189C-Nibelungenlied: I Know It Was You (ad-free)
The hero of the story is dead, and the princess has a score to settle.
The hero of the story is dead, and the princess has a score to settle.
We pick up right where we left off last week: Gunther has tricked his way into marrying Brunhild, and Brunhild decided to give him a minor test of strength on their wedding night. He failed, and ended up naked and hog-tied, yelling out for help while dangling upside down from the rafters. The creature is the [...]
The story of Timoclea, a woman who went toe-to-toe with one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever known. SPOILER WARNING BELOW . . . . . . . . . [...]
The story starts out with one prince slaying a dragon and getting rich. It starts there. The wild ride of the Nibelungenlied has echoes of one of our most beloved stories, the Saga of the Volsungs, with it's over-the-top characters, the ridiculous situations, the betrayals, and, yes, dragon fights. The creature is a dragon cat with [...]
Two stories from the bawdy, funny, and oftentimes deeply unsettling 17th century fairytale author Giambattista Basile, both of which have to do with pets. The first pet is a rooster, whose owner just can't bring himself to kill it. No judgement there. The second pet is a flea...the size of a lamb. The creature this week [...]
Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War. He has no idea what's waiting for him.
A story from the Grimm brothers about three down-on-their-luck soldiers who get everything they could ever dream and then do their absolute best to lose it.
The story of Eglė the Queen of Serpents, from Lithuanian folklore, about a young woman who is faced with an impossible choice: witness the destruction of her family...or marry a snake.
Robin Hood and his merry men are throwing a dinner party! With food and wine! And robbery!
A traveling musician just wants to make some friends. No, not that one. Or that one. Or that one. The creature is a were tiger, but is a were-tiger actually worse than a regular tiger?