Posts tagged legends
Ep 103 - Sessho-Seki, The Killing Stone
Ep 103 - Sessho-Seki, The Killing Stone

We have breaking news of the haunted rock variety! The Sessho-Seki or “The Killing Stone” of Nasu, Japan has been split in half! This mythical rock contained the spirit of Tamamo No Mae, one of Japan’s top 3 ranked Yokai demons, or at least it did until March of 2022. Now after 1000 years, the beautiful nine-tailed fox demon girl is free to terrorize your local emperors.

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Podcast, Spooky MythsChristian MadonnaDrunk Mythology Podcast, comedy, culture, history, myth, mythology, legends, Japan, Japanese, Japanese myth, Nasu, Tokyo, Sessho-Seki, Killing Stone, relic, poison, gas, foxes, fox demon, Yokai, Tamamo-no-mae, China, Hokusai, sorceress, nine-tailed fox, Shang Dynasty, Emperor Zhou, King Zhou, Daji, concubine, India, Tianzhu, Kalmashapada, man-eater, Mizukume, Lady of Duckweed, courtesan, Emperor Toba, Astrologist, Court Magician, Abe no Yasuchika, Kazusa-no-suke, Miura-no-suke, rebellion, Edo, Buddhist, Monk, Gennou Shinshou, pilgrimageComment
Ep 94 - Grimm Adventures: Hansel and Gretel
Ep 94 - Grimm Adventures: Hansel and Gretel

Better not lose that breadcrumb trail because we are picking back up on our Grimm tales with the dynamic sibling duo, Hansel und Gretel from the eponymous fairy tale from Germany about a cannibalistic candy witch.

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Grimm Fairy Tales, PodcastChristian MadonnaDrunk Mythology Podcast, Education, history, comedy, culture, legends, fairy tale, Grimm, Grimm Brothers, story, German, Germany, Hansel, Gretel, wicked stepmother, woodcutter, breadcrumbs, pebbles, witch, gingerbread house, candyComment
Ep 92 - Mayan Hero Twins defeat the Lords of Xibalba
Ep 92 - Mayan Hero Twins defeat the Lords of Xibalba

Those Hunahpu boys are back at it, and this time, they’ve found their old man’s sports gear and they are ready for some justice served in the Pitz of Hell (or rather the Pok-a-Tok ball courts of Xibalba). It’s two on Twelve with Xibalanque and Hunahpu duking it out in the rematch of the century against the Twelve Lords of Death who murdered their father and uncle, but the Xibalbans are the only ones with tricks up their sleeves.

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