119-Sleeping Beauty: Rude Awakening
It's the first written version of Sleeping Beauty, put down to paper in the 1600s by the Neapolitan writer Giambattista Basile. And it's horrifying. The creature is elephant rat. It's an elephant ...
5 Sep 201833min
118-Jewish Folklore: The Eyrie
The king is annoyed. All of these people want to make him work. It's just...not fair. Sure, they're starving and about to riot in the streets, but actually showing up to work is really going to cut in...
29 Aug 201834min
117-Romanian Folklore: What did it Cost?
This week, it's the fairy tale "Youth without Age and Life without Death", from Romania, a tale of love, loss, impossible quests, and acheiving your dreams. Also, why you shouldn't make idle promises ...
22 Aug 201838min
116B-Mexican Legends: Outlaw Country
Joaquin is out of control. He is riding through town, doubling the rewards on his own wanted posters. He has cowed or killed anyone who has tried to stop him, and he thinks he is untouchable. He's not...
15 Aug 201836min
116A-Mexican Legends: Alta California
It's 1850. The gold rush in the wild west, and Joaquin Murrieta seeks a better life in the US state of California, only recently taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American War. He tries to play by the ...
8 Aug 201841min
115-Chinese Folklore: Another Brick in the Wall
The story of Meng Jiangnu and the Great Wall is one of the four great folktales of China. It's the story of love, tyranny, and standing up for what is right, no matter the cost. If you like your evi...
1 Aug 201842min
114B-Indian Stories: Heavy
The world has been quiet for centuries, but everyone knows that they will return. The demon kings. An ancient evil destined to be reborn a third and final time. Then, one day, a child is born. The par...
25 Juli 201836min
114A-Indian Stories: Calamity
Three lifetimes, two guardians, one objective: get back home. In our long overdue first foray into stories from India, it's the story of Jaya and Vijaya, the gatekeepers to Vishnu's celestial abode an...
18 Juli 201835min
