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Hello and welcome back from summer break!!! This week, Max is jumping back in with a story about an insane lizard-rock-woman who has a very nice dowry, and Janey tells a cautionary tale about the dangers of bulk trash-shopping. Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources -  The Wicked Fairy Wife

• LOCATION: Quebec (?)
• “The Wicked Fairy-Wife: A French Canadian Folktale” by Mary Alice Downie, illustrated by Kim Price  
• “The Son of Seven Queens: An Indian Fairy Tale” (Also told on Episode 127)  
• Read Janey's notes on Substack!

Max’s Sources - The Mistress of the Copper Mountain

• LOCATION: Polevskoy, Russia
• "Russian Magic Tales: From Pushkin to Platonov" edited by Robert Chandler https://bookshop.org/a/86350/9780141442235
• “The Mistress of the Copper Mountain” on Wikipedia 

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Welcome to our last episode before our summer break! This week, we're unlocking one of our favorite bonus episodes, released way back in August 2023. This week, Max is going to tell us all about a gambling princess with a pear problem, and Janey is going to tell a cautionary tale of choosing stupid names for your children.

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Janey’s Sources - Fairer-Than-A-Fairy

• Andrew Lang’s The Yellow Fairy Book  

Max’s Sources - The Cuirasser and the Horned Princess

• "Slavic Myths" edited by J. K. Jackson

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Hello and welcome to a monstrously themed episode! Today we are discussing werewolves and wendigos, and finally getting some much-needed insight into the Alabama White Thang from the Monster Ladies, Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler. Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources - The Wendigo

• LOCATION: Minnesota, USA
• “Monsters of the Midwest” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler  
• “ZHAUWUNO-GEEZHIGO-GAUBOW (Maisaninnine, Mesnawetheno) (Jack Fiddler),” by James R. Stevens in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed May 31, 2026,  
• “Columbus and Other Cannibals” by Jack D. Forbes  
• “Bury My Guilt in an Indian Burial Ground” by Jana Schmiedling for Medium  

Max’s Sources - The Georgia Werewolf

• LOCATION: Talbotton, Georgia, USA
• “Monsters of the South” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler  
• “The Legend of the Georgia Werewolf Girl” by Jeffery Wells for Georgia Mysteries 
• “The Werewolf Girl of Georgia” by Wayne Miller for Werewolves.com  
• Find a Grave listing for Emily Isabella Burt  

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Hello and welcome! This week, Janey is going to tell us a shorty-baby-cutie story about a woman who doesn't know how to bargain, and Max is going to tell us a VERY terrible story that has a small moral at the end! Good luck!

Janey’s Sources - The Sunchild 

• LOCATION: Greece 
• Andrew Lang’s The Grey Fairy Book  
• Full Free story  
• “Letiko, La Fille du Soleil” by Caputo Nato  
• Lamias on Wikipedia  

Max’s Sources - “The Princess Who Stood on Her Own Two Feet” by Jeanne Desy

• LOCATION: Ohio, USA
• “Don’t Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England”, edited by Jack Zipes  

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Hello and welcome! This week Max is going to tell us a story that may or may not explain something we may or may not need to know (and also there's a water horse, and we know how much Janey loves that.) ALSO Janey is going to tell us about a perfect princess (and the horrible family she's attached to). Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources - The Toy Princess

• LOCATION: England
• Folk & Fairy Tales, edited by Martin Hallett and Barbara Karasek. 4th Edition. 
• Mary De Morgan biography  

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Hello and welcome! It's another sleep-deprived/low-oxygen episode, so you're welcome (or we're sorry?) This week, Janey is going to tell us about a DEFINITELY 100% straight king with ZERO things to examine in his own life, and Max is going to tell us a fever dream! Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources - Fanta-Ghíro the Beautiful

• LOCATION: Italy
• "Italian Folktales" retold and edited by Italo Calvino  

Max’s Sources - Our Lady of Good Counsel

• LOCATION: Italy
• "The Pomegranates: and Other Modern Italian Fairy Tales" translated by Cristina Mazzoni, from the Oddly Modern Fairy Tales collection edited by Jack Zipes  

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Hello! This week we're celebrating spring's triumphant return with Max's story about what can only be described as "some sort of lake yeti" discovering the convenience of Lyft, and Janey's tale of a King in desperate need of an HR department. 

Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources - The Useless Wagoner

• LOCATION: Hungary
• “Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe”, collected and retold by Neil Philip, Illustrated by Larry Wilkes. 
• Full Free Text  

Max’s Sources - White Thang

• LOCATION: Alabama
• “Monsters of the South” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler
• “Cryptids of the South: The White Thang of Alabama” 

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Cowabunga, everybody! This week, Janey is going to tell us about a disloyal knight with a surprising secret, and Max is going to tell us an alien invasion story that teaches us all a powerful lesson (don't trust a man just because he says he's a doctor...) Enjoy!

Janey's Sources: Bradamante

• LOCATION: France
• Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Susan Guevara. 
• @DwarfismHistory on Instagram  
• "The Story Of 'Orlando Furioso’" NPR. February 2009.  
• “Orlando Furioso, Canto IV” on Yesterweird  
• Bradamante on Wikipedia 
• Ruggiero on Wikipedia  
• “The Road to Middle Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology” by Tom Shippey 

Max’s Sources - The Tale of Flying Saucers

• LOCATION: California
• “American Folkore and Legends”, John J. and Potter Marcatante 

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Hello and happy spoooOOOOookyy March! This week, we're bringing out our scariest Irish tales to impress Andi and Feliz, the hosts of the "You Two Scare Me" podcast! First, Max is going to break the glass ceiling of headless horsePEOPLE, and then Janey's going to remind us all of the most important rule of horror: children. are. scary. 

We hope you enjoy!

Sources: 

• Check out the You Two Scare Me Podcast!
• Listen to their episode on The Irish Banshee

Janey’s Sources - The Case of the Leannabh Sidhe

• LOCATION: England
• Fearsome Fairies: Haunted Tales of the Fae, edited by Elizabeth Dearnley 

Max’s Sources - The Dullahan

• LOCATION: Ireland
• Full free text of “The Good Woman” 
• “The Dullahan” by Ghost City Tours 
• “The Headless Horseman” by Irish Myths 
• “The Dullahan” by The Irish Place 

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Hello and welcome to another episode! This week Janey is going to tell us about a man who will go to great lengths to get his boss laid, and Max is going to tell us about an old man's fears! Enjoy!

Janey’s Sources - The Tibetan Envoy

• LOCATION: Tibet
• “The Spring of Butterflies and Other Chinese Folk Tales”, translated by He Liyi, edited by Neil Philp 
• “Story of Songtsan Gambo and Princess WengCheng” by Yangkyi, for Tibet Vista  

Max’s Sources - 

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