In the modern era, ghouls have been adapted into more globalized depictions of monsters, aligning them with Western depictions of zombies and vampires. How did stories from pre-islamic arabia folklore turn into some of the biggest entertainment icons of today? While at the same time terrifying people of the ancient middle east through to today? --------------------MUSICTheme Music by Dethlehem (dethlehem.bandcamp.com)--------------------SOCIAL LINKS Website: www.mysteriouspals.com Email: mysteriouspalsonline@gmail.com Youtube: @MysteriousPals Facebook: @mysteriouspals Instagram: @mysteriouspals X/Twitter: @mysterious_pals Podcast Feeds: www.mysteriouspals.com --------------------EPISODE RESOURCES The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1,001 Nights (translated by Malcolm C. Lyons) Ali, Wajihah. "Jinn, Demons, and the Supernatural in Islamic Culture." Islamic Heritage Review, 2016. al-Jahiz. Book of Animals. Cairo: Dar al-Ma'arif, 1965. Mernissi, Fatima. Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood. New York: Basic Books, 1994. Montgomery, James E. The Vagabond Poet: Jinn and Ghoul in the Early Arabic Odes. 2015. Pellat, Charles. "Ghouls and Spirits in Medieval Islamic Literature." Encyclopedia of Islam, 1991. The Mythical Ghoul in Arabic Culture, Ahmed Al-Rawi https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~culturalanalysis/volume8/pdf/ghouls.pdf Al-Rawi, A. K. (2009). The Arabic Ghoul and its Western Transformation. Folklore, 120(3), 291–306. https://doi.org/10.1080/00155870903219730 --------------------IMAGESEpisode Thumbnail: Imam Ali Conquers Jinn, 1568 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imam_Ali_and_the_Jinn.jpg)--------------------TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 - Beginning00:00:10 - Introduction00:02:05 - The Tale of Sidi Nouman00:03:43 - What the Hell is a Ghoul Anyway?00:21:20 - Famous Ghoul Stories00:32:23 - Common Theories00:41:25 - Our Theories00:54:30 - Closing--------------------ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS PALSThe Mysterious Pals is a mysterious show about history and friendship.#mystery, #history, #unsolved, #unsolvedmysteries, #halloween, #mysteriouspals, #staymysterious, #folklore, #ancienthistory, #arabianfolklore, #ghoul, #monsters, #zombies