What You May Have Mythed!
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What You May Have Mythed!
A podcast that explores Myths, Legends, Folklore and Fairy Tales from all over the World in an easy-to-understand, fun and humorous way.
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109 episodis
LXV: Perse, Pirates, and Painted sails
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Another adventure of Perse and Englebert where they encounter Pirates! This is the last episode for a short while, but I shall...
LXIV: Climbing lessons
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We are headed to New Zealand for the first time and into a peculiar tale about a pair of brothers who want to reach heaven.
LXIII: Anne story
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We return, once again, to history and the life of a woman who, as you may have guessed, was called Anne.
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LXII: How to shave your goat
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We return this week to Nepal and into a story read by my friend and colleague at DMC Campus in Gorkha, Nepal, Krishna.
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LXI: Speed freaks
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This week we delve into a tale from Hans Christian Anderson and it's rather weird. like, the fence post can talk level of weird...
LX: Owl about that!
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We return once more to a duo that have become a staple of these episodes for a curious tale about an unwitting bird and the pop...
LIX: One Edward, Two Henrys, and many, many Richards.
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For the first time in a while we are delving into history and exploring (in a rather rapid telling) the Wars of the Roses, the...
LVIII: Half calf
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We return (for the first time in a while) to the land that is famous for its myths, legends, and monsters: Greece
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LVII: A little tail
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A short episode this week, courtesy of the Brothers Grimm. It's short, peculiar, and rather whimsical. Enjoy!
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LVI: How to train your Dog (A Tales from the Trunk adventure)
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This week we delve into a story from Tales from the Trunk, with Perse (Persephone) and her adopted dragon, Englebert. So sit ba...
LV: A child called rampion
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This week heralds the return of the dynamic duo of fairytales, the bringers of fame and fortune, and death and destruction: The...
LIV: Adventures across Nepal
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This week I am shutting my mouth and giving the stage (or rather the microphone) to four of the students I taught whilst out in...
LIII: Walled with love
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This week we head to Albania for a story about a castle and a poor woman who became a literal part of it...
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LII: Welcome back!
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We are back! Only a short re-introduction this week and a little tale from the wondrous land of Nepal, but we are going to get...
LI: Flower Power
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A tale of kindness from two countries this week, and also the last episode for a while.
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L: Curiosity kills
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We venture this time to the largest island in the world for a story about a sea monster with a taste for naughty children...
XLIX: A tail of magic
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For the first time we slither our way to the sixth largest island in the world for a wonderfully whimsical tale.
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XLVIII: Light of my life
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This week we are venturing to the cold, northern wastes of Siberia for an odd tale about the Sun and the Moon.
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XLVII: Fire, ash, and dust
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We return to the Roman Empire this week for a full 'on this day in history' episode as is is the 1,945th anniversary of the des...
XLVI: Grind me a river
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We return once again to West Africa and a familiar face makes an appearance...
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XLV: Bake-off
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We return to England this week and into a short story from Herefordshire.
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XLIV: What a colossal building
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We return to an ancient city to look at one particular building. It's big. It's round. And it was a theatre of death. Hmm, I wo...
XLIII: Some peas and quiet
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A short tale from one of our Danish friends, and a story about a very small vegetable and a rather large bed...
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XLII: Thor's Toy Story
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We return to the cold lands of Jotunheim this week and back into Norse Mythology.
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XLI: It's just one wall after another.
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This week we have a request episode from Yasmin and it concerns a city of many walls in the sunny south of France. Any guesses?...
XL: Plough did you manage that?
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We return for the first time in over three years to Türkiye and a story very different from the one we heard when we were last...
XXXIX: She made a pigs ear of that
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We return, for the first time in a while, to England for a peculiar tale involving a woman, a pig, and many other beasts and in...
XXXVIII: Food for thought
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A brief tale from the Brothers Grimm this week, but a thought provoking one.
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XXXVII: I'm just lion around
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A short episode this week that heralds the return of the German brothers and a story about a fox, a lion, and a horse.
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XXXVI: I spy(der) with my little eye
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A short tale about a Squirrel and a Spider (three guesses which one) from West Africa.
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XXXV: Wet a catastrophe
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Our first venture into the myths of The Philippines and it's going to get rather wet...
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XXXIV: A mountainous tragedy
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We return to Japan for a rather peculiar episode about an old couple, a badger, and a hare...
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XXXIII: Is it a bird? Is it a plane?
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This week we return to the homeland of mythology for a short tale of a father, his son, an island, and some feathers.
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XXXII: A hair raising affair
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Apologies for the lack of an episode last week, but we are now back up and running with an tale from my favourite mythology...<...
XXXI: Knightly visitations
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This week we return to a country we have visited before, although a long time ago. A land that is known for its Rising Sun...
XXX: Crikey, it's a scorcher today!
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We are heading down into the southern hemisphere for this episode and, for the first time, entering Australia.
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XXIX: Oh, Canada!
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This week we venture west across the Atlantic to a country we have never visited before. Three guesses which one...
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XXVIII: Give it the beans!
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There is a special kind of theatre that is a critical part of British culture, and this is one of the stories that is regularly...
XXVII: Jumping Jacks - extreme edition
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A tale from our friend in Denmark, Hans Christian Anderson, about some bugs and a jumping contest. Yeah, it'll be slightly odd....
XXVI: It's a s-mole world after all
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Our first foray into another county's fairytales. Another animal story, but I find that they are some of the more entertaining...