446: Samhain: Back from the Dead
๐ป No one parties on Halloween Night like Nera and his friends Because their parties involve making bracelets. And corpses. And making brace...
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Jason Weiser tells stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, King Arthur, and Hercules are stories you think...
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445: Indian folklore: Fake It 'Til You Make It
๐ช There's something powerful about confidence. Except that, if you're not actually powerful...or generous...or deadly, pretending to be tho...
444: Dwarves: Ortnit Wit
๐ก๏ธ Ortnit has it all. The strength of twelve men. A secret, super lineage. A dwarven sword and unbreakable armor. The question is, what is...
443: Tricksters: Does Whatever A Spider Can
๐ท๏ธ Spiders don't have tails, but this one has tales. Anansi is one of the most famous folklore tricksters in the world, but we'll see that...
442: Greek Myths: The Poseidon Adventures
๐ฑIt's Poseidon's turn. On the podcast. Not to be king of the gods. He's actually totally not mad that his little brother is king. Because Z...
441: Celtic folklore: Deerly Beloved
๐ก๏ธ If at first you don't succeed, die, die again. Ian's had a hard life. That life gets even more difficult when he falls in love with a wo...
440: Monkey King: The Shakedown
๐ Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, knows a demon shakedown when he sees it. And what's happening in this town, where people need to pay upwards...
439: Indian folklore: Guess I'll Die
โ๏ธGaแน gรขdhara's astrologer dad has some bad news for his boy: he's going to die. Well, first he'll spend a decade in prison, and then die. Th...
438: Maui: Whatever Happened to the Man Who Snared the Sun?
๐๏ธNo one has seen or heard about Maui for quite some time Meanwhile, all these strange portents are leading disparate groups to a faraway i...
437: Czech folklore: House of the Dragon
๐ผ If your parent goes through the trouble of getting you superpowers... Kind of the least you can do is get them a new house. And fight all...
436: Korean folkore: Feet First
๐ชฑ Mr. Worm is getting married! That (not creepy) stranger is looking in your windows! Shin is driving tired! Five interconnected stories fr...
435: Medieval Knights: Fifty Shades of Graelent
โ๏ธSir Graelent is too beautiful for his scruples At least that's what the queen thinks. Good thing she doesn't have the power to wreck his w...
434: Norse Mythology: The Old Man and the Stick
๐ Who knew packing so many epic Norse heroes into a single house could have such disastrous consequences? Not Odin, that's for sure. There'...
433: Spanish folklore: Doรฑa of the Dead
โฐ๏ธ When the unthinkable happens, Doรฑa must become something she doesn't even recognize to bring justice But, once she travels so far from he...
432: Japanese folklore: Sword it Out
๐Samurai Pirates, Stabby Sumo Wrestlers, and Punchable Oni Are the consequences of Jiuyemon's actions. We all make mistakes. Too many of th...
431: Turkish folklore: These Dreams
โจ Cobbler Ahmet just wants to fix shoes โจ But his wife wants those sweet, sweet bath reservations, so it looks like he's going to go be the...
430: Finnish folklore: Worn Out
โ๏ธOsmo is a pretty solid sketch artistโ๏ธ Heโs not drawing a criminal, though. Heโs drawing his sister, whose only crime is stealing the prin...
429: Slavic folklore: The Devilkin Made Me Do It
๐Goria the shoemaker has a bad boss๐ Is his boss the devil? Literally...well, no. Is the devil that Goria meets in a bar actually better t...
428: Monkey King: The Pride
๐บInside each of us there are two wolves. They are named 'Shifty' and 'Freaky'.๐บ Which one wins? Well it doesn't matter because they're bot...
427: Norse Legends: Wither or Not
๐งโโ๏ธSo, you think your stepmom might be a sorceress๐งโโ๏ธ Common problem. Well, common for fairy tales, at least. But, have you thought that...