150B-European Epics: Where the Shadows Lie
From the end of the world to the underworld and Armageddon itself, Kalevipoeg does way too many things. The creature will throw acres of caustic feces in your direction. Support the show: https://...
7 Aug 201933min
150A-European Epics: King Me
From the Estonian epic, the Kalevipoeg, comes the story of, well, Kalevipoeg, the son of a giant who battles sorcerers who are trying to get with his mom and throws rocks the size of Volkswagens to wi...
31 Juli 201928min
149-Japanese Fairy Tales: Son of a Peach
Why you absolutely should take the biggest peach you can find in the supermarket and sing to it. It might just hatch a baby! Unfortunately your fairy tale baby will do what fairy tale babies do: grow ...
17 Juli 201939min
148B-Monkey King: Leaps and Bounds
The monkey king has done it all: he was immortal, he had allied with all the mythological creatures he could find, and he controlled an army 40,000 strong...but heaven didn't care about any of that. T...
10 Juli 201937min
148A-Monkey King: Good Little Monkey
Sun Wukong, the (Handsome) Monkey King, is both an actual monkey and an actual king…and presumably handsome according to whatever standard that is judged. One of the most famous anti-heroes of Chinese...
3 Juli 201935min
147B-Antigone: Authority
A dark story gets darker as Antigone battles an authoritarian state in the form of her uncle Creon. -- All music by Blue Dot Sessions Support the show: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
26 Juni 201931min
147A-Oedipus: Team Spear It
When we last left the Oedipus family, they all found out they were more related than they ever thought possible. It's somehow about to get even worse. -- Music: "An Unknown Visitor" by Blue Dot Sessi...
19 Juni 201935min
146-Scandinavian Folklore: Twinning
The story of Tatterhood is unlike any I've ever read on the podcast, and it's so excellent. The problem? I can't really say much without ruining the story. So check it out, you won't be disappointed. ...
12 Juni 201934min
