120B-Holy Grail: Beyond the Sea
The Grail comes to Britain
120B-Holy Grail: Beyond the Sea (ad-free)
The Grail comes to Britain.
120A-Holy Grail: Only the Penitent Man Will Pass
This is where it all begins.
120A-Holy Grail: Only the Penitent Man Will Pass (ad-free)
The Holy Grail. The greatest legendary relic of all time and the focal point of the Arthurian legends. This is its origin. Beginning as the humble cup of a crucified savior, the Grail will take on legendary status. We'll see how it moved from Jerusalem to a far-flung province on the edge of the world, and [...]
Member episode 36-Italian Folklore: Pancakes and Wine
The story of the girl, the pancakes, and Uncle Wolf, where you'll learn what you shouldn't give a wolf in return for his kindness.
119-Sleeping Beauty: Rude Awakening (ad-free)
**Note: this is a different episode than episode 1 of the member podcast. I completely re-did it. It's the first written version of Sleeping Beauty, put down to paper in the 1600s by the Neapolitan writer Giambattista Basile. And it's horrifying. The creature is elephant rat. It's an elephant whose also a rat sometimes. No [...]
119-Sleeping Beauty: Rude Awakening
The horrifying original story of Sleeping Beauty
118-Jewish Folklore: The Eyrie
A king just wants to sleep until noon and not work at all...until he stumbles on an ancient secret.
118-Jewish Folklore: The Eyrie (ad-free)
The king is annoyed. All of these people want to make him work. It's just...not fair. Sure, they're starving and about to riot in the streets, but actually showing up to work is really going to cut into his sitting around time. Unfortunately, he might not have a choice. The people are getting angry, and that [...]
117-Romanian folklore: What did it Cost? (ad-free)
A father makes a promise he can't keep. It's kind of not his fault, though. Being a new parent is super tiring.