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Mythology and folklore are full of stories you already know well, but both are positively overflowing with those you've never heard of. The Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore, will introduce you to a new character, theme, story, or artifact from the annals of mythology and folklore every day. Each episode is less than 5 minutes long, so you can easily fit it into your daily routine.
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Badalisc

Badalisc

2022-09-0702:39

Imagine you're skulking about your house. Your spouse is gone, you slink to the back door, it butts up against the forest, and you let your secret lover in to do secret lover things. The next day a creature is captured from the woods, a beast with a big mouth, a big mouth in the sense of gossip. Your affair won't remain a secret for long. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Badalisc. -- Badalisc on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badalisc  Apparently, Disney is to make a film about this creature? That's exciting : https://italoamericano.org/after-frozen-disney-director-lino-di-salvo-to-make-a-movie-about-a-mythological-italian-creature/  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Narasimha

Narasimha

2022-09-0603:42

Imagine you're demolishing you're renovating your house and, upon smashing through a pillar, you hear a great fearsome roar and from the pillar appears a 3-eyed, half-man, half-Lion ready to kick some serioius butt and restore order to the universe. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Narasimha. -- Narasimha on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narasimha  Narasimha vs. Hiranyakashyap Story : https://youtu.be/mMk44mSqxaI  Hiranyakashyap on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiranyakashipu  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Orang Bunian

Orang Bunian

2022-09-0502:58

In Celtic folklore, there's no lack of familiarty with the fair folk, sometimes called the fairy folk, but this concept of magical and spritely beings living in a parallel dimension to humans, is not unique to Celtic or English folklore; being like this exist also, of example, in Malay culture. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Orang Bunian.
Krasue

Krasue

2022-08-2303:21

Imagine you're going to be burned alive, but just before it happens a powerful witch or sorceress casts a spell over you such that you will not be harmed by the flames. Now imagine that this spell takes a certain amount of time to take effect and it doesn't take effect until nearly the end of this execution. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology & Folklore's entry for "Krasue." -- Krasue on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krasue  Killing a Krasue : https://www.alittlebithuman.com/the-curse-of-krasue-the-floating-head  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Bunyip

Bunyip

2022-08-2202:39

Guarding the inland waters of Australia is a creature so fierce, so powerful, so terrifying, that I cannot fathom how it didn't beat out the Kangaroo as a national symbol for Australia. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is The Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Bunyip." -- Australian Aboritinal Dreamtime Stories : https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/aboriginal-myths-tales-of-the-dreamtime_alexander-wyclif-reed/1495371/item/7959425/#idiq=7959425&edition=5008939  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Abuk

Abuk

2022-08-1602:44

Being the first to do anything is a big honor, certainly a kind of bragging rights. Imagine being the first woman of an entire population. Think of the pressure! I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Abuk. -- Dinka Mythology and Folklore : https://amzn.to/3bXFv60  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Dybbuk

Dybbuk

2022-08-1503:07

The idea of spiritual posession is not unique across religions or mythologies, but in Jewish mythology there is a certain kind of spirit who can possess humans, animals, or even blades of grass. So long as the thing it attached itself to is a living thing, this spirit can do its work. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Dybbuk" -- Dybbuk : https://www.britannica.com/topic/dybbuk-Jewish-folklore  Yiddish Magic & Folklore : https://amzn.to/3QMf9D1  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Bulgae

Bulgae

2022-08-1402:54

Dogs and wolves play a role in practicaly every mythological pantheon that exists. In Norse Mythology there's Sköll and Hati. In the Wales there's the Gwllgi. In Italy there's Lupa the she-wolf of Rome. In Africa there is Wepwawet of Egypt. The list goes on. And while dogs and wolves are common in the west, the further east you get the more often you are to see foxes more than wolves, or cats more than dogs, but in Korean mythology there is a type of dog that plays a central role in the cosmology of the world. I'm Tanner Campbell, and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for the Bulgae of Korean Mythology. -- Bulgae on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgae  Bulgae in Books : https://amzn.to/3vZfXw3  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Pangu

Pangu

2022-08-1302:24

Human beings are nothing but fleas upon the earth. Sounds pretty cynical, huh? A little self-loathing perhaps. Well, the Chinese didn't think so. They thought is was a very humble and apt beginning to there existence. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Pangu. -- Illustrated Ecyclopedia of Myths & Legends [1989] : https://amzn.to/3PlQmo9  Pangu on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangu  Chinese Fairy Tales & Legends : https://amzn.to/3C74Zsm   -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review
Ixchel

Ixchel

2022-08-1204:07

An old woman, a goddess of death and life, the protector of weavers and women in labor; how many jobs can one goddess have? I'm Tanner Campbell, and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Ixchel." -- Ixchel on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixchel  The Oracle of Ixchel : https://amzn.to/3SI9Fef  Yucatan Today : https://yucatantoday.com/en/maya-goddess-ixchel  Meding the Past : https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Mending-the-past%3A-Ix-Chel-and-the-invention-of-a-Ardren/e6750d1ef2f9e8abdb34e99b58f2a8e28ca9d4a0  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Nanabozho

Nanabozho

2022-08-1102:51

Imagine being such a prolific trickster, that you had no fewer than 45 pseudonyms. You likely needed all these pseudonyms to avoiding having to much blame placed on you all at one time. Imagine having 45 fake passports--oh what a tangled web we weave. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklolre's entry for Nanabozho. -- Nanabozho on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanabozho  Nanabozho on Native-Languages.org : http://www.native-languages.org/nanabozho.htm  Nanabozho on The Canadian Ecyclopedia : https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nanabozo  Nanabozho on Marianopolis University : http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/NanabozhoIndianstoryofthecreation.htm  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Go and explore the Thompson Index and the ATU Index : https://sites.ualberta.ca/~urban/Projects/English/Motif_Index.htm  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Bran

Bran

2022-08-0904:18

Imagine the sea foam smashing against the bow of your ship, speckles of ocean water hitting your face. You look up, and there's an island of beautiful women just waiting to welcome you, or men, if you prefer, though that's not how this story goes, and you disembark onto the beach to spend what you think is a few months, at most a year, but then... you realize either you're really bad at math, or something fishy is going on. I'm Tanner Campbell, and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Bran." -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Tsukumogami

Tsukumogami

2022-08-0804:23

Ever lose your keys? Misplace your shoes? Have you ever considered that this is a kind of neglect? That you're perhaps mistreating your belongings and that the day might come when they sprout arms and legs and just walk out of your life permanently? I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Tsukumogami. -- The Book of Yokai by Michael Dylan Foster : https://amzn.to/3A5o4K6  Tsukumogami on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukumogami  Utagawa Shigekio : https://collections.mfa.org/objects/190862  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Mat Chinoi

Mat Chinoi

2022-08-0703:26

Do you believe in little people? Like really little people? Like maybe an inch tall, who run along the tops of flowers and aid shaman's in their work? Well the Semang peoples of southeastern Thailand do. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Chinoi." -- The Negritos of Malay : https://books.google.com/books?id=aT8sBgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA145&ots=yL6Knc2Svm&dq=%22mat%20chinoi%22%20snake&pg=PA145#v=onepage&q&f=false  Negrito Beliefs & Customs : https://books.google.com/books?id=HJVZHIaGoc0C&lpg=PA105&ots=aV_v-TBuBl&dq=%22mat%20chinoi%22%20snake&pg=PA105#v=onepage&q&f=false  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Asasabonsam

Asasabonsam

2022-08-0602:56

Large blood-shot eyes, long legs, and feet pointing in both directions. Legs so long they're used to ensare careless hunters. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Asasabonsam. -- An illustration of the Asasabonsom : https://themonsterblogofmonsters.tumblr.com/post/143030350662/sasabonsam-a-dangerous-vampiric-creature-found-in  Asasabonsom Statue at the British Museum : https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Af1935-1212-1  More on the Asasabonsom : https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/monster-mythology-sasabonsam  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
The Ancient Hawaiians, like any other peoples, had their own ideas about the creation of the world. I'm Tanner Campbell, and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for, Ancient Hawaiian Creation Myth. -- Creation Myth from Shaka Guide : https://www.shakaguide.com/planyourtrip/oahu/hawaiian-creation-story  The Kumulipo Creation Chant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_CzHSx_GhM  Kaleikoa Ka'eo on Hawaiian Cosmogony, Science, and Consciousness at La Ku'oko'a Conference 2019 : https://youtu.be/B0DRhjZATww  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Qerktac

Qerktac

2022-08-0403:09

Do you have a brother? Is he a troublemaker? Many brothers are. But have you ever been so mad at your touble causing brother that you left the entire earth to him, so that you wouldn't have to deal with his nonsense any more, only to find out maybe that was a mistake? I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Qerktac." -- Mark Levinson (LA Times Feature) : https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-15/indigenous-language-california-serrano-gabrielino   Dorothy Ramon Learning Center : https://dorothyramon.net  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Nagual

Nagual

2022-08-0303:00

In Native North American lore there are no shortage of shapeshifters, but the shapeshifters of Mesoamerican legend, take it to a whole new level. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for "Nagual." -- Nagual on Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagual  Meet with the Nagual : https://www.google.com/books/edition/Meet_with_the_Nagual/A6OXzQEACAAJ?hl=en  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
Kotys

Kotys

2022-08-0203:10

If you've got little one in the room, you may want to slap on the ol earmuffs for this one because it's going to get euphemistic. I'm Tanner Campbell and this is the Dictionary of Mythology and Folklore's entry for Kotys. -- Kotys on Theoi : https://www.theoi.com/Thrakios/Kotys.html  -- Review this Podcast on Apple Podcasts : https://swiy.co/apple-review Review this Podcast on Spotify Podcasts : https://swiy.co/spotify-review Review this Podcast on Podchaser.com : https://swiy.co/podchaser-review --
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