What The Folklore?

This week on WTFolklore, we're headed to France to read The Legend of the Arrode Cavern, where we learn what does and does not constitute a "Dragon", all about changing tires on a car, and what kind of horse memorabilia you can get at Cracker Barrel...wait, what were we talking about? Suggested talking points:  Snowfish, The Protagonist's Glow, The Pastoral Province of Sexy, Welcome Back to the Dr...

Hey! It's Tyler's Birthday! Or, at least it was! When we recorded this! For such an auspicious occasion, Carman elected to read Lazy Jack, a tale that was allegedly tailor-made to upset Tyler.   Suggested talking points:  See a Sooth Say a Sooth, Pokemon Butthole Catalog, Personal Finance Folklore, Soft Cheese on a Hot Day, Temp Tiger's Promotion If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavor...

This week on WTFolklore, we're reading the Cu Chulainn tale The Death of Derbforgaill, from Ireland in addition to weighing in on only the hottest topics of the day! Suggested talking points: Another Omen for the Year, The Raunchy Death of Deborah, Beefus Geesus, Red-Faced White American Shout Boys, The Piss-Wizard from Ireland, The Natural Knife If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavor...

We're back to ring in the new year! 3 weeks in! That's just our STYLE, baby. Join us, won't you, as we return to the comfort of Fairy Tales. This week we're reading The Cat and Mouse in Partnership, A Grimm tale that finally answers for us, one of the oldest questions on our show...   Suggested talking points: Little Bundles of Rage and Disease, The Hover-Bird Omen, Apopquizalypse, Crisco Roasting...

Torture, Torment, and Fairytales. It's all here in out last episode for 2021. Enjoy! Suggested talking points: An Air-Tight Reason to Dance, A Stupid Amount of Dresses, If It's Worth Doing, It's Worth Overdoing, Nude Derek, The End of the Good Times If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help s...

To wrap out 2021, here's our gift to you all:  Another spelunking into the d'Aulnoy Mines. This week (and next) we read Princess Rosette   Suggested talking points: Madame d'Aulnoy's Mad Mad World, A Promise of Future Violence, Folklore EULA, The 2021 Punzel Catalogue, Big Prince Wants DANCE, Girl Pretty+Girl Mine=Girl Good If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.p...

This week on WTFolklore, we conclude the tale of Egil and Asmund ...and then we conclude it again...and then we conclude it again...and would you believe we conclude it again?   Suggested talking points: No Longer Impressed by the Feats of Children, An Incomplete Goat Onesie, Prayers from Straight Hotties, A Breath of Fresh Dumb-Sea, Some of These Epilogues Have Epilogues If you'd like to support...

It's time to spread some holiday cheer! This week, we do exactly the opposite, by reading Egil and Asmund , a badass viking tale that's basically the best christmas anime you could ever dream of.   Suggested talking points: Dr. Other, Digging Holes Up to Space, PokéBezos, An Ominous "Part 1", My Hild to Die On, Achilles Ear If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.p...

Whoops! Damn-near went a whole year with no Monkey King in it! What a tragedy that would've been! Thankfully, Grimoire Highwind has returned to us, to remind us all of the reason for the season   Suggested talking points: Those Pesky Flying Kings,  Squelch Into Some Pants, Doing Bad Things to Fake Horses, Deathjail: Jail From Life, Raging Battle Boner If you'd like to support Carman's artistic end...

We are awash in life-lessons this week on WTFolklore, as we read The Special Platypus, an Australian tale that provides us with further intel into the interpersonal lives of the humble Platypod. We also learn about healthy boundaries, who does and doesn't need the approval of a titmouse, and just how much Weather.com thinks it's worth   Suggested talking points:  If you'd like to support Carman's...

This week on WTFolklore, we read The Charcoal Maker Who Became King, a Filipino tale. It's quite helpful in elucidating for us the qualities that birds and fairies each look for in a king. Either way, murder is usually involved.   Suggested talking points: The Chilliest Open, Maslow's Hierarchy of Blankies, The Decrepit Age of 17, Frying Pan Induced Sleep, Hornfluencers If you'd like to support Ca...

For the finale of What the Spooklore 2021, we head over to Korea to learn about hobgoblins, goblins, and additional haunted houses. We also attend a pretty rad Demon open house, with parkour and dogs and even brooms! (They're just brooms, though)   Suggested talking points: Gossip Goblin, A Touch of Grime, The Prairie Community, Scooby-Dooby-Crooners, Myth-times Hatsune Miku, License to Smash a Bo...

What the Spooklore 2021 continues this week with two tales from Appalachia. We're reading about Tailypo and The Bell Witch , though we did give a decidedly meatier spin to that second one.   Suggested talking points: Moss Planet, Monthly Finger Pruning, Autonomous O'Malley, Deep Bud, Beef Vs Machine, Ratsgiving, Beef Tokens If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.p...

What the Spooklore 2021 begins! We're not reading a singular story this week, but three tales about various haunted locations around New Orleans! Is there a surprise visit from our friend and yours the Spooktralizer? listen and find out!   Suggested talking points: The Witchy Spectrum,  Devil Seminars, Famously Sticky, The Scariest Ghost Story Dogs Tell, Haunted by Smash Mouth, Ghost Tesla Toilet...

This week we're reading Dr. Know-All , which is Grimm Tale #98. Or it could've been the Griww brothers, accounts vary.  We hypothesize it may have been the origin of the farce, as well as the evolutionary junction for humans towards crabs.   Suggested talking points: Agents of the Nothing,  Doct Rs Us, A Fatal Amount of Food, A Doctorate in General Awareness If you'd like to support Carman's artis...

This week we're reading The Devil and the Guachinango from the Philippines,  and given that title, you'd probably never guess which of those characters we find more sympathetic. Who are we kidding, if you've listened to the previous 306 episodes you've probably got a good idea   Suggested talking points: An Hit Wonder, The Urge, Devil-Sized Jars, Digging Holes for Exposure, Stuck Marrying a Devil...

This week we're reading The Fisherman , which, i'm sure you surmised, given the title of the episode. I mean, what else could an episode title like that imply??   Suggested talking points: A Definite Bean Through-line, Critters of an Unpleasant and Potentially Poisonous Variety, Mermaid Law, Lift Down Things Up for Eat?, Aphorisms for Venture Capitalists If you'd like to support Carman's artistic...

This week we're reading The Candy Cottage , which is some flagrant Fairy propaganda, if we've ever seen any (and we have) But first, did you know about the strange connection between Holes and Donnie Darko? You will, after the first twenty minutes of this week's show... Suggested talking points: Dance skills directly inverse to exuberance, Liminal Home and Gardens, the cracker of passion, 4chan ma...

This week we're reading Five Times Beautiful , a Grecian variant of Snow White, with a bit of Goldilocks and Cinderella peppered in for flavor. Also, please, we're begging everyone, just leave the Sun alone... Suggested talking points: Trapped Forever in the Pants Circle, Stan February, Who Would Think to Poison a Hat?, Ye Best Start Believing in the Tomb of Ftub, The Bread-to-Cake Spectrum If you...

Just read the title. Oh, and we're reading The Buried Moon (courtesy of Joseph Jacobs) Suggested talking points: Ol' Jenkins, Welcome to Show, Crapterion Collection, Moons are Haute Couture, Neptune is Meowth, One Tiddyssippi If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.patreon.com/carmandaartsthings If you like our show, find us online to help spread the word! Follow u...

This week on WTFolklore, we learn why the Mullberry Worm (more commonly Silkworm) kinda sorta looks like it has an ugly horse's head if you squint at it long enough, courtesy of the Chinese tale The Horse-Headed Daughter. Suggested talking points:  Space Jam III- Time Jam, Extended Tylore,  The Fatalism-to-Podcaster Pipeline, Show Me the Horsefax!, The Origin of Email-Kidnapped Grandpas If you'd l...

Back to our regularly scheduled business this week on WTFolklore: spending the first 15-20 minutes talking about pop-culture zeitgeists instead of what we should be doing. Then we move on to ACTUALLY telling the story of Ilya and Nightingale the Robber , from Russia Suggested talking points:  The Slamjam Weaver, Trees Can And Should Kill People, Birdsonas, Award-Winning Bag of Hotdogs,  If you'd l...

This week, on an unremarkable episode of WTFolklore, we read The Ram by French baroness, Madame d'Aulnoy. Wait...this sounds awfully familiar... Suggested talking points: Six Point Ish Years, Brain TV,  Sexy Sad-Off,  Crown Town or Treasure (Nobody Rides for Free),  The Chip of the Century,  Two Days From Sheep Retirement If you'd like to support Carman's artistic endeavors, visit: https://www.pat...

Have you ever just...started talking and minutes to hours later realized you've gone completely off the goddamn rails and everyone is looking at you with a horrified expression? No? Well, We think this may be what happened the first time The Children of the Vultures was told in India. Thankfully, WTFolklore is here to apply a, shall we say, modern-day ripcord. Suggested talking points: The Suggest...

This week, WTFolklore reads the Nigerian tale, The Woman, Her Husband, Their Children, and the Dodo . This story features what may well be the single dumbest "protagonist" we've yet encountered, and we're like 300 stories deep into this endeavor, so that's saying something. Suggested talking points: Secret Snacks, A Grim Spectrum of Entertainment, Pop-up Bird Barbershop,  The Sensitivity of Elepha...