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Episode 4: Monkeys and Monkey Lore!

Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language

English - March 17, 2017 21:30 - 13 minutes - 12.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 153 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 3: Koshin Shinko: The Three Worms in Your Body
Next Episode: Episode 5: Kishibojin-The Mother of All Devils ー 鬼子母神

March's Uncanny Japan podcast is all about monkeys and monkey lore -- wordplay, superstition, and good luck charms. You can listen to that below.

Also, if you're interested in me retelling/reimagining obscure Japanese folktales, take a look at my Patreon page. This month's Bedtime Story ($5 and up reward) is "The Monkeys' Ojizo Statue" ("Saru no Ojizo").

Finally, below I give you a lucky saru. It's a hanga-engraving I carved of a cheeky monkey flashing the peace sign while the character for 'dream' floats overhead. What could be luckier than that?

Thanks for listening!

Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo).  The whole album is just gorgeous, as it everything else by FM3.