Munachar and Manachar are two friends out for a fun day of berry picking, but when one commits the only unforgivable sin of hogging all the berries, the only response is swift, murder-y justice. Time to recruit some accomplices

The creature is the nain, and it will help you know if you're making terrible life choices (and also encourage you to learn a foreign language!)

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Munachar and Manachar: https://myths.link/berrymurder
Not the Breman town musicians but kind of: https://myths.link/notbreman
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Mind Body Mind" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Tin Cavalry" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Sino de Cobre" by Blue Dot Sessions

359: Celtic Folklore: A Berry Good Day...for Murder?

Back in the Journey to the West where Monkey and the gang are actually having an easy time of it and WHY IS IT SO HOT?

The creature is Muirbech who is not a sea bee, and while it should get in trouble for false advertising it is already in jail until Judgement Day?

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Music:

"Jenny K" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Cran Ras" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Thick Irony" by Chad Crouch
"Pigeon Falls" by Blue Dot Sessions
"City Limits" by Blue Dot Sessions

358: Monkey King: Winded

A lost prince, a magic TARDIS barrel, and a talking dog take us to Jötunheim and back in the story of Prince Ring from Icelandic folklore.

The creature is mouse deer who just wants to dance and hopefully not kill anyone.

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Links:

Ring source: https://myths.link/princering
Glitter drink why would you do this: https://myths.link/glitter
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Ginger" by Chad Crouch
"Mullberry" by Chad Crouch
"Alsace" by Chad Crouch
"Rabbit in the Leaflitter" by Chad Crouch
"In the Cottonwoods" by Chad Crouch

357: Icelandic Folklore: Dog Days

A story from 1001 Nights about how to get rid of that annoying babysitter and what to do if your husbands keep getting killed (the answer is, apparently, to keep getting married).

The creature is the sea monk, neither a monk nor a sea creature, but a horrifying Cthulhu mash-up.

Creature pictures: https://myths.link/356
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Fill and Forage" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Bristlecone" by Chad Crouch
"Lunette" by Blue Dot Sessions
"ShadowPlay" by Blue Dot Sessions

356: 1001 Nights: Nifty Fifty

The stories of the creation from Roman/Greek mythology, the first werewolf, and Pygmalion, and also some Ares stuff because this is his week I guess.

The creature, the Bonnacon (or, as cultured people say, Bo-nacho), has fiery diarrhea. Insert spicy food/White Castle joke here.

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/355
 Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
 Inflatable cow for some reason: https://myths.link/mooooooo

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Music: 

"Croner Dilesh" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Hrse Hrse" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Particle End" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Where we Make our Stand" by Chad Crouch
 "Talens Bal" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Iris" by Blue Dot Sessions

355: Greek/Roman myth: There's Something About Ares

Two stories about finding people who like you for you. Not because you wear a rice bowl on your head. Or because you spend way too much time looking in the mirror. It's the stories of the Black Rice Bowl and the Mirror from Kyoto, from Japanese folklore.

The creatures are real life magpies, chaos birds.

Praying mantis eggs: "Each Egg Pod Contains 20-500 Babies!" https://myths.link/mantis
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Bellow's Hull" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Quiet Sill" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Cedar" by Chad Crouch
"Grove Melody" by Chad Crouch

354: Japanese folklore: Cursed

The story of a storyteller who can't think of a story to tell, and how a stranger solves that problem by getting him fired and taking him on wacky adventures with too many beheadings.

The creature is the Lou Carcolh. Brace yourself, snail links are coming.

Snails:

I don't know if this is a good price for snails: https://myths.link/snails

No idea why I find this video of a snail eating a cucumber so unnerving, but here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifjpgt26osY

Here's one eating a strawberry. I hate this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhXJxUgY46Q

Snail eating spaghetti. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw-D9cdGAjo

Very solid post and one of my sources for the Lou Carcolh: https://myths.link/carcolh

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music

"Peter Gray" by Chad Crouch
 "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" by Chad Crouch
 "All the Pretty Horses" by Chad Crouch

353: Irish folklore: Beggars Belief

How do you ensure your children grow up to be good people? You work with a fairy to design jewelry that stabs them, of course!

The creature this week is Lamia! She will pull out her own eyeballs and eat your children, but she also has a budding career in the movies?

Sad duck lamp: https://myths.link/sadduck
Source for today: https://myths.link/pd
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:
 "B Roll" by Chad Crouch
 "The Ramble" by Chad Crouch
 "Pilgrim's Progress" by Chad Crouch
 "Barefoot" by Chad Crouch
 "Pacing" by Chad Crouch

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352: French folklore: The Darling Formerly Known as Prince

A mother and son are surviving at the end of the world, while monsters prowl the wasteland all around. And now, one of them wants to leave.

The creature is the Kudan (件), a human-faced bovine who wants you to have its poster up in your home. A lot of posters, actually. 

Source: https://myths.link/georgie
 Lion bites: https://myths.link/lionbites
Disclaimer: https://myths.link/351

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Music:

"Button" by Chad Crouch
 "Wisp" by Chad Crouch
 "Warm Fingers" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Lullaby" by Chad Crouch
 "Shifty Crow" by Chad Crouch
 "Rarified" by Chad Crouch
 "Small Bummer" by Chad Crouch

351: Dragons: Alternate History

Three(ish) stories from the Korean peninsula about ghosts and goblins. Kind of. Some are actual ghosts and goblins (도깨비). Some are the ghosts of happier times and the lives we thought we wanted. Some goblins literally beat us up when they cheat at board games. There's a lot to learn this week.

The creature is the Kting Voar, a creature that definitely does not exist, but not for lack of being extremely normal and boring.

Kting Voar article: https://myths.link/academicrigorcryptidstyle
 Cow eating snake (NOT the Kting Voar): https://myths.link/snakeyum
 Story 1 (the literary man): https://myths.link/literaryman
 Story 2: https://myths.link/snakesrevenge
 Story 3: https://myths.link/charan

Explosion-proof your cloppy friend (but not really): https://myths.link/superhorse

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/350

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Music:

"Cirrocumulous" by Chad Crouch
 "Venus Aire" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Cortesia" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Flatlands 1st" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Night Music" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "The Bond" by Chad Crouch
 "Virginia Creeper" by Blue Dot Sessions

350: Korean folklore: Ghosts and Goblins

We're back in the stories of the Monkey King on the Journey to the West and we'll see that not everyone who is mean to you is a demon. They might be a murderous bandit! Also, try to make friends that can tell the difference between you and your evil doppelgänger.

The creature is the Kongamato, a (maybe?) actual dinosaur. It is truly terrible and annoying and bad, but only slightly murdery!

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Music:

"Gentle Son" by Blue Dot Sessions
"La Inglesa" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Paramo Ocho" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Santo Apure" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Zulia Conspiracy" by Blue Dot Sessions

349: Monkey King: My Own Worst Enemy

Two myths and a lie! Two stories this week are tales from world folklore. One is a tale created by us for this episode. Check out the poll in our Instagram stories (https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends) or vote on the site if you're not on Instagram (https://myths.link/348) to let us know which one you think is the lie!

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Music:

"Derano" by Blue Dot Sessions
"November Mist" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Some Nights End" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Watercress" by Blue Dot Sessions

348: World Folklore: Untitled Goose Episode

The story of Ketil Trout is about growing up and learning to be your own person. It's a coming-of-age tale with giant fights, dragon slaying, and outlaw who know way to many trout facts.

The creature, Nure-onna, is that woman down by the beach who is not-so-secretly also a quarter-mile-long snake.

Links!

Doorstop buddy: https://myths.link/doorstopbuddy

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

Butter in the Middle Ages, because I knew you wanted to know:

https://academic.oup.com/book/2756/chapter-abstract/143245170?redirectedFrom=fulltext

https://www.butterjournal.com/butter-history/

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Music:

"Elmore Heights" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Vik Fence Lardha" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Steady" by Chad Crouch

"Valladolid Funeral" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Illustrated Novel" by Chad Crouch

347: Viking Legends: Fool Me Once

Tales of everyone's favorite Olympian in charge of warfare, wisdom (& crafts!): Athena. Well, everyone's favorite except for anyone who has been led to a grisly adventurer fate by her. Or been turned into a monster by her. Or has adopted a snake from her. Or...

The creature is Hyena Man! He's way worse than the DC Comics supervillain that shares his name because he will literally eat children.

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/346
Hyena men: https://myths.link/hyenas
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Music:

"Elderberry" by Chad Crouch
"Freesia" by Chad Crouch
"Delham Corner" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Darkened Treeline" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Qi" by Blue Dot Sessions
"La Focsa" by Blue Dot Sessions

346: Athena: Friends in Need

The story of Culhwch and Olwen is that of a thousand quests and why it's probably ok to name your baby after the place they were born...but maybe not if they were born in a literal pigsty.

The creature this week is the Hydrus, who is not the Lernian Hydra, of Heracles fame, but it does get a second act as a Biblical metaphor.

Culhwch and Olwen: https://myths.link/fetchquests
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Dandelions" by Chad Crouch
"Space" by Chad Crouch
"Edgeworthia" by Chad Crouch
"Peonies" by Chad Crouch
"Moonrise" by Chad Crouch

345: Welsh legends: Fetch Quest

The story of Mirza, from Armenian folklore, and why it pays to be a heavy sleeper. Also, if you find your incredibly angry, stinky uncle chained up in a closet...it's probably best to leave him there. If you can.

The creature this week is Big Bird! If Big Bird ate corpses...

The story of Mirza: https://myths.link/mirza

Bacon Bandages: https://myths.link/baconbandages

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Music:

"Bossa Boa" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Crosswire" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Halpver" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Where we Make our Stand" by Chad Crouch
"Pacific Wrens (Instrumental)"" by Chad Crouch

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344: Armenian folklore: Giants, Giants Everywhere

A knight learns that generosity for those in need is good. Generosity to the point where you're in a worse spot than those you're helping? Maybe it's time to make a budget. Also, why you should follow that very, very stinky man in the woods.

The creature is the Hobyah! Despite their fun sounding name, they're horrible. Their victims, sadly, are not much better.

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Amadas: https://myths.link/amadas
The Manatea: https://myths.link/manatea
The membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Village Keeper" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Mill Wyrm" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Backwards Flow" by Blue Dot Sessions

343: British Legends: Mr. Nice Knight

Lord Long Legs is a spider daimyo with ruthless mantis samurai. Sazaye has an impenetrable shell that will always keep him safe. An eel grilling couple discovers a secret in their midst. Three stories collide on this week's episode. 

The creature is why hydration might actually be hazardous to your health.

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Music:

"Bon Journee" by Chad Crouch
 "Villano" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Road to Jordan" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Lonely Stairwell" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Drizzle" by Blue Dot Sessions

342: Japanese folklore: Lord Long Legs

What happens when you mix chastity, violence, and absolutely zero private baths? The history of the Olympian Artemis...and a whole lot of problems.

The creature this week is the Heinzelmännchen, the little naked men who live in your walls.

Nic Cage spoons: https://myths.link/spooons

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/341

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music:

"Brer Krille" by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Gran Dias" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Uncertain Ground" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Don Germaine" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Dawn Line Approaching" by Blue Dot Sessions

341: Greek Mythology: The Huntress

A Halloween story about the specter bridegroom. A bridegroom. Who's also a specter...and the bride who's actually really ok with that.

The creature is a little piggy with soul. Your soul, to be exact.

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/340
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Music:

"Spring Migration" by Chad Crouch
 "Vik Fence Haflak" by Blue Dot Sessions
 "Sixmile Piano" by Blue Dot Sessions

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