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Horde Monster Fact #43: One Thousand and One Nights Brought Ghouls West
Ghouls entered Western horror fiction largely through 18th-century European translations of One Thousand and One Nights, introducing the creature to a whole new audience.
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Wizard of Oz Fact #49: The Glass Cat Was Completely Transparent
In Baum’s ‘The Patchwork Girl of Oz,’ the Glass Cat is a magically animated feline with visible organs, including a ruby heart and pink brains. Her vanity and aloofness make her one of the series’ most unusual creations.
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Source: The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913)
Bible Fact #43: Valentine's Day Honors a Somewhat Mysterious Saint
St. Valentine, the namesake behind Valentine’s Day, is a fairly obscure historical figure, with several different early Christian martyrs sharing that name across early church records.
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Horde Monster Fact #42: Ghouls Come From Arabian Folklore
The ghoul originates from the Arabic “ghul,” a shape-shifting desert spirit in pre-Islamic Arabian folklore said to prey on travelers and disturb the dead.
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Bible Fact #42: Mother Teresa Founded a Global Charity Order
Mother Teresa, known for her work with the poor in Kolkata, founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and was canonized as a saint in 2016.
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Wizard of Oz Fact #48: The Munchkin Actors Came From Around the World
The actors who portrayed the Munchkins were recruited from various countries, including the United States, Germany, and Austria. Many were part of traveling performance troupes and had never worked on a major Hollywood film before. Their diverse backgrounds contributed to the lively and memorable atmosphere of Munchkinland, which remains one of the film’s most iconic sequences.
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Source: Parade
Wizard of Oz Fact #47: The Nome King Feared Eggs
In Baum’s books, the Nome King and his people are deathly afraid of eggs, believing them poisonous to their kind. This unusual weakness plays a major role in ‘Ozma of Oz’ and later books, where eggs become a surprisingly effective weapon against the Nomes’ underground armies.
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Source: Ozma of Oz (1907)
Horde Monster Fact #41: 'Demon' Didn't Always Mean Evil
The word demon comes from the Greek daimon, which originally referred to a spirit or divine power in general, not necessarily an evil one.
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