Loooooooong time ago there was a post here where we imagined what the folklore of a steampunk world would be (it was called Steampunk Lore or something like that). The discovery of the Myth And Legend Of The Post Apocalypse video duologie ( see my post in Aural Ocular) give me the idea to make a reboot just to see what we can come of now.
Some Ideas Of My Own
Gremlins: This cousins of goblins are often blamed by aeronauts for mechanical malfunctions.
Siren: Those harpies relatives are for aeronauts what mermaids are for sailors.
Vestal: Relic of the pre-christian cult of the goddess of the hearth Hestia, this female folk magicians are often found in engineer circle.
Knocker: Helpful cave dwelling fairfolk who help miners.
Spring Heeled Jack: The quintensential victorian urban legend.
The Ripper: You surely heard about numerous suspect for the Jack The Ripper case, but what if he was something nearly not human, a savage modern war shaman who have gone on a rampage.
Metal Charm: It is a good occasion to re-show this trinket i created a while back
https://www.reddit.com/r/steampunk/comments/e5557h/a_lucky_charm_for_sniper_i_cobbled_together_at/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmfIron John:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_JohnThe Fool Of The World And The Flying Ship: This russian legend is very easily steamifiable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbKFAy97fYQ&t=977sThe Magic Doll: In the spirit of the previous
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/16-russian-fairy-tales-she-who-must-not-be-named/id990897842?i=1000357346595&l=frCasey Jones
John Henry
Belohegor: A female demon known to inspire greedy inventor.
Mamnon: Demon of greed, the perfect figurehead for the horror of industry.
Mercury: Pagan god of merchant and thieves revered as a patron by industrialists.
Vulcan:The roman metalsmith god, reverd as a patron by workers and tinkers.
Deep ones, Ithaqua, nightgaunts and other rumours of « elder gods ».
Dovokhoi ( not sure if right word): Fairfolks who use to live behind hearths but now also
live behind boilers too. Must be feed regularly if you don’t want to suffer their wrath.
The Noosphere: A personification of the human spirit.
King Coal : Spirit Of Coal Power.
King Steam: Spirit Of Steam Power.
The Electricity Fairy: Spirit Of Electric Power.
Dwarves, gnomes, dark elves and other cave dwelling fey
Lutin:known in english as christmas elves.
The Matrix: A « artificial Mother Earth » workshipped by automatons.
Medea: The Anti-Gaia, personification of pollution.
Ghost Airship
Haunted Mine
Everything From Those:
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/old-gods-of-appalachia/id1485435369?l=frhttps://youtu.be/P-pRUF_HNSg
