Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends


Latest Episodes

291-Japanese Folklore: The Monsters
October 11, 2022

Three stories of monsters from Japan. We have a tanuki, the monsters that lurk in the civilized places, and monsters that might be under your home right now. The creature is a decapitated man who loves hugs.--Scoundrel! https://myths.link/scoundrel--

290-Indian Folklore: Hiss and Make Up
October 04, 2022

A story from Kashmir folklore about love, marriage, and murder.

289-Viking Sagas: Half the Man
September 27, 2022

If you don't like being burned alive...and also do absolutely nothing to avoid the completely avoidable fate of being burned alive...can you even call yourself a man?

288-Viking Sagas: The Pillage People
September 21, 2022

The Saga of Half and His Heroes from Icelandic folklore starts with Odin spitting in a family's ale and only gets stranger from there.

GOOD CULT IS AVAILABLE NOW!
September 14, 2022

Good Cult is an investigative podcast about the dark corners of the New Age self-help movements and the American counterculture. In season one, host River Donaghey will explore his family's group therapy cult to unpack the strange history of the Human Pot

287-Korean Legends: Sob Story
September 13, 2022

What to do if your teen spends three years crying. Or, for the teens out there, how to get back at your dad because all he did was threaten you while you cried for three years.

286-Japanese folklore: Cat Dad
September 06, 2022

Tokutar is not going to be tricked by fox monsters. He's just not. Also, a dad has a big problem with the new pet cat.Two stories from Japan about things not being what they seem (or things being exactly what they seem).--New Scoundrel out this week!

285-Romanian Folklore: Grin and Bear It
August 30, 2022

The story of Harap Alb (Povestea lui Harap Alb) from Romanian folklore has it all. Like, it really does try to jam as many fairy tale tropes in as possible, but it actually works. It's a fun story with a little bit of everything. Oh, and talking lettuce.

284-Grimm: To the Point
August 23, 2022

I mean, if you style your beard to a point so that it looks like an enormous bird's beak, you can't really fault an insult comedy pro princess for taking some shots at it.

283B-Indian Folklore: To the Victor
August 16, 2022

We see if Victor the jackal can come out on top using the power of stories…for murder?