The Shaman/Detective Team-Up
Uluksuk Mayuk was an Inuinnait (Copper Inuit) shaman active in the early 1900s. In 1914, he heard about a double murder and went to investigate it. Two years later, a Canadian detective arrived unexpectedly from a world away. Uluksuk and the detective pooled their information and their resources, then Uluksuk led the detective to the […]
Saving or Sacrificing the Substitute King
In and around Mesopotamia, from maybe 1900 to 300 B.C. (off and on), priests practiced a particular brand of human sacrifice meant to keep their kings safe. When omens and auguries predicted the death of the king, priests would swap the real king out for a fake – a substitute king – then kill the […]
The Book of Overthrowing Apep
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Imhotep
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The Heretic Vendetta
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Montaillou: The Spy-Infested Anthill Village
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Talking the Tsembaga out of War
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The Confucian Village of Misfortune
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The Secret History of the Mountain Folk
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Eleusinian Mysteries
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NPCs in Wooden Screens: the Duein Fubara
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NPC Foibles from Suetonius
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Akodessewa Fetish Market
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Egyptian Iconoclasm and Stone Golems
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Pagan Ghosts Don’t Fear ‘Turn Undead’
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