mania and the "Da Vinci Tarot" in this interview with Mark McElroy, author of the companion book to Lo Scarabo´s beautiful deck. The Jersey Devil
Who or what is the Jersey Devil, the mysterious creature said to haunt the lonesome pine barrens of southern New Jersey? The Lenni Lenape and first European settlers in the area called it a dragon, residents in the 1700s claimed it was a demon-child, eyewitnesses say it's a hybrid animal. The Loa, Spirits of Voodoo
An introduction to the most central concept of Voodoo, the Loa. The Saints in Voodoo
A look at some dieties of Voodoo and the Saints that have become associated with them. The Underground Railroad [offsite link]
A guide to researching the Underground Railroad Thirteen Murder Ballads
Thirteen songs about killin' Vodun, the Root of Voodoo
An introduction to Vodun, the West African religion that Voodoo sprang from. Voodoo and Santerian Pantheons
Gods and Goddesses of Voodoo and Santeria. Wikipedia Tall Tales [offsite link]
A comprehensive look at the genre Willie the Weeper
Sad tale of drugs going, going, gone wrong. Traditional, arranged by your host. Wind and Rain, the Next Generation
Your editor plays hide and seek with myth. What was the sequence of events in the situation with the singing bones? (See A Matter of Life and Death, the Dreadful Wind and Rain, in the article archive.) Traditional, co-written/arranged by your host. Wit & Wisdom, American Proverbs
A small collection of American and Native American proverbs. Links marked with the [offsite link] designation point to websites not associated with BellaOnline.com. BellaOnline.com is not responsible for the material found there.
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