Feral Folktales is where I step aside from the main show and tell a straight folktale—simple, spoken, and exactly as it’s meant to be heard. These bonus episodes are just a little something extra between the full installments of The Feral Folklorist, which is where you’ll find the deeper dives into history, folklore, magic, hauntings, and the stranger corners of human belief.

This time, I’m sharing “Grýla and the Yule Lads,” an Icelandic winter tale about a mountain giantess, her thirteen troublesome sons, and the uneasy nights when families believed these visitors came down from the high ridges to make sure every household kept their chores in order.

A new folktale often appears between the regular podcast releases—just a short story to keep the world of folklore moving.

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