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Show Notes for Episode 2 - Japanese Folk Tales

Sep 29, 2018

This week we narrated and discussed folktales from Japan! We don't have much as far as sources go, as we read directly from the book "Japanese Fairy Tales" (also known as "The Japanese Fairy Book"), which was compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki and published in 1908 (or 1903 for the Google books version). The book is freely...


Sep 29, 2018

This week we narrated and discussed two Japanese folktales from the book "Japanese Fairy Tales" which was compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki. The tales were: "The Farmer and the Badger" and "The Story of the Man Who Did Not Wish to Die". The book is available on Project Gutenburg. See our website for links and some...


Show Notes for Episode 1 - The Jorogumo

Sep 29, 2018

This week we discussed the Jorōgumo (絡新婦, aka the 'whore spider' or 'entangling bride'), Japan’s shapeshifting spider-woman Yōkai. Here are the show notes, with links, pictures, etc.

Jorogumo, http://yokai.com/jorougumo/
Attribution: Matthew Meyer @ http://yokai.com/jorougumo/


Yōkai (妖怪) is the blanket term for a variety of...


Sep 29, 2018

In our very first episode(!), we talk about the Jorōgumo (絡新婦, aka the 'whore spider' or 'entangling bride'), Japan’s shapeshifting spider-woman Yōkai (妖怪). Yōkai is a blanket term for a variety of supernatural creatures, monsters, and phenomena. Along with our Jorōgumo breakdown and surrounding folklore...