Wow, phenomenal research. The most fascinating part, as pointed out in the end if I'm interpreting correctly, is the Popobawa being a manifestation of so many different anxieties. Struggling with sexual identity, perceived (or very real) group threat theory [link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_threat_theory], etc. Universality of the boogeyman.
Ignorance isn't bliss. All we have left of this is the word 'nightmare'; that "demon" has dwindled to almost nothing through of knowledge. That "demon" too rode the chest in legend. Where does it have some significance? The young who are ignorant because they are young. You get older, you absorb knowledge, and just have bad dreams that you blame on the cheese the evening before. If you are W.E.I.R.D.
Of course, there will always be those who think there is more to reality than reality - and the phenomena are repackaged as space aliens; their anal probes; and Mothman - the latter looking like more or less the West Virginian Popobawa. You can never speak of man as a rational being.
Wow, phenomenal research. The most fascinating part, as pointed out in the end if I'm interpreting correctly, is the Popobawa being a manifestation of so many different anxieties. Struggling with sexual identity, perceived (or very real) group threat theory [link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_threat_theory], etc. Universality of the boogeyman.
Ignorance isn't bliss. All we have left of this is the word 'nightmare'; that "demon" has dwindled to almost nothing through of knowledge. That "demon" too rode the chest in legend. Where does it have some significance? The young who are ignorant because they are young. You get older, you absorb knowledge, and just have bad dreams that you blame on the cheese the evening before. If you are W.E.I.R.D.
Of course, there will always be those who think there is more to reality than reality - and the phenomena are repackaged as space aliens; their anal probes; and Mothman - the latter looking like more or less the West Virginian Popobawa. You can never speak of man as a rational being.
Fascinating as always. Thanks for this.
Will give this a read over the weekend. Sounds fascinating.
I had the same exact nightmare last night, I'm so glad it was a popobawa and not some weird fetish for bat demon sodomy
This is amazing. It reminds me of the account of the penis-stealing witches given here:
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-the-geography-of-madness
Things that go bum in the night