356: 1001 Nights: Nifty Fifty
A story from 1001 Nights about how to get rid of that annoying babysitter and what to do if your husbands keep getting killed (the answer is, apparently, to keep getting married). The creature is the...
14 Helmi 202444min
355: Greek/Roman myth: There's Something About Ares
The stories of the creation from Roman/Greek mythology, the first werewolf, and Pygmalion, and also some Ares stuff because this is his week I guess. The creature, the Bonnacon (or, as cultured peopl...
7 Helmi 202442min
354: Japanese folklore: Cursed
Two stories about finding people who like you for you. Not because you wear a rice bowl on your head. Or because you spend way too much time looking in the mirror. It's the stories of the Black Rice B...
31 Tammi 202438min
353: Irish folklore: Beggars Belief
The story of a storyteller who can't think of a story to tell, and how a stranger solves that problem by getting him fired and taking him on wacky adventures with too many beheadings. The creature is...
24 Tammi 202434min
352: French folklore: The Darling Formerly Known as Prince
How do you ensure your children grow up to be good people? You work with a fairy to design jewelry that stabs them, of course! The creature this week is Lamia! She will pull out her own eyeballs and ...
17 Tammi 202438min
351: Dragons: Alternate History
A mother and son are surviving at the end of the world, while monsters prowl the wasteland all around. And now, one of them wants to leave. The creature is the Kudan (件), a human-faced bovine who wan...
10 Tammi 202440min
350: Korean folklore: Ghosts and Goblins
Three(ish) stories from the Korean peninsula about ghosts and goblins. Kind of. Some are actual ghosts and goblins (도깨비). Some are the ghosts of happier times and the lives we thought we wanted. Some ...
3 Tammi 202442min
349: Monkey King: My Own Worst Enemy
We're back in the stories of the Monkey King on the Journey to the West and we'll see that not everyone who is mean to you is a demon. They might be a murderous bandit! Also, try to make friends that ...
27 Joulu 202345min
