Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends


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359: Celtic Folklore: A Berry Good Day...for Murder?
March 06, 2024

Munachar and Manachar are two friends out for a fun day of berry picking, but when one commits the only unforgivable sin of hogging all the berries, the only response is swift, murder-y justice. Time to recruit some accomplices The creature is the nain,

358: Monkey King: Winded
February 28, 2024

Back in the Journey to the West where Monkey and the gang are actually having an easy time of it and WHY IS IT SO HOT?The creature is Muirbech who is not a sea bee, and while it should get in trouble for false advertising it is already in jail until Jud

357: Icelandic Folklore: Dog Days
February 21, 2024

A lost prince, a magic TARDIS barrel, and a talking dog take us to Jtunheim and back in the story of Prince Ring from Icelandic folklore.The creature is mouse deer who just wants to dance and hopefully not kill anyone.---Links:Ring source: https:

356: 1001 Nights: Nifty Fifty
February 14, 2024

A story from 1001 Nights about how to get rid of that annoying babysitter and what to do if your husbands keep getting killed (the answer is, apparently, to keep getting married).The creature is the sea monk, neither a monk nor a sea creature, but a hor

355: Greek/Roman myth: There's Something About Ares
February 07, 2024

The stories of the creation from Roman/Greek mythology, the first werewolf, and Pygmalion, and also some Ares stuff because this is his week I guess.The creature, the Bonnacon (or, as cultured people say, Bo-nacho), has fiery diarrhea. Insert spicy food

354: Japanese folklore: Cursed
January 31, 2024

Two stories about finding people who like you for you. Not because you wear a rice bowl on your head. Or because you spend way too much time looking in the mirror. It's the stories of the Black Rice Bowl and the Mirror from Kyoto, from Japanese folklore.

353: Irish folklore: Beggars Belief
January 24, 2024

The story of a storyteller who can't think of a story to tell, and how a stranger solves that problem by getting him fired and taking him on wacky adventures with too many beheadings.

352: French folklore: The Darling Formerly Known as Prince
January 17, 2024

How do you ensure your children grow up to be good people? You work with a fairy to design jewelry that stabs them, of course!

351: Dragons: Alternate History
January 10, 2024

A mother and son are surviving at the end of the world, while monsters prowl the wasteland all around. And now, one of them wants to leave.The creature is the Kudan (), a human-faced bovine who wants you to have its poster up in your home. A lot of pos

350: Korean folklore: Ghosts and Goblins
January 03, 2024

Three(ish) stories from the Korean peninsula about ghosts and goblins. Kind of. Some are actual ghosts and goblins (). Some are the ghosts of happier times and the lives we thought we wanted. Some goblins literally beat us up when they cheat at board g