Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends episode 432, 'Sort it Out,' follows Juiemon, an Edo-period samurai whose drunken sword fight starts a long run of bad luck.

["Myths and Legends episode 242, \"Two Roads,\" pairs an Albanian fairy tale about two brothers with the Chilean creature La Calchona.", "Hondo finds a false-bottom chest in the family's one-room shack and uncovers a ring, a silver sword, and proof that his parents were exiled royalty.", "Jeremy meets Zef, hears that one in 10,000 boys is born with armpit wings, and learns that the Kuchedra is a forty-oxen-sized monster fed a maiden each month.", "The episode closes with La Calchona, whose salve turns her family into foxes and leaves her as a sheep-faced night wanderer."]

Myths and Legends episode 241, "Hippopotamaster," turns a Sorko tale from the Songhai Empire into a fight between Nana Miriam, her father Faramaka, and a hippo with ovens on its back.

Myths and Legends episode 240B, "Heart of Stone," follows Peter Monk from the Black Forest to a bargain with Dutch Michael, the devil who offers wealth in exchange for Peter's heart.

Myths and Legends episode 240A, "Man of Glass," follows Peter Munch as a Sunday-child legend turns his envy of Big Ezekiel and the Dancing King into three literal wishes.

Three lighter Grimm brothers' stories about lending a hand, plus Irish water monsters seeking love.

This episode of Myths and Legends returns to the world of King Arthur with a soft reboot, covering his Golden Age and a humorous tale about a young warrior and a princess rescue gone wrong.

This episode of Myths and Legends tells the Japanese folktale of Princess Moonlight, where a woodcutter finds a mysterious child in a bamboo shoot, leading to a story about love and a dangerous quest.

This episode of Myths and Legends explores a standalone Robin Hood tale involving a secret society, Little John in a too-small habit, and a lesson about keeping promises to avoid an iron-toothed rat monster.

This episode of Myths and Legends tells the story of two Viking best friends and the origin of the word 'purse' from a king's illegitimate son.