A story from Japanese folklore of Princess Moonlight, from Japanese folklore, where a bamboo cutter finds one of those magical heaven babies in a bamboo stalk (you know, those extremely common glowing children found in plants) and it changes his life, and the whole empire, forever.

The creature this week is a dangerous Greek fox because the ancient Greek city of Thebes can't catch a break ever.

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Wolverine claws! https://myths.link/wolverine

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Music:

“Calm and Gentle and Touching Inspiration” by Denis Pavlov

“Cold Dust” by Jermaine Culbreath

“Borough” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Town Market” by Blue Dot Sessions

"Roadside Bunkhouse" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Dolly and Pad" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Robin Hood is back on the road and ready to make some quick cash, so of course, he's going to go undercover as a beggar an infiltrate a secret society. Meanwhile Little John poured himself into a friar costume to hit on strangers.

The creature is an iron-toothed rat who will eat your books.

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Music:

"Back Stairs" by Podington Bear

"Line Etching" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Colrain" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Lamprey" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Logjam" by Podington Bear

"All Out" by Podington Bear

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After a ball game goes wrong in the worst possible way, Viking best friends go on a quest to clear their names. A quest that involves poison vultures, evil priestess witches, kings that can transform into dragons, and stuffed animal cows.

The creature is the teakettler! A creature that just wants to be left alone and if you keep hassling it, it will get really steamed...in that it will shoot a jet of steam at you.

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Music:

"Black is the Color" by Podington Bear

“He went away” by Podington Bear

“Voyage to America” by Lance Conrad

“All the Pretty Horses” by Podington Bear

“Poor Wayfaring Stranger” by Podington Bear

“Peter Gray” by Podington Bear

“Dunes” by Podington Bear

"Pxl Cray" by Blue Dot Sessions

“Forecasting” by Podington Bear

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A reboot, of sorts, of Reynard the Fox, everyone's favorite brutal, amoral trickster. I found a much older, much more nuanced version of the fox's stories. Today, we meet his father, get an origin story, and see him trying to make things right in a society run by predators...or is he working a long con to eat all the animals in his charge? With Reynard, we never really know.

The creature this week is the Talasam, who will very politely ask you for a human sacrifice.

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Music:

"Forces" by Podington Bear

"Little Door" by Podington Bear

"Away Game" by Blue Dot Sessions

“Cach” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Her Caliber” by Blue Dot Sessions

"Cicle Gerano" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Dionysus was the god of wine from Greek myths and the last Olympian to earn a place on Mount Olympus. His story starts with him being born from Zeus's thigh...and then somehow gets stranger. He does make a lot of really fun, dangerously intense fans among the humans, though.

The creature is the Tenjoname! He's a helpful ghost who will clean your ceilings with his filthy tongue!

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Music:

“Shiny” by Podington Bear

“Um Pepino (Artos Mix)” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Silent Flock” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Tarnish” by Podington Bear

"Sylvestor" by Blue Dot Sessions

"KeoKeo" by Blue Dot Sessions

"KeoKeo (acoustic version)" by Blue Dot Sessions

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Extras:

A public domain version of the latter half of today's story: https://myths.link/bacchae

Good source on the Tenjoname: https://myths.link/tenjoname

Cardboard cutout of Guy Fieri: https://myths.link/fieri

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A completely new version of the Mulan legend, sourced from a story from the late middle ages, so even if you think you know the Mulan story, this version has twists and turns that make her big secret, that she's a woman pretending to be a man, the least of her worries.

The creature is the Manticore! It's terrifying, but not for the reasons that it should be terrifying!

The episode post (and horrifying pictures of the Manticore): https://myths.link/194

The earlier Mulan episode based off "The Ballad of Mulan": https://myths.link/4

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Music:

"Insatiable Toad" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Inside the Origami Violin" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Cocoon Transit" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Vibrant Canopy" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Moving Emotional Piano Hero Track" by Daniel Bordovsky

"Broken" by Michael Vignola

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We're on the road with the monk, Xuanzang, and Monkey King, Sun Wukong, as they start their Journey to the West... that is, if Sun Wukong is coming back from taking off in a huff (he is). Once he gets back, the trip won't be without problems, though, like river dragons, murderous monks, and bear ogre birthday parties.

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Music: "Blue" by Podington Bear "Messy Inkwell" by Blue Dot Sessions "Li Fonte" by Blue Dot Sessions "Lunette" by Blue Dot Sessions "The Gall" by Podington Bear "All the Colors in the World" by Podington Bear

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