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Three brothers. One cousin...who they want to marry. It starts in a weird place this week. Three brothers are sent on a quest: the brother who brough…
2 years, 10 months ago
325-Greek Myths: The Power of Love
Aphrodite is looking for love in all the wrong places. It's the story of where she came from, her side of her doomed marriage with Hephaestus, and ho…
2 years, 10 months ago
324-Samurai Legends: Violent Ends
Two young men: a wildman determined to collect 1000 swords from defeated samurai, and a displaced son of a clan leader, who had spent his childhood o…
2 years, 11 months ago
323-Knights of the Round Table: Ladies' Knight
The story of Erec and Enide from Arthurian Legend is a good illustration of why you should try to work out your problems as a couple with empathy, un…
2 years, 11 months ago
322-Norwegian Folklore: Ask Dad
Just ask dad
Two Norwegian tales of asking dad. All seven of them. Who live in the same house. Or might not have a house to go back to, depending on…
2 years, 11 months ago
321B-Viking Legends: The Peacemaker
On his quest to help princess Ingigerd, Hrolf has become enslaved by the wily William, a con man who wants to be a prince. This episode, they'll come…
2 years, 11 months ago
321A-Viking Legends: Mostly Harmless
This week, it's the Saga of Göngu-Hrolf, from Icelandic folklore. It starts with a king getting one, solitary, five-foot-long, apparently super attra…
3 years ago
320B-Popol Vuh: The Boys
The hero twins will rise...
...and then fall. The underworld calls, and the monsters of their past comes back to haunt them.
The creature is the Obda…
3 years ago
320A-Popol Vuh: Origin Story
In the beginning, the gods apparently had an undo button.
And angry tortilla griddles that took out the first humans. Today, it's the beginning of t…
3 years ago
319-Indian folklore: Tricks and Illusions
Can you beat fate?
Subramanya has learned something terrible about two people who are practically siblings to him. Can he use his deep wisdom to beat…
3 years ago