Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends


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415: Aesop's Fables: Bray it Ain't So
August 13, 2025

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
July 30, 2025

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
July 16, 2025

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
July 02, 2025

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
June 18, 2025

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
June 04, 2025

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
May 21, 2025

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
May 07, 2025

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

407: West African folklore: Wiser
April 23, 2025

Have a budding tyrant? You need a snarky talking babyYenga Naa is wiser than the chief. How do you know? Well, he named himself that...the moment he was born. The Creature: The CornuHow do you torment sinners without getting your hands dirty? The