Folklore on the Rocks

Among the swamps and billabongs of Australia there is a vicious and terrible creature that wants to hug you to death - the Bunyip! We're headed down under to explore this fearsome, chimeric cryptid. Is it a diprotodon? Is it a giant platypus? Who knows?! Cocktail of the Week: The Bunyip. Promos are from Strange Animals and Cutting Class! We are giving away FREE STICKERS! If you want some, leave us a review on iTunes, take a screenshot, email that & your mailing address to admin@folkloreontherocks.com

We bring you 3 tales of Slavic Folklore! The book they are from is called "Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen", by Alex Chodsko, Translated and Illustrated by Emily J. Harding in 1896. The 3 stories we narrate and discuss are "The Lost Child", "The Journey to the Sun and the Moon", and "The History of Prince Slugobyl". Promos are from We Drink and We Know Things and Brew Crime! Find us at folkloreontherocks.com, where we have show notes and recipes (and pretty illustrations for this one)!

This week we discuss the Domovoi, the small, hairy, old man that might live under your stove and originates in Slavic folklore. He helps with chores, predicts the future, doesn’t like to be seen, and sometimes burns your house down! Good times! Note that we do have a lot of tangents this week, so, sorry about that… Promos are from Blood on the Rocks and Ignorance Was Bliss. Check out the WWI collaboration we are a part of, produced by Blood on the Rocks, released TODAY!

Join us for our first "modern folklore" episode! We narrate 3 stories as we delve into the world of No Sleeps, Creepypastas, and Let's Not Meets, which are the kinds of tales that folklore stems from. Things that are unexplained and a little creepy, things that might be real but we don't necessarily want them to be, things that keep us up at night or that we tell our children and grandchildren. We hope you enjoy!

The spooky fun continues! October is our favorite time of year so we wanted to bring you something a little different, in the form of real-life ghost stories and creature encounters. Tales like these are the seeds that folklore springs from. We hope you enjoy them, because we certainly did! We have a special guest, which means there is more commentary, it's a little more casual, and we talk about things we usually don't touch on in our normal episodes - but, we love believers and skeptics just the same!

October is our favorite time of year so we wanted to bring you something a little different, in the form of real-life ghost stories and creature encounters. Tales like these are the seeds that folklore springs from. We hope you enjoy them, because we certainly did! We have a special guest, which means there is more commentary, it's a little more casual, and we talk about things we usually don't touch on in our normal episodes - but, we love believers and skeptics just the same!

This week we narrated and discussed three South African folk tales from the 1910 book "South-African Folk-Tales" by James A. Honey. The tales were: "Crocodile's Treason", "The Monkey's Fiddle" and "The Story of a Dam". The book is available on Project Gutenburg. See our website for links and some illustrations! Website: folkloreontherocks.com Facebook/IG: @FolkloreontheRocks Twitter: @FolkloreRocks Patreon: patreon.com/FolkloreOnTheRocks

This week we go spelunking (figuratively, obvs) into the "Wondergat" or "Wonder Cave" that is home to the South African Cryptid, the Grootslang. Some sources say The Grootslang (or Grote Slang, Dutch / Afrikaans for "Big Snake") is a GIANT cobra (40 feet / 12 meters long), and some differ and say it has the head of an elephant and the body of a snake. Either way, it lives in the Richtersveld in South Africa and hoards gems (especially diamonds).

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 illustrations from the book! Website: www.folkloreontherocks.com Insta/Facebook: @folkloreontherocks Twitter: @FolkloreRocks Patreon: www.patreon.com/FolkloreOnTheRocks

In our very first episode(!), we talk about the Jorōgumo (aka the 'whore spider' or 'entangling bride'), Japan’s shapeshifting spider-woman Yōkai. Along with our Jorōgumo breakdown and surrounding folklore / tales, We discuss a super cool location in Kyoto, Japan called Yōkai Street; the actual arachnid inspiration for the Jorōgumo, the Jorō Spider; a bit about women and courtesans in Edo period Japan; and some of the many places spider-women have appeared in popular culture.

Just a tiny bit about who we are and what we'll be striving to do with this podcast! Look for the first couple of episodes in the next week or two! Instagram and Facebook: @FolkloreontheRocks, Twitter: @FolkloreRocks, www.folkloreontherocks.com Keywords: creature, creepy, cryptid, culture, drink, alcohol, audio, booze, cocktail, comedy, education, folklore, funny, informative, interesting, learning, legends, listen, lore, monster, mythology, podcast, scary, spooky, streaming, whiskey, world, worldwid