Sep 29, 2018
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...
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.
Attribution: Matthew Meyer @ http://yokai.com/jorougumo/
Yōkai (妖怪) is the blanket term for a variety of...
Sep 29, 2018