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417: Guy of Warwick: Don't Be That Guy
This Guy?This guy is Guy of Warwick, and he's your guy. But only if you need someone to be the best guy in the world at fighting and killing. It's just too bad Guy hates being that guy. The Creature: Freybug and the BarguestTwo black dogs who mig
416: Hans Christian Andersen: Humbugs
They're not so differentOne is the king of the world, and the other is a beetle. One wants to fight God, the other wants to wear golden horse shoes. When it comes to being completely arrogant and insufferable, though, they have more in common than you
415: Aesop's Fables: Bray it Ain't So
One little rent-a-donkey, one big journeyActually he's a full-grown rental donkey but the journey is a big one because, when you're a poorly treated rental donkey and you have a chance to escape, you take it. Then, spend the rest of the time trying to
414: Monkey King: Ham-bushed
Sun Wukong is a bad friendBut, to be fair, he never said he and Pigsy were friends...because you don't send your friends to dinner parties where everyone is trying to murder you. The Creature: Each TenedA horse committed to justice. If the punishme
413: European folklore: Justice
Ring the bell for justiceWant justice? Ring the bell. Doesn't matter if you're a horse or a snake or a merchant or a peasant but if you're one of the latter two probably don't get caught ringing the bell of justice. King Charlemagne puts of a bell of j
412: Indian folklore: Dicey
Losing your kingdom in a game of diceThe story of Nala and Damayanti is a tale of love, loss, and losing everything but your underwear because of your terrible decisions and then also your underwear. The Creature: DrekavacThe creature is the Dreka
411: Celtic folklore: The Wake
Get lost at sea with MaelduinAll Maelduin wants to do is avenge his father's murder...with more murder. He should have listened to that wizard. Because he didn't, his trip just got a whole lot longer. And stranger. The Creature: The DonestreThe l
410: Japanese folklore: Provincial
Stories from the Japanese countrysideFive interconnected stories of purpose, meaning, justice, talking animals, the boss falling off a cliff, mushrooms, and travel hampers. **The Creature: The Dinny MaraThe Dinny Mara is a friendly merman who wa
409: Reynard: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
Reynard the fox hates meetings, too Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we're back in the stories of Reynard the fox, with sick kings, superpowered storks, and Isengrim the wolf tr
408: Knights of the Round Table: Hither and Thither
When a knight says he'll be right back, he means itUnless he dies. Or gets captured. Or just forgets about it, prompting his son to come looking for him in the land of wickedness...and also maybe saving Camelot in the process? It's the story of Sir Mori