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290-Indian Folklore: Hiss and Make Up
A story from Kashmir folklore about love, marriage, and murder. Kind of a lot of all those things, actually.
The creature is a Jaculus, the snake tha…
3 years, 7 months ago
289-Viking Sagas: Half the Man
The story of Half's Heroes, from the Icelandic Sagas. If you don't like being burned alive...and also do absolutely nothing to avoid the completely a…
3 years, 8 months ago
288-Viking Sagas: The Pillage People
The Saga of Half and His Heroes from Icelandic folklore starts with Odin spitting in a family's ale and only gets stranger from there.
The creatures …
3 years, 8 months ago
GOOD CULT IS AVAILABLE NOW!
Good Cult is an investigative podcast about the dark corners of the New Age self-help movements and the American counterculture. In season one, host …
3 years, 8 months ago
287-Korean Legends: Sob Story
This week, it's the story of Stupid Ondal and the Princess Pyeonggang, where we see that it's Pyeonggang's birthday, and she can cry if she wants to.…
3 years, 8 months ago
286-Japanese folklore: Cat Dad
Tokutarō is not going to be tricked by fox monsters. He's just not.
Also, a dad has a big problem with the new pet cat.
Two stories from Japan about…
3 years, 8 months ago
285-Romanian Folklore: Grin and Bear It
The story of Harap Alb (Povestea lui Harap Alb) from Romanian folklore has it all. Like, it really does try to jam as many fairy tale tropes in as po…
3 years, 9 months ago
284-Grimm: To the Point
I mean, if you style your beard to a point so that it looks like an enormous bird's beak, you can't really fault an insult comedy pro princess for ta…
3 years, 9 months ago
283B-Indian Folklore: To the Victor
We see if Victor can come out on top using the power of stories…for murder?
The creature is a tiny fish with fingers and teeth!
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Disclaimer/mermaid:…
3 years, 9 months ago
283A-Indian Folklore: King of the Jungle
What happens when a lion and his prey become best friends? Or when a monkey starts messing around on a worksite? Or a weaver pretends to be a god to …
3 years, 9 months ago