Tale Wagging: A Gleeful Retelling of little known fairy tales, folklore, history, and more!

This week, we are continuing our exploration of other characters that are not Santa. We learn how Belsnickel is different from Krampus and the importance of authority and fear at Christmas time. Then we get into Scandinavian folklore with the little gnomes who hang out on your property and braid your horse's hair as long as you leave out special porridge. And finally, we'll explain how arsonists attempt to set the biggest straw goat in the world on fire each year. 

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Double stories this week for Christmas! The first story is historical about Captain Santa and the Christmas Tree Ship on the waters of Lake Michigan making a late season run in a big storm. Check out the photo of the shipwreck on our FB page, Twitter or Instagram.

The second story is from Catalan culture about the Caganer, the mysterious figure in the back of nativity scenes...who appears to be taking a poop. Then my favorite, Caga Tió, the Christmas log or pooping log. You must take good care of your log and feed it good things so that it will poop out treats and gifts for you on Christmas. I'll be sharing several photos of the log and a video from our trip to Spain where I got to meet (and beat) the big one!

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This week's story is a great classic from Charles Dickens..."The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton." You'll find some...familiar elements, but with a lot more violence, alcoholism, and dark comedy. And a lion horse bear. Maybe.

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This week's story is from Romania where fairy tales really happened, you guys. For realz. "The Boys with the Golden Stars", we learn how the Romanian dating app works, wonder if facial deformities make you immortal, and put forth that puppies ARE great sons.

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We are continuing our celebration of Thanksgiving! This tale has family and eating....and takes place IN Turkey. That's close enough, right? Beware if your sister is Mrs. PacMan working some kind of weird Jedi mind trick. We learn the way to success involves threatening parents and taking their offspring hostage as well as littering.

This title of the story is a bit of a spoiler.....

I warned you! 

It's called "The Cauldron-Headed Ax-Toothed Sister." 

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This week I go into the history behind one of America's weirdest national traditions at Thanksgiving.....where the President pardons a turkey......Yes, this actually happens.

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This week's Native American Legend is called "The Lion and the Cat" (collected by Andrew Lang in the Brown Fairy Book). We learn what happens if a cat has the power of a Death Note, continue our debate over what determines princess status, and are visited by Batman.

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This week's story is from the folklore of the Pacific Northwest Native Americans called "The Witch and Her Four Sons" collected by Emerson N. Matson in a book called "Longhouse Legends". We learn the importance of song selection when competing for a husband and toe nail hygiene!

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We're going to Africa this week with a Native Rhodesian Tale called "The Story of the Hero Makoma" collected by Andrew Lang in the Orange Fairy Book. We'll learn how The Rock was born, how to make and collect new friends, and the dangers of really strong mustache hairs.

Welcome to Tale Wagging: A Gleeful Retelling of little known fairy tales, folklore, history, and more!

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A story from history for Spooktober! 🎃🍂💀🍁👻

This is a story of blood letting, zombies, and one of our founding fathers.

Welcome to Tale Wagging: A Gleeful Retelling of little known fairy tales, folklore, history, and more!

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If you enjoyed this episode, share it with a friend, tweet about it on the interwebz, or send a raven! AND If YOU are under an evil enchantment and have been turned into a creature of some kind, I can’t promise listening to the next episode will transform you back, but…it might! This is Tale Wagging. May all your dreams come true.