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280-Korean Folklore: Family Matters (ad-free)

By |2022-07-19T23:00:49-04:00July 19th, 2022|Categories: Member Post|

Three stories from Korean folklore about family with terrible frog sons, angry imps beating guys with sticks until their arms get tired, and a mayor who just doesn't know when to quit. The creature is the Leanhaum-Shee, and if someone wants to set you up on a date with an invisible person...maybe pass. And also run away [...]

279-Norse Sagas: Prince Ali (ad-free)

By |2022-07-12T22:58:10-04:00July 12th, 2022|Categories: Member Post|

The story of Spotted Ali, from the Icelandic sagas, has werewolves, ogre battles, and witch curses. It also has parents doing the right thing (and then the wrong thing for way too much cash), enemies becoming friends if they can keep on doing enemy stuff, and why you should always be polite to people who help [...]

279-Norse Sagas: Prince Ali

By |2022-07-12T23:01:48-04:00July 12th, 2022|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: , , |

The story of Spotted Ali, from the Icelandic sagas, has werewolves, ogre battles, and witch curses. It also has parents doing the right thing (and then the wrong thing for way too much cash), enemies becoming friends if they can keep on doing enemy stuff, and why you should always be polite to [...]

278-Oscar Wilde: Skyrockets in Flight (ad-free)

By |2022-07-20T11:33:18-04:00July 5th, 2022|Categories: Member Post|

Two literary fairy tales from Irish writer Oscar Wilde. On the first, we'll see that even fireworks need spa days. Is that what wallowing in the mud with animals is? Probably, right? On the second, it's a story of love. Cynical, brutal love. The creature is the Joseung Saja (저승 사자), a dapper grim reaper who's [...]

277-1001 Nights: Kiss the Cook (ad-free)

By |2022-06-28T23:05:55-04:00June 28th, 2022|Categories: Member Post|

The story of the cook and the warlock, from 1001 Nights, where you see how a hot tub can change your entire life's course. The creature is the Murghi-i-adami, a buff peacock with a lot to say. -- Disclaimer & vizier bit: https://myths.link/277 Scoundrel! Check out the worst (as in least talented) counterfeiter in US history: [...]

276-Swiss Horror: Along Came a Spider

By |2022-06-22T01:30:11-04:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|

An adaptation of a Swiss horror novella "The Black Spider" by author Jeremias Gotthelf (AKA Albert Bitzius), about a town with a knight problem, so they make a deal with a very suspicious man to help them in their time of need. The creature is the Kanbari nyūdō, that creepy hairy guy watching [...]

276-Swiss Horror: Along Came a Spider (ad-free)

By |2022-06-22T01:20:44-04:00June 22nd, 2022|Categories: Member Post|

An adaptation of a Swiss horror novella "The Black Spider" by author Jeremias Gotthelf (AKA Albert Bitzius), about a town with a knight problem, so they make a deal with a very suspicious man to help them in their time of need. The creature is the Kanbari nyūdō, that creepy hairy guy watching you go to [...]

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