Eps. 75: Women Blamed Pt. 2- Medusa, Lamia & Scylla

In this episode of The Moon in Carolina, host Shelby Bundy explores the origin stories of three of Greek mythology's most feared women — and what those origins reveal about how monsters get made. Circe, the sorceress who transforms men into pigs. Lamia, the child-devouring queen. Scylla, the creature in the strait who drags sailors to their deaths. Each of these figures has a story that predates the monster version, and in each case, the transformation follows a recognizable pattern: a ...