Myth Monsters

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSk...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitt...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky In...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social m...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:  ...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   T...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Mu...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook T...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Faceboo...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter Blu...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikT...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebo...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Soc...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:  ...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook TikTok

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music So...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twi...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPo...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram Facebook...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts Good...

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! Send us Fan Mail Support the show You can find us on: Myth Monsters Website Spotify Apple Podcasts GoodPods Amazon Music Social media:   Twitter BlueSky Instagram F...