201-1001 Nights: In the Wind
We're back in the stories of 1001 nights, where Scheherazade has to tell bedtime stories to save her life.
We're back in the stories of 1001 nights, where Scheherazade has to tell bedtime stories to save her life.
Returning to Irish legends, we tackle the wooing of Etain, a love story that goes up against witches turning people into puddles and flies, multiple angry spouses, and death itself. The creature is a dangerous blanket! Don't sit on blankets with teeth! https://rss.art19.com/episodes/9eb53147-de80-4bed-a88a-4721583df12b.mp3 Music: “Balti” by Blue Dot Sessions [...]
A story from Japanese folklore of Princess Moonlight, from Japanese folklore, where a bamboo cutter finds one of those magical heaven babies in a bamboo stalk and it changes his life, and the whole empire, forever.
Robin Hood is back on the road and ready to make some quick cash.
After a ball game goes wrong in the worst possible way, Viking best friends go on a quest to clear their names.
A reboot, of sorts, of Reynard the Fox, everyone's favorite brutal, amoral trickster, with two completely new stories.
Dionysus was the god of wine from Greek myths and the last Olympian to earn a place on Mount Olympus. His story starts with him being born from Zeus's thigh...and then somehow gets stranger.
Dionysus was the god of wine from Greek myths and the last Olympian to earn a place on Mount Olympus. His story starts with him being born from Zeus's thigh...and then somehow gets stranger.
A story of Mulan from the Middle Ages that has never been told on this podcast before!
This story takes place in the middle of episode 193A when the Tang emperor Taizong receives a visit from the Dragon King and apparently learns that you should never promise not to kill someone. The creature is a rainbow unicorn! Who gets skinned! Sorry! Other music: "Building the Sled" by Blue Dot Sessions