Episode 10 | Spirits

Spirits are supernatural entities that have been used to explain the unexplainable. These creatures prevent naught children from wandering into the woods on their own. TW: Child/baby death is mentioned in the episode

In this episode, you'll hear:

• The Churile of Guyana

• The Eloko of Zaire

• The Douen of Trinidad and Tobago

• The Rolling Calf of Jamaica

• Moral vitalism

• And more!

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Resources:

• Belief in 'evil spirits' evolved as way to control disease outbreaks: study

• Explaining illness with evil: pathogen prevalence fosters moral vitalism

• Right-wing Authoritarianism

• Churile

• Folklore

• Myth: The Churile

• Eloko

• Eloko

• Eloko

• A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels, and Other Subversive Spirits

• Douens

• DOUEN film

• Rolling Calf

• I & I: The Natural Mystics : Marley, Tosh and Wailer

• Rolling Calf