361: English folklore: In a Pickle (jar)
Two stories from English folklore about perspective, and how you can't get something for nothing, but you can absolutely get nothing for something. The creature is an outlandish, bizarre, and strange...
27 Mar 202438min
360: Leprechauns: Lucky
The saga of Fergus mac Léti is, apparently, the first time leprechauns make their appearance in folklore. It's also the first time leprechauns try to kill a guy, get stuck in porridge, and offer some ...
13 Mar 202435min
359: Celtic Folklore: A Berry Good Day...for Murder?
Munachar and Manachar are two friends out for a fun day of berry picking, but when one commits the only unforgivable sin of hogging all the berries, the only response is swift, murder-y justice. Time ...
6 Mar 202435min
358: Monkey King: Winded
Back in the Journey to the West where Monkey and the gang are actually having an easy time of it and WHY IS IT SO HOT? The creature is Muirbech who is not a sea bee, and while it should get in troubl...
28 Feb 202447min
357: Icelandic Folklore: Dog Days
A lost prince, a magic TARDIS barrel, and a talking dog take us to Jötunheim and back in the story of Prince Ring from Icelandic folklore. The creature is mouse deer who just wants to dance and hopef...
21 Feb 202442min
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 Feb 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 Feb 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 Jan 202438min
