{"id":5921,"date":"2013-08-18T10:30:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5921"},"modified":"2013-08-18T10:30:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-18T16:30:13","slug":"a-medical-origin-for-norse-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=5921","title":{"rendered":"A Medical Origin for Norse Monsters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/18311924\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is what happens when a parasitologist\/archaeologist muses on the origin of mythology. It gets interesting at about the 6:30-minute point.<\/p>\n<p>And this is a very famous turd in English archaeology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what happens when a parasitologist\/archaeologist muses on the origin of mythology. It gets interesting at about the 6:30-minute point. 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