What The Folklore?

Whoops! Damn-near went a whole year with no Monkey King in it! What a tragedy that would've been! Thankfully, Grimoire Highwind has returned to us, to remind us all of the reason for the season Sugges...

23 Nov 202156min

We are awash in life-lessons this week on WTFolklore, as we read The Special Platypus, an Australian tale that provides us with further intel into the interpersonal lives of the humble Platypod. We al...

16 Nov 202146min

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Charcoal Maker Who Became King, a Filipino tale. It's quite helpful in elucidating for us the qualities that birds and fairies each look for in a king. Either way,...

2 Nov 202146min

For the finale of What the Spooklore 2021, we head over to Korea to learn about hobgoblins, goblins, and additional haunted houses. We also attend a pretty rad Demon open house, with parkour and dogs ...

26 Okt 202156min

What the Spooklore 2021 continues this week with two tales from Appalachia. We're reading about Tailypo and The Bell Witch, though we did give a decidedly meatier spin to that second one. Suggested ta...

12 Okt 202156min

What the Spooklore 2021 begins! We're not reading a singular story this week, but three tales about various haunted locations around New Orleans! Is there a surprise visit from our friend and yours th...

5 Okt 202155min

This week we're reading Dr. Know-All, which is Grimm Tale #98. Or it could've been the Griww brothers, accounts vary.  We hypothesize it may have been the origin of the farce, as well as the evolution...

28 Sep 202145min

This week we're reading The Devil and the Guachinango from the Philippines,  and given that title, you'd probably never guess which of those characters we find more sympathetic. Who are we kidding, if...

21 Sep 202157min