31A-Viking Sagas: Odd Man Out
The saga of the legendary Viking Arrow-Odd contains trolls, ogres, giants, magic arrows, and a sorceress getting smacked in the nose. The mistakes of one Viking's past...or just a Viking being a Vikin...
27 Huhti 201643min
30-Latin American Folklore: Unbreakable
A story from Chilean folklore about the smartest woman in the world, her talking shoe, and a prince that deserved a slap on the face. The creatures this week are the abatwa, from South Africa, and you...
20 Huhti 201636min
29-Grimm: Upward Mobility
Two stories from the Grimm brothers, both of which have people going up, but in different ways. The first is the story of Rapunzel, and the second is about a small tailor who uses one success to face ...
13 Huhti 201647min
28-Prometheus: Adamantine
The much-requested story of Prometheus, a Titan who was cursed by Zeus to have his liver pecked out every day for defying the Olympian and bringing fire to the earth. We'll also talk about the Titanom...
6 Huhti 201641min
27C-King Arthur: The Errant Knight
Old foes resurface as Balin, the fugitive knight, flees from King Arthur's court. He'll find himself on a perilous (and, at times, ridiculous) quest, where he'll inadvertently put the events in motion...
5 Huhti 201651min
27B-King Arthur: Mayday
When we left king Arthur, the monstrous Questing Beast was lumbering toward him. We'll learn all about that beast and the line of kings cursed to hunt it. Then, Merlin shows up with a chilling plan to...
23 Maalis 201643min
27A-King Arthur: The Violence Inherent in the System
The story of the legendary King Arthur, from just after when he pulled the sword from the stone.Though he's in his late-teens or early-twenties, he is not at all taken seriously by his barons or petty...
16 Maalis 201638min
26-Japanese Fairy Tales: Wisdom
This week: two folktales from Japan. One is about a humble, happy stone cutter who becomes a power-mad, bitter stone cutter. The other is about, surprise surprise, supernatural occurrences at a Buddhi...
9 Maalis 201636min
