284-Grimm: To the Point

👻No one parties on Halloween Night like Nera and his friendsBecause their parties involve making bracelets. And corpses. And making bracelets for corpses.It's Samhain night, and Nera, a lowly spearman, accepts a dare from his king. It's a simple task that will change his life fo ...  Show more

💪There's something powerful about confidence.Except that, if you're not actually powerful...or generous...or deadly, pretending to be those things can get you in a lot of trouble. Only if you get caught, though. Three stories from South India of people who are faking it.😈 The C ...  Show more

A request for a story from the Brothers Grimm this week. King Grisly-Beard is about a princess who learns an important life lesson. 

For a searchable, tagged index of all the episodes or to make a request, go to https://www.l ...

Point to point, death notices and wizard beards…Want to get in touch with the podcast or listen back to all our past episodes? Do it via www.thlpod.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. 

Midas, he's got that Midas touch.CW/TW: far too many Greek myths involve assault. Given it's fiction, and typically involves gods and/or monsters, I'm not as deferential as I would be were I referencing the real thing.Sources: Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Allen Mandelbaum, ...  Show more