What The Folklore?

Well, Here we are, right on time, in the first week of 2023. Time to rev up the ol' Folklore machine again, after it's winter slumber. For some reason, we've decided the best way to shake off the cobwebs is the read another Madame d'Aulnoy tale, Fair Goldilocks...but we're gonna need some help.

Thanks to Mars for joining us this week! You can also catch him streaming "Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms"

Suggested talking points: Madame d'Aulnoy's Best-Fit Cesspit, Before We Invented Babies, Birthname Fastpass, Handsomeguypunzle, Smorgasbord of Violence, No Part Of What I Said Is True

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Don't let the title fool you, this is DEFINITELY a Christmas themed episode, and it is chock-full, jam-packed with 3 different tales of holiday cheer, just for you dear listeners. Just don't think to hard about the mysteries of Santa Claus...

Suggested talking points: Advent Calendar of Robbery, Festive From a Turkey's Point of View, Off to Kid Mountain, Toy Slough, Stew is Chew, Soup is Goop

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This week we read Why the Sea is Salt, courtesy of Asbjornsen and Moe. The answer is much, much closer to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" than anyone could've possibly anticipated.

Suggested talking points: Cheerleader Zamboni, The Sandwich Wars Accord, Brothers on Brothers on Brothers, Bacon Hot Takes, The Piss-cific Ocean

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This week we read The Goat of Mr. Seguin, and in the process accidently dredge up a centuries-old subtweet from an extremely bitter windmill adressed to a semi-fictional character. Oh yeah, and Gordie is back.

Suggested talking points: H.P. Amorcraft's "Le Cthuleaux", Not a Windmill in the Classical Sense, The Mastertruck Chronicles, Number One In Raising Children Wrong, Goat Nirvana, The Shape of What Letters Could Be

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This week we continue reading Dwarf Long Nose, by Wilhelm Hauff, AKA Satan's Ghostwriter. Based on how things went last week, if you weren't expecting a Fairytale Bake-off, a magic goose, and a war over pastries, you need to turn in your damn folktale gun and badge.

Thanks to Dave for joining us this week!

Suggested talking points: Atrocity Tourist, Fresh Kitchen Fishin', This Soup is a Steak,  Goose Sounds Like a Lady

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This week we begin reading Dwarf Long Nose, by Wilhelm Hauff, AKA Satan's Ghostwriter. In it, our precious good-boy hero is rudely accosted by a strange woman with very particular herb sensibilities. War looms on the horizon...

Thanks to Dave for joining us this week!

Suggested talking points: A New Fun Boy, The AI Art Equivalent of a Human, Insider Cabbage Trading, Guinea Pig Whistle, A Barber's Decoy, Vegetables are What Keep This House Together

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This week we're reading Sangkuriang or Legend of Tangkuban Perahu, a tale rife with...complicated and troubling genealogies.

Thanks to Dave for joining us this week!

Suggested talking points: Were-Husband, The Piss Baby's Son So Easily Forgotten, It's a Nanowrimo Miracle!, Throwing a Tantrum So Hard it Creates Geography, Narratively Necessary Incest

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This week, while reading The Tale(s) of the White Elephant with Six Tusks, we get some conflicting information on the relative coolness of this elephant. You be the judge, dear listener!

Thanks to Melissa for joining us this week!

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Zalutations listeners!
On this week's episode of What The Folklore, we're reading Three Boys With Jugs of Molasses and Secret Ambitions
Marvel as we descend further into Rootabaga-Tale-Madness
Before all that, though, Tyler has some spooky-times movies he wants to bring to your attention
I'm truly sorry
Even though it eats up the runtime, we hope you enjoy
So long, and Happy Spooklore!

...Also, thanks to our special guest, Theo!

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This week on WTFolklore, we hear two different Tales of the Boo Hag, a skinless Sailor Moon who loves to drink breath and hates poker players. Man, Myth-Times had some wild explanations for sleep apnea!

Thanks to Dave/Psythe for joining us this week!

Suggested talking points: The Boo Spectrum, Subsistence Breath Farmers, Knitting is Sweaty Work, Flayed by Mystical Anime Light, Winner Takes Wife, Lesser-Known "Give a Mouse a Cookie" Sequels

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