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191-Norse Legends: See How they Fly
In this episode from Norse legends, we'll see that the worst breakups involve Thor breaking up the couple with his hammer and we'll see that even tho…
5 years, 9 months ago
190-Chinese Folklore: Fierce
In one story, a dragon is rampaging around the countryside unless he gets his favorite meal: teenage girls. In the other, a young woman trapped in an…
5 years, 10 months ago
189C-Nibelungenlied: I Know It Was You
In the third and final part of our series on the Nibelungenlied, the hero of the story, Siegfried, is dead and his wife, the princess, has a score to…
5 years, 10 months ago
189B-Nibelungenlied: Heinous
We pick up right where we left off last week: Gunther has tricked his way into marrying Brunhild, and Brunhild decided to give him a minor test of st…
5 years, 10 months ago
189A-Medieval Legends: Cheater Cheater
The story starts out with one prince slaying a dragon and getting rich. It starts there. The wild ride of the Nibelungenlied has echoes of one of our…
5 years, 10 months ago
188-The Flea: Forever Home
Two stories from the bawdy, funny, and oftentimes deeply unsettling 17th century fairytale author Giambattista Basile, both of which have to do with …
5 years, 11 months ago
187-Greek Myths: The End to All Our Pain
Agamemnon is coming home from the Trojan War. He has no idea what's waiting for him.
There are over fifty bonus episodes on the Myths and Legends bon…
5 years, 11 months ago
186-Grimm: Don't Be Weird
A story from the Grimm brothers about three down-on-their-luck soldiers who get everything they could ever dream of and then do their absolutely best…
5 years, 11 months ago
185-Queen of Serpents: With This Hiss I Thee Wed
The story of Eglė the Queen of Serpents, from Lithuanian folklore, about a young woman who is faced with an impossible choice: witness the destructio…
5 years, 11 months ago
184-Robin Hood: Check, Please!
We return to the Robin Hood stories with a (mostly) standalone episode. Robin Hood and his merry men are throwing a dinner party! With food and wine!…
6 years ago