A brief biography of Medieval Welsh chronicler Walter Map, taking a brief look at his work De Nugis Curialium, focusing on his weirder tales
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...
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...
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
William Bottrell was a Cornish folklorist who specialised in the recording and retelling of Cornish drolls.
Accomplished linguist Lady Charlotte Guest translated medieval Welsh tales into English, and in doing helped to create the Mabinogion that exists...
Marie Clothilde Balfour published one of the smallest collections of folktales of anyone featured on the podcast, and also one of my favourites.
The Unreliable Narrator - 12th century chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae" was a huge influence on British history writing...
"The Bishop" - Thomas Percy was a trailblazing figure in the world of ballad collection with his work "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry"
"The Nationalist playwright" - Lady Gregory and the translations of the Ulster and Fenian Cycle
"The Wizard of the North" - Walter Scott and Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
John Roby - Traditions of Lancashire
- A Regional antiquarian of the highest order