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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMJ3c1gHuw

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Prehistoric ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Primitive ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Stone+Age ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Bronze+Age ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Iron+Age ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Roman+Age ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Viking+Age ?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=How+to+Make+Medieval ?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=experimental+archaeology ?

The Way We Lived
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9pfA0YJulk .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONIqcsIah2g .
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x628i3x .

𝕸 Superstition

Abbeys, Churches, Convents, Friaries. Monasteries

Customs, Folk Lore

Medicine
Alchemy, Primitive Medicine ..
Alchemy to Science ..
Spanish Inquisition ..

SDH - Superstition - Dog-Headed Men

3 Accounts - Dog-Headed Men - Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Mandeville - VoP > .
Do the Dog-Headed Men Have Souls? - Letter from 9th Century Monk - VoP > .

Somewhere in the distant seas past India, these three famous explorers from completely different backgrounds came across [claims of?] a race of men called the Cynocephaly: a remarkable people with the "heads of dogs".

Though Sir John Mandeville's account (and very existence) is heavily questioned by historians, quite what brought the otherwise reliable Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta to corroborate the ancient legends of the Dog-Headed Men is less clear...

Spanish Inquisition

Ugly History: Spanish Inquisition - TED-Ed >
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In 1478, Pope Sixtus IV issued a decree authorizing the Catholic monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, to root out "heresy" in the Spanish kingdoms. The inquisition quickly turned its attention to ridding the region of people who were not part of the Catholic Church— leading to more than 350 years of ethnic cleansing. Kayla Wolf digs into the persecution and brutality of the Spanish Inquisition.

Superstitious Fear of "Witchcraft"

Why Medieval Britain Was So Terrified Of Witchcraft - AbHi >
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Fear is directly proportional to the paranoia-promoting inculcation of supernaturalist threats (aka official religion). 

Superstitious Fear of "Witchcraft" ..

Werewolves


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodotus .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oribasius .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stumpp .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan .
3 "werewolf" cases: http://alam25.tripod.com/modern.htm .

Ambras Syndrome: The Curious Genetics of Werewolves

Ambras syndrome is a very rare type of hypertrichosis lanuginosa congenita, a congenital skin disease characterized by excessive hair growth on the entire body, with the exception of the palms, soles, and mucous membranes. Individuals with Ambras syndrome have excessive growth of vellus (soft, fine and short) hair, especially on the face, ears, and shoulders. Facial and dental abnormalities may also be present. Ambras syndrome has been mapped to the short (q) arm of chromosome 8. It appears to follow an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertrichosis .

Witches - Scapegoats


The first episode in a series investigating the truth behind witch accusations in Early Modern Europe, mainly concerning the South-West of Germany, which was where most cases were encountered. What was the reality behind accusations of witchcraft? Were the accused totally innocent? Who were the accused?

0:00 Introduction
2:44 Recognising a Witch
4:25 The Different Accusees
8:45 Social Status and Roles
11:43 Types of Spell Used

Superstitious Fear of "Witchcraft" ..

Why Superstition Reigned


[Once again, a program appears to avoid explicitly stating the obvious. In essence, it has been repeatedly observed that those who were sexually abused as children are more likely to believe that there are 'monsters under every bed', and more likely to cope with unavoidable trauma by dissociating. Those forced to resort to DID in order to cope with early, prolonged abuse are more likely to appear to be 'possessed' by 'demonic' alter personalities. Those who were physically abused as children are more likely to distrust the world. Unfortunately, exorcism is yet another form of abuse. Too long misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, and more lately as bipolar and borderline personality disorders, DID is a reversible condition, but only after years of appropriate therapy -- which exorcism very definitely is not.]