Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDanish folklore: Sweet Pea
Episode 376
Three stories from Denmark about learning from your mistakes. Or not learning, and donating six full bags of gold to the local thieves.
The creature i…
1 year, 10 months ago
Monkey King: The Eyes Have It
Episode 375
We're back in the story of the Monkey King and the Journey to the West where maybe this monastery is different and not haunted and infested with mons…
1 year, 11 months ago
European Fairy Tales: Mermaider (part 2 of 2)
Episode 374
Undine the water elemental has a soul. And an evil uncle. And a friend who is in love with her husband. And about a thousand family members who want …
1 year, 11 months ago
European Fairy Tales: The Elements (part 1 of 2)
Episode 373
The story of Undine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, is a direct precursor to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" and comes inspired by t…
1 year, 11 months ago
Greek Myths: Things as they Are
Episode 372
The story of Demeter from Greek mythology is one of finding her place in the world. A world run by her terrible siblings, but it's ok. She's her own …
1 year, 11 months ago
Flemish folklore: Stuck
Episode 371
Two stories from Flanders (the region of Belgium, not Homer Simpson's annoyingly nice neighbor) about people who are stuck. One is a married couple w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Aesop's Fables: State of Nature
Episode 370
It's fable time on Myths and Legends...despite fables being neither myths nor legends... They're fun, though, and you might just learn some of the wi…
2 years ago
Japanese folklore: Pilgrims
Episode 369
Two stories from Japan. On the first, a former samurai's wife is up to something and he's going to figure out what. On the second, we'll see that kin…
2 years ago
Indian Fairy Tales: Eye Love You
Episode 368
When your seven spouses all have the same dream on the same night and ask you not to do the thing they dreamt would lead to problems for all of you..…
2 years ago
Irish folklore: Daft Monk
Episode 367
The madcap story of what happens when a monk decides he doesn't want to be a monk anymore. He wants to make way more money...as a poet.
Also, why it m…
2 years ago