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This week WTFolklore reads The Story of the Old Man Who Made Withered Trees to Flower, a Japanese  story that demonstrates the perils of being TOO nice to someone, and the perils of being TOO stupid f...

20 Helmi 202439min

This week we read The Flower Queen's Daughter, which transitions naturally from a PSA about egg consumption protocols to a Ye Olde retelling of Scott Pilgrim.Suggested talking points: Redemption Arc U...

13 Helmi 202453min

This week WTFolklore reads two tales of similar structure, The Apples of Pregnancy and The Three Princesses and the Unclean Spirit. Turns out when you get your boys from apples, they ain't normal boys...

6 Helmi 20241h 3min

We have arrived at what is definitely our 400th episode (excluding a bunch of additional recordings that simply don't count). Such a momentous occasion requires a momentous surprise.Thanks to (lil') G...

23 Tammi 20241h 28min

This week we read The Plague Omen, a Polish tale that, on one hand, is about 4 years too late, but on the other, probably wouldn't have changed much if we're honest.Suggested talking points: Flex the ...

16 Tammi 202430min

WTFolklore kicks off 2024 by reading Tsuru no Ongaeshi and several of it's variants, giving you a veritable zodiac wheel of animal wives to choose from! Suggested talking points: The Gradual Descent T...

9 Tammi 202450min

Rounding out the year 2023, we read the two wintery tales, The Little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds and The Yule Buck and the Girl, to jam-pack as much WTFolklore in as we can before the holidays. Yo...

19 Joulu 20231h 19min

This week on WTFolklore we read the Brazillian tale, Why the Sea Moans, which is obviously a well-known phenomenon and not just a made up excuse to tell another bizarre Cinderella-like.Suggested talki...

12 Joulu 20231h 1min