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134-Grimm: Thirsty

By |2019-02-09T08:40:26-05:00February 6th, 2019|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: , |

For once, the king is dead and the queen is alive, and she's going to make sure her daughter avoids the dangers that many princesses have to face. Or, she tries. The creature is a balding, adorable werewolf with a love of fuzzy slippers. http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/mythpodcast/MaL134.mp3 Music: “Lesser Scaup” by Chad [...]

55-Grimm: My (Bird) Heart Will Go On

By |2018-12-23T19:10:43-05:00January 3rd, 2017|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

This story from the Grimm brothers has giants, witches, magical animal organs, enchanted produce, and a helpful (and maybe a little homicidal) cloud buddy who just wants to aid you in finding the next steps on the journey that is life. This story is bizarre and wonderful and a testament to the endurance of [...]

45-Rumpelstiltskin: Let’s Make a Deal

By |2018-03-15T19:57:45-04:00September 20th, 2016|Categories: Episodes, MythPodcast, Podcast|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Three stories of people making deals. The first is from Japanese folklore, and it's about making the most of what you have...even when what you have is a dirty piece of straw and a fly friend. The second story is about a man who made a deal with the devil...and all the stupid (maybe brilliant?) decisions [...]

Member’s Episode 4-Cinderella: Ash-fool

By |2018-03-15T14:49:13-04:00January 28th, 2016|Categories: Podcast|Tags: , , , , |

Like many of the fairy tales with super-popular adaptations, an early version of Cinderella is much more bizarre and violent. The old evil stepmother trope is back, but she may just end up doing more damage to her own daughters than Cinderella. I'll also go into the reasons the German version of this story is so [...]

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