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382-Sun Wukong: A Good Death (part 1 of 2) ad-free

By |2024-11-23T17:00:26-05:00August 28th, 2024|Categories: MythPodcast|

We're back in the story of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and the Journey to the West, where Monkey goes undercover as a demon and defeats a whole army with a math equation. The creature is Tsuchi-gumo, the reason you don't want to be too good at your job. Especially if your job is eating people. [...]

381-Japanese folklore: Lend Me Your Ears (ad-free)

By |2024-08-21T14:23:14-04:00August 21st, 2024|Categories: MythPodcast|

Two stories from Japan about the stories we tell one another. On the first, it's a not-so-famous musician who gets a massive new audience for the legend he has been telling. For the second, it's a man who needs to do his duty...which means doing something terrible to someone he loves. The creature is to Totoima, [...]

381-Japanese folklore: Lend Me Your Ears

By |2024-08-21T13:39:17-04:00August 21st, 2024|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: |

Two stories from Japan about the stories we tell one another. On the first, it's a not-so-famous musician who gets a massive new audience for the legend he has been telling. For the second, it's a man who needs to do his duty...which means doing something terrible to someone he loves. The creature [...]

379-Norse Sagas: Forsaken, part 2 of 2

By |2024-08-10T12:34:42-04:00August 7th, 2024|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: |

We finish up the story of Bard with that of his son, Gest, which includes bloody Christmas parties, fun new games for you and your friends will try* and what happens when you forsake everyone and everything you know and love (spoiler: it doesn’t go well). The creature is Sega, a cute little [...]

1001 Nights: Science and Geometry

By |2024-07-16T23:53:17-04:00July 17th, 2024|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: |

A story from "One Thousand and One Nights" about three wondrous gifts: a clock, a security system, and a fake horse that can fly. Bet you can't guess which one wins the prize at the king's big science and geometry fair. The creature is the Tangie! It'll be your friend, but only if [...]

376-Danish folklore: Sweet Pea

By |2024-07-10T00:15:52-04:00July 10th, 2024|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: |

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 is the swamfisk. It's horrible, horrible smell is a personal choice. Dustache dustpan: https://myths.link/dustache Music: "Dandelions" by Chad Crouch "Double-crested Cormorant" by Chad Crouch [...]

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