An abbot spends Christmas surrounded by outlaws in the dark forest, so he can listen to mysterious, otherworldly music. A farm has a fun Christmas tradition where employees end up dead on Christmas morning. It must be the holidays in Swedish and Icelandic folklore.
The spies are coming. Governor Sim has gone too far and earned the attention of the king, who's sending people to see what's going on in Sim's district. The only thing? Sim is four steps ahead of the king and those spies don't know what they're walking into.
A home improvement project 800 years in the making that includes way too many wolves, rat parts, and beards. It's the story of the Tomten of Åbo Castle, from Finnish folklore.
Monkey learns that the monster who kidnapped his master is the son of an old friend. This should go well. Everyone knows kids love it when adults yell at them.
Lucius has been turned into a donkey after using the wrong body lotion. Then, he was kidnapped by bandits. Things are about to get a whole lot worse for Lucius. The creature is the Korori (虎狼狸), who offers a new way to feel better after you get sick. -- Links! Shop: https://shop.bardic.fm Source [...]
Lucius’s lifelong dream, as of ten minutes ago, is learning how to do sorcery. Luckily, he’s not only in a city crawling with witches who are slicing bits off people’s faces to do their magic and bringing wineskins to life, but his hostess is a sorceress herself, and all he has to do is [...]
The story of a merchant gets lost ducking out early from a funeral and who ends up sleeping in a graveyard…and that’s somehow the least scary thing that happens to him that year. The creature is the Sirin, and they’ll only sing for you if you’re super happy and harmonious. So, kind of [...]
The story of Moremi Ajasoro from modern-day Nigeria has love, loss, and, of course, evil forest monsters. The creature is the Van Meter Visitor, a dinosaur that was apparently stinking up the Old West. -- Lost in Panama: https://myths.link/panama https://mgln.ai/e/89/claritaspod.com/measure/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/arttrk.com/p/KSTA5/chrt.fm/track/B7AB5D/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/9b7dacdf-a925-4f95-84dc-ac46003451ff/662ff2d4-9b7f-4388-8a94-acb8002fd595/3953ac3d-f97a-4971-aee3-af41002f857a/audio.mp3 Sponsors Simplisafe: Get 40% off your order when [...]
Two stories, two small things making enormous problems.
Magic swords, Viking legends, dwarves, ice queens, and enchanted rose gardens, this story of Dietrich of Bern and the Dwarf King Laurin has a bit of everything.