The Mothman cover art

The Mothman

The Mothman

Listen for free

View show details

This modern iteration of folklore did not mature through generations of oral transmission; rather, it was synthesized almost overnight within a media ecosystem heavily reliant on sensationalist journalism, national wire services, and a growing interest in anomalous phenomena.

To analyze the Mothman is to engage with what Bernard Heuvelmans termed cryptozoology—the systematic, albeit marginalized, study of hidden animals—which saw a major post-war resurgence following the publication of his landmark 1955 text, On the Track of Unknown Animals.5 Cryptids of this nature operate within a liminal space, mirroring the concept of the Wunderkammer, or early modern cabinet of curiosities.

adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_c
No reviews yet