Episode 5: Kishibojin-The Mother of All Devils ー 鬼子母神
Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
English - April 14, 2017 01:30 - 12 minutes - 12.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 153 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture History japan hyperbolicparaboloid japanese japaneseculture japanesefolklore japanesefolktales japanesehistory japaneselanguage japaneseliterature japanesemyths Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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April's podcast is about Kishibojin, an ogress with a penchant for feeding human babies to her own children, but who was able to see the error of her ways and not only repent but reinvent herself as a goddess. That's what I call chutzpah!