173-Tunisian Folklore: Fortune
Fortune favors the bold. Or people willing to put up with a terrible decade. Or the best liars.
Fortune favors the bold. Or people willing to put up with a terrible decade. Or the best liars.
The story of the master thief from Norway.
Three stories of love from India.
The conclusion of the saga of Grettir, where he fights trolls, outlaws, bounty hunters, witches, and, most dangerously, his tendency to screw up his own life.
The Saga of Grettir the strong, a Viking who's his own worst enemy
Evil Genies, automatons, and magical rings abound when we revisit the stories from 1001 Nights!
How to win friends and influence people and also get beat up a lot in the 12th century.
In a podcast full of problematic and wildly different original tellings of popular adaptations, this might be the most different and most problematic. It's the original tale of the nutcracker.
Two (originally children's) tales that underscore the shocking brutality of the world in which these stories were told.
Four stories from Greek mythology: Arachne and Athena, Pandora's box, the great flood of the ancient Greek world, and the love story of Idas and Marpessa.