The Legendary Tales

The Legendary Tales

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The Legendary Tales episodes

  • Mt Fuji (Japan) and Ratatoskr (Norse)

    Isadora ranges in topics from blossom princesses to Aokigahara. The forest has a historical reputation as a home to yūrei: ghosts of the dead in Japanese mythology. In recent years, Aokigahara has become known as "the Suicide Forest", one of the world's most-used suicide sites.

    Adam attacks some Nordic tales. In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr is a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagle perched atop Yggdrasil, and the serpent Níðhöggr, who dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree.

    1 hr 8 min
  • Gashadokuro (Japanese) and Pegasus (Greek)

    Gashadokuro are mythical creatures in Japanese mythology. Adam investigates the legends behind their creation and how to kill them (spoiler: its as hard as you might think). Isadora takes you on a journey through the stars with the creation, adventures and immortality of the Greek God Pegasus.

    45 min
  • The Loch Ness Monster (Scottish) and the Basilisk (Polish?)

    This week Isadora investigates the truth behind Nessie - and looks at how for 100 years they have used the latest technology to locate her. Adam steps away from the Harry Potter version of the Basilisk and looks at how it might be the most dangerous monster out there - with one rather stupid fatal flaw.

    1 hr 18 min
  • Cropsey (NYC, USA) and Crater Lake (Oregon, USA)

    The host set themselves the challenge of finding two legends based in reality. Adam, who love National Parks chose the Native America creation of Crater Lake. Isadora went for a darker take - investigating the legend of Cropsey and the horrors of the Willowbrook School

    50 min
  • Melon Heads (Ohio, USA) and The Silent Pool (U.K)

    The presenters (Isadora and Adam) look at two legends associated with their hometowns. Adam learns about the Melon Heads, who could be just a mistaken case of hinterland misunderstanding, and Isadora reads the poem of the Silent Pool, and the case for King John's 'evil' role in history.

    41 min

About The Legendary Tales

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Every week we take two legends in history, investigate what brought them to the public eye, and look at the sources that can verify, or disprove their existence. Our topics range from biographies of…