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🕷️Spiders don't have tails, but this one has tales. Anansi is one of the most famous folklore tricksters in the world, but we'll see that behind every great trickster...is likely a trail of broken and/or angry people who want to get even.😈 The Creature: Tsuchinoko People are crazy about this…

🔱It's Poseidon's turn.On the podcast. Not to be king of the gods. He's actually totally not mad that his little brother is king. Because Zeus isn't the king of him. But Poseidon does do everything his brother says. Not because Zeus told him to, though. He just planned to do it anyway, so no…

🗡️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 Ohio flexes its…

🐒 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't.😈 The Creature:…

✏️Gaṅgâdhara's astrologer dad has some bad news for his boy: he's going to die.Well, first he'll spend a decade in prison, and then die. Then things will get better? It's the story of the Soothsayer's Son.😈 The Creature: Denpachi KitsuneAre you sure the best student in your school isn't a secret…

🏝️No one has seen or heard about Maui for quite some timeMeanwhile, all these strange portents are leading disparate groups to a faraway island, all the while there are ominous tales spoken in whispers. It's probably ok, right? I mean, it's Maui. He's always looking out for us.Right?😈 The…

🍼 If your parent goes through the trouble of getting you superpowers...Kind of the least you can do is get them a new house. And fight all the dragons infesting that house. And get their increasingly specific and dangerous medical treatments for their very real and not made-up illnesses.😈 The…

🪱Mr. Worm is getting married! That (not creepy) stranger is looking in your windows! Shin is driving tired!Five interconnected stories from Korean folklore about letting people know the real you. And 😈 The Creature: DuergarIf you're at risk of being beaten up by the Duergar, no offense, but…

⚔️Sir Graelent is too beautiful for his scruplesAt least that's what the queen thinks. Good thing she doesn't have the power to wreck his whole life if he doesn't love her. Oh, wait...😈 The Creature: The WitkəśSick bears eating dirt means you have to get your gunpowder boat, scarecrow, and slow…

🐐 Who knew packing so many epic Norse heroes into a single house could have such disastrous consequences?Not Odin, that's for sure. There's trouble brewing in Valhalla, and there's only one man who knows how to solve it: Skíði, the smartest famous man of our world, Midgard. But, has the world of…

⛰️When the unthinkable happens, Doña must become something she doesn't even recognize to bring justiceBut, once she travels so far from herself, can she find her way home? This is the story of Doña Josefa Ramirez y Marmolejo.😈 The Creature: SheepsquatchBasically a Wampa from Star Wars that lives…

🍜Samurai Pirates, Stabby Sumo Wrestlers, and Punchable OniAre the consequences of Jiuyemon's actions. We all make mistakes. Too many of the samurai Jiuyemon's mistakes involved killing people with a sword while drunk, though. While the heat dies down, he needs to start a new life in exile. As a…