312-Norwegian Folklore: Let's Dance

🗡️If at first you don't succeed, die, die again.Ian's had a hard life. That life gets even more difficult when he falls in love with a woman who is (not-so-secretly) a deer. And who makes him eat her earwax.😈 The Creature: The Charles Mill Lake MonsterThis week, the state of Oh ...  Show more

🐒 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, knows a demon shakedown when he sees it.And what's happening in this town, where people need to pay upwards of $30k (in 2026 USD) a year to a Buddha they never see? That's a shakedown. Does his master, the Tang Monk, believe him? Of course he doesn ...  Show more

A Norwegian water spirit will bestow the gift of musical talent upon desperate pupils — for a price. But a barter with this bard can be treacherous: Fail to uphold your end of the deal, and pay more dearly than you ever intended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho ...  Show more

Today's story is inspired by Scandinavian legend. Legend says that around the solstice the Nisse like to come, they're hungry little critters that like to cause trouble unless you leave out a bowl of porridge for them. Follow along to see what happens to Freya and Lars when the N ...  Show more

A sleepy Norse myth where Loki gets in trouble and Thor gets to battle a giant. 

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A sleepy Norse myth where Loki goes too far and the fall of Asgard begins.

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