This episode we've a Medieval tale from the pen of Walter Map featuring two weddings, a suspicious contract, dust, a cute little goat man, the wild hunt (but not really) and a dog that just won't quit.
This episode we've a tale from the Isle of Man featuring a manifesting Saint, a local Kaiju, unusual ordinance, a brave little tailor (but not that brave little tailor) and more nautical terms than you can shake a main brace at.
This episode we've a folk-horror tale of marshes, night time terrors and the power of a firm handshake.
This episode we have a delightful Fairy Tale.
With fairies, castles, witches, princesses and princes, step mothers and ugly step sisters (alignments to be revealed), lots of things done in threes, and body horror that's positively Cronenbergesque.
A mini-essay contemplating why there are so many folklorists named on a podcast about tales where we can't pin down exact origins
As a millennial I am reasonably used to receiving my information in the format of memes, so it is only natural that I would also try my hand at communicating ideas from the podcast in the same manner.
Recommendations for other Myths, Legends and Folklore podcasts that you might enjoy
As a millennial I am reasonably used to receiving my information in the format of memes, so it is only natural that I would also try my hand at communicating ideas from the podcast in the same manner.
Sabine Baring-Gould was a prolific author of over 1200 publications, including fictions, history, the saints and folklore.
Otta F. Swire wrote beautiful, original books on the folklore of the Isles and Highlands of Scotland