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Myth Monsters

158 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratings

A bite sized look into the monsters of global folklore, cryptozoology and mythology with your host, Erin. Jump in and learn about your favourite monsters from Gorgons to Kelpies, to Wendigos to Bigfoot. Stay spooky every Thursday with a new episode with a new monster from another culture. Get in touch on Twitter at @mythmonsterspod 

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Episodes

Soucouyant

June 08, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes - 8.08 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading over to the paradise that is the Caribbean to look at the spooky Soucouyant? How do these monsters relate to little old ladies and inheritance? What can you do to stop one? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Bull of Heaven

June 01, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're heading over to Ancient Mesopotamia for the Bull of Heaven! How does this monster get associated with the star sign Taurus? Why was the fertility goddess Ishtar so obsessed with releasing it? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Encantado

May 25, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're heading over to Brazil and the Amazon to look at a creature well known throughout the region - the Encantado. How can you find one amongst normal humans? How has it become a scapegoat for illegitimate babies? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcast...

Bokkenrijders

May 18, 2023 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading over to three countries in Europe - join us in Belgium, Germany and The Netherlands for the ghostly Bokkenrijders! How can you become one if you wanted to? How do these monsters compare to the real pillaging crews around this area at the same time? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https:...

Hippocampus

May 11, 2023 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're looking at the legendary water horse, the Hippocampus! How does Achilles' mum get her hands on one of these? Why would one save you from drowning? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Mugwump

May 04, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading over to Canada for the first time to look at the wonderful and pretty ugly cryptid - the Mugwump! How does this monster get mixed up with big sturgeon? How does it link to politics? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

The Monsters of Heracles - 100th Episode Special

April 27, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to our 100th Episode! For this momentous occasion, join me in exploring the monsters involved in Heracles' labours - how were the Mares of Diomedes tamed? How can you make sure you kill a Hydra? Find out this week in a fun, different special! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Peri

April 20, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're looking at the wonderful Peri from Islamic and Persian folklore! Why do these fairies get excluded from paradise? How can you convince one to marry you? Find out this week!  Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Fossegrimen

April 13, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes - 9.71 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading back to Scandinavia to look at the wonderfully musical Fossegrimen! How does this monster teach you how to play the fiddle like a god? How are these linked to numerous other water spirits? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Maha Sona

April 06, 2023 14:00 - 14 minutes - 9.65 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's monster, we're heading over to Sri Lanka for the first time and looking at the godly demon, the Maha Sona! How does this monster kill it's victims? Why does it have a dog's head? Find out this week!  Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Strigoi

March 30, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back! This week we're heading over to Romanian for a vampire-like demon, the Strigoi! How does a Romanian village still deal with this monster in the current day? How can you confirm a bald spot is caused by a Strigoi rather than normal baldness? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast.....

Leprechaun - St Patrick's Day Special

March 09, 2023 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Top o' the mornin' to ya and happy St Patrick's Day! We're looking at the Irish legend of the Leprechaun this week to celebrate all things Irish! How does this monster relate to Celtic goddesses and kings? Why can't you keep their pot o' gold? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Po...

Naga

March 02, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode, we’re looking at the wonderful Naga from Hindu and Buddhist folklore! How do these half-serpents hold up the world? Where can you find one in the great deep? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Inugami

February 23, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading back over to Japan and looking at the terrible tale of the Inugami! How do these ghostly dogs link to Kitsune and the class system? How can you get one in the most horrendous way? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Popobawa

February 16, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. Happy late Valentine's Day! This week we're heading over to Tanzania for the horrible sexual demon, the Popobawa! How does this monster relate to political discourse and mass hysteria? Could this be a mass seen sleep paralysis? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Minotaur

February 09, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week, we're looking at a true legendary Greek monster, the Minotaur! How did this monster come to be? Why are we still so in love with this monster from one myth? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Yacumama

February 02, 2023 15:00 - 20 minutes - 14 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading over to Ancient Peru for the slippery snake - the Yacumama! How does this monster relate to the Incans? How can you make it appear in the rivers you're trying to fish in? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Coco

January 26, 2023 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're looking at the Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American bogeyman, El Coco! Why does this monster snatch children from their beds? How does a medieval dragon and Saint George relate to the creation of this spirit? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podca...

Leshy

January 19, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's normal episode, we're heading over to the Slavic region of Europe for the forest guardian, the Leshy! How can you avoid catching the attention of this shapeshifting god figure? How does this link to Adam and Eve? Find out this Thursday! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Dybbuk

January 16, 2023 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's bonus episode (because I caught COVID and missed one!), we're looking at the creepy spirit from Jewish mythology, the Dybbuk! How does this ghostly spirit attach to you? How does it link to the European witch hunts? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Inmyeonjo

January 12, 2023 15:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. Happy New Year and New Season to you! We're kicking off 2023 with a new mythology that we've not covered before with the mystical Inmyeonjo from Korean mythology! How are they related to a legendary Buddhist bird? How did they divide the world in 2018? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... ...

Yeti - Holiday Special

December 29, 2022 15:00 - 25 minutes - 17.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. Happy Holidays! This week for the last episode of the year we're covering the legendary snow monsters, the Yeti! How can you tell the three types of Yeti apart? What was their DNA eventually linked to? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Baba Yaga

December 15, 2022 15:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week, we're looking at the legendary Slavic witch, Baba Yaga! How can you avoid getting eaten by this horrible woman of the forest? Why does her house have chicken legs? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Jack Frost

December 08, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're getting chilly and looking at the holiday spirit in European folklore, Jack Frost! How does this spirit invoke the winter season? How can you tell he's been nearby? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Trolls

December 01, 2022 15:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, make sure you're wary of bridges with the terrifying Trolls of Norse mythology and folklore! How can you scare a Troll off if it's after you? How have these monsters changed through the ages? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Engkanto

November 24, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're back in the Philippines for the wonderful but tricksy Engkantos! How do they kidnap the humans they grow fond of? How can you spot one in a crowd? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Karkadann

November 17, 2022 15:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week, we're heading over to Ancient Persia for the wonderful Karkadann! What are the key differences between this monster and the European Unicorn? Why can't they just call it a rhino? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Thunderbird

November 10, 2022 15:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're looking at the wonderful Thunderbird from Native American folklore! How can you make sure not to get on this legendary bird's bad side? Are they modern pterodactyls? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Santa Muerte

November 05, 2022 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this episode, we're doing something really different and looking at the deity, Santa Muerte from Mexican folklore! How does this goddess link to Aztec mythology and the Catholic Church? Why is she revered within the cartel and prison communities? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Go...

Werewolves - Halloween Special

October 27, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MB

Send us a Text Message. Happy Halloween! For this year's special, we're looking at the legendary Werewolves from European mythology! How can you take out these almost immortal and impervious monsters? How does a middle ages condition prove that you are one? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Tanuki

October 20, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're looking at the wonderful Tanuki from Japanese mythology! How does this monster use its testicles? How are they related to the also legendary Kitsune? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Pope Lick Monster

October 13, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're looking at a horrible cryptid, the Pope Lick Monster from Kentucky, USA. How does this monster convince people to throw themselves in front of trains? How does the park it's located in contribute to the legend? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podc...

Gargoyle

October 06, 2022 15:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. Welcome back! We're kicking off Q4 of the podcast with a fantastic first, and a French monster at that - the Gargoyle! How are these monsters used as functional architecture in Europe? How can one of them kill you with a single touch? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Wukong

September 15, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week, we're heading back over to China in time for the Moon Festival, and looking at the fantastic cult legend, Wukong, the Monkey King. How did this monkey come to be from wind and rocks on a mountain? How did manage to annoy the Jade Emperor into submission? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.c...

Mokele-Mbembe

September 12, 2022 11:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're looking at the legendary African cryptid of the Congo, the Mokele Mbembe! How does this monster link to Nessie? And how are Germans the leading authors on this monster? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Elves

September 01, 2022 13:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, just in time for the release of Rings of Power - we're looking at the beautiful and elegant Elves from Norse mythology! How many types of Elves are there? Why did the people in Middle-Age England think they could shoot projectiles of illness? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/...

Dwarves

August 25, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're looking into the legendary Dwarves from Norse mythology! How did these beings get linked with death through their creation? How can you make sure you're not rude to one? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Fēng

August 18, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this episode, we're looking at the legendary Fēng from Chinese mythology! How does this monster link to an embarrassing reveal of a sex toy on Chinese television? Why is this monster so hard to find information about? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Myth Monsters Trailer

August 18, 2022 10:00 - 59 seconds - 711 KB

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Myth Monsters - we're a bite sized podcast about mythology and folklore's monsters! From Hydras to Skinwalkers, from Yeti to Hobbits - we're here to cover them all with current entertainment content references and fun jokes! Join us every Thursday for a new monster episode! Follow the twitter @mythmonsterspod, instagram & tiktok @mythmonsterspodcast or email on [email protected]. Or you can find everything on our website ww.mythmonsters.co.uk ...

Jackalope

August 11, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.2 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're looking at the legendary cryptid, the Jackalope from US cryptozoology! How does this monster link to cowboys harmonising? And how can you stop your pet rabbit from turning into one? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Tengu

August 04, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading back over to Japan for the legendary Buddhist warriors, the Tengu! How are these involved in two different languages, cultures, and religions? How can you avoid their wrath? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Mongolian Death Worm

July 28, 2022 14:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're going east to Mongolia for the first time ever and looking at the legendary cryptid, the Mongolian Death Worm! How big do these monsters get? How can you find them in the desert? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Qalupalik

July 21, 2022 14:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're avoiding the UK heatwave byu heading over to the Arctic waters of Canada and Alaska with the Inuit myth of the Qalupalik! How can you tell this monster is coming to get you beneath the icy waves? How does this link back to the British invasion of the US? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://...

Seraphim

July 14, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're looking into Religious mythology once again, and looking at the horrifying looking Seraphim from Biblical and Islamic folklore. Where do the Seraphim fall in the Angel hierarchy of each of these three religions? How can you tell this angel from the rest? Find out in this episode! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: ht...

Gnome

July 07, 2022 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MB

Send us a Text Message. "You know, I really wish I had a garden where I could put a couple of human statues." For this week, we're heading over to Europe and looking at the wonderful Gnome from European mythology and folklore! What are the different types of Gnome? Why do we keep them in our gardens? Find out in this episode! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://p...

Draugr

June 30, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes - 10 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading back over to the Norse mythos for the first time in a little while and looking at the creepy Draugr! How can you get this monster back in it's grave? How are they linked to good ol' England? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Kapre

June 23, 2022 14:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading back over to the Philippines for the fantastic tree dwelling Kapre! How does this monster link to colonialism in the Philippines? How can you tell one is nearby? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google Podcasts: ...

Black-Eyed Children

June 16, 2022 14:00 - 14 minutes - 9.77 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're going back over to the USA for a creepy urban legend, the Black-Eyed Children. How do these monsters reflect the societal change of childhood from the 1800's? How can you make sure these scary kids don't get into your car? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast......

Orc

June 09, 2022 14:00 - 20 minutes - 13.8 MB

Send us a Text Message. For this week's episode, we're heading into the fantasy world of Tolkien - and looking at the brutish Orcs from (technically) English folklore. How do these monsters represent real life racism from Tolkien's era? How has the description of them changed over the years? Find out this week! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.co...

The Three Witches of Auckland

June 02, 2022 13:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MB

Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode, we're looking at the Three Witches of Auckland Domain  from New Zealand/Maori mythology and folklore. How does this ghost story link to the European colonisation of New Zealand? What do these witches really embody in the statues of them? Find out this episode!! Support the Show. You can find us on - Myth Monsters Website: https://mythmonsters.co.uk Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RPGDjM... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/g...