For the Love of History

For the Love of History Hi, I'm TK, your friendly neighbourhood historian and new history bestie!

Welcome to For the Love of History, the podcast where we talk about world history, women’s history, and weird history!

06/09/2026

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26/08/2026

We finally got to do an episode on Empress Theodora and it’s our first Empress baddie episode of the season
Just a little fun For The Love of History fact, Teddy one of or three history, helpers and official mascot of the podcast, is actually named after Theodora, and Ted form Ted Lasso… she is vast and full of multitudes 😂
You can check out this or any episode on your favorite listening platform and YouTube!

20/08/2026

Cursing your enemies! Just girly things!! 💅 ✨
Ladies next time your enemy is acting up get your self to the hardware store and get a pack of nails and a hammer just like the girlies of ancient Japan did! 🔨
This practice was done throughout Japanese history and mostly by women who had been wronged!
Although the practice of onmyodo has been around since the 600’s the first written record we have of Ushi no Mairi Toki comes from The Tale of the Heike (平家物語, Heike Monogatari) in 1130.
It’s a LOOONG story but this gal named Hashihime was PISED and the shenanigans of some MEN. She was so pi**ed in fact that she became a demon and performed the first ushi no mairi Toki curse, described thusly, “Secluding herself in a deserted spot, she divided her long hair into five bunches and fashioned these bunches into horns. She daubed her face with vermilion and her body with cinnabar, set on her head an iron tripod with burning brands attached to its legs and held in her mouth another brand, burning at both ends.”
Diva behavior.
She becomes so powerful that when her arm is cut off by a powerful samurai years later, another Onmyodo practitioner master Seimei, uses it as a power up tool of sorts!
Any way, you didn’t hear this from me but you can def buy curse kits online…. 🤫
K, don’t get caught love you bye!!!

18/08/2026

Alright I need a 7 book series on this IMMEDIATELY!!!
Witchcraft is amazing but we hardly ever get to see it out side of Europe! This week I’ll take you into the witchy world of Onmyōdō!
The world of the Heian court was really dictated by ghosts and magic. They were not just spooky  superstition, neh neh dear one, they were a part of life. the Japanese of the Heian court were SO obsessed with magic and ghosts that their lives were completely designed and dictated by these onmyoji practitioners.
Travel, living spaces, ceremonies,  marriages, sickness, and so much more was determined by the bureau of Yin and Yang. 
Feel free to ask all your magical questions in the comments!

Every summerween ghoul and gal needs their Yokai familiar!If you didn’t know August is spooky season in Japan, for reaso...
05/08/2026

Every summerween ghoul and gal needs their Yokai familiar!
If you didn’t know August is spooky season in Japan, for reasons we’ll be talking about during this summerween series!
Let me know which Yokai you get or which one is your favorite!

03/08/2026

Ghost Sexism?!
Well the ghosts aren’t sexist but the stories sure are 😵‍💫
One of the most popular Kaidan (Japanese ghost stories) called Yotsuya Kaidan is a tale about a woman a*used into being a ghost. I won’t spoil it because it’s worth a read but you’re going to HATE her husband and cheer on the ending! Well… kind of. The ending isn’t what you would call a happy one.
Pretty much all Onryo stories go like that, horrible thing happens to a woman or girl, she turns into. Vengeful ghost, gets revenge (kind of) and then MAYBE gets to rest.
Goryo on the other hand… well these fellas get real sad when they get exiled from the capital, and can’t handle their emotions so they lose their minds and become ghosts… 🫠 there’s varying degrees of vengeance and cursing that go on with these that we’ll discuss a little later on this week! There’s also a whole cult religion around them that we’ll talk about! 🫪
Any way happy summer-ween! Stay out of the water at Right!!

01/08/2026

Spooky people OUR TIME HAS COME!
First of all happy Summer-ween to you! 🎃 it’s finally that time of year again, the best month of the year!!! Not only is August the best because it’s my birthday month but it’s also summer-ween AND spooky season in Japan!! This month we’ll be talking all things Yokai, ghosts, oni, and things that have gone bump in the night here in Japan for centuries!
👻 BOOK LIST! 👻

📕 Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide
Book by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt

📘Something Wicked from Japan: Ghosts, Demons & Yokai in Ukiyo-e Masterpieces
Noriko Yamamoto Author / Ei Nakau Contributor/ Sharni Wilson Translator

📗Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn

📙Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan by Lafcadio Hearn

📕 In Ghostly Japan by Lafcadio Hearn

📗The Book of Yokai: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
Book by Michael Foster

BONUS BOOK! 📖
Tales of Moonlight and Rain
By Ueda Akinari / Anthony H. Chambers
 (Translator) (this one if for the straight up literature freaks!)

31/07/2026

✨ orientalism ✨
It is all around us, beloved!!
If you would like a deeper dive into orientalism, I highly highly recommend the book orientalism by Edward W Said
This video also goes on to talk about the “demonic“ energy of Japan and how scary Japanese horror and folklore are, and since August is coming up and that spooky season in Japan will be covering the sociological and historical reasons for that! (Not the spiritual or supernatural natural 😅)
Anyways, if you have any specific questions or you would like more resources on orientalism, just let me know!! I’m happy to answer all your questions in the comments! but like don’t be weird… And don’t be hateful…😘

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