'The Pumpkin Giant' is an outstandingly silly tale of the origin of the pumpkin, and the perfect beginning to Halloween week!
All in Myths
Ep. 1073 - The Topaz Story Book - Jack Frost
In today's poem from "The Topaz Story Book", Gabriel Setoun brings us a different side of Jack Frost than we're used to seeing.
Ep. 1071 - The Topaz Story Book - The Sickle Moon
"It is a quaint and pretty tale | Six hundred summers old, | When in the green Tyrolean vale, | The peasant folk is told."
- 'The Sickle Moon', A Tyrolean Harvest Legend
Ep. 1070 - The Topaz Story Book - The Scarf of the Lady
"Each year at harvest time she invited the poor peasants of the neighbourhood to come and glean in her field, and take home with them as much grain as they needed for winter use." - The Scarf of the Lady
Ep. 1068 - The Topaz Story Book - Intro + Nipon and the King of the Northland
The votes have been tallied and today we begin "The Topaz Story Book" with an Introduction, a poem and 'Nipon and the King of the Northland'!
Ep. 1067 - Legends of the Rhine - Stavoren
Today brings us the final story from Wilhelm Ruland's "Legends of the Rhine". 'Stavoren' is a tale filled with hubris and honestly it doesn't end well for anyone involved.
Ep. 1065 - Legends of the Rhine - Siegfried
This is the final week of "Legends of the Rhine" and it's ending with three amazing tales, beginning with the story of the hero 'Siegfried'.
Ep. 1064 - Legends of the Rhine - The Cathedral Builder of Cologne, Pt. 2
In today's conclusion of 'The Cathedral Builder of Cologne' we discover the result of the bet between Master Gerhard and the Devil.
Ep. 1062 - Legends of the Rhine - Jan and Griet
'Jan and Griet' is certainly not a love story, but it is the tale of what "might have been".
Ep. 1057 - Legends of the Rhine - The High Cross at Godesberg
The saddest story that I've told in a long while, 'The High Cross at Godesberg' was no way to end the week. So I've combined this two part tale to give us a happier note on Friday.