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Justin Bouck
Join Justin, your groovy guide and folklore fanatic, as he delivers a comedic approach to fairy tales and fantastic stories from around the globe, covering both well-loved and unknown tales of whimsy. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/justin-bouck3/support
If you’ve ever thought your parents were too strict, I have some stories for you that’ll make you realize that it could have been a whole lot worse. We’ve got long-haired ladies locked in looming lofts, longing for a loving lord to liberate them. If everything you know about Rapunzel comes from a certain 2010 animated movie, prepare to have your mind blown, because the original tales about our favorite brave blondie are very different from what you’ve seen before. Prepare for a wild ride on today’s episode of Funklore.
Sources:
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). Rapunzel. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 51–54). Canterbury Classics.
Schulz, F., & Loo, O. (2015). Rapunzel 1790: A new translation of the 1790 tale by Friedrich Schulz. CreateSpace.
Basile, G., & Burton, R. F. (2003). Il Pentamerone: or, the Tale of Tales. University Press of the Pacific.
The Holy Bible, King James Version. Judges 13-14
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanula_rapunculus
https://www.healthline.com/health/beauty-skin-care/grow-hair-faster#:~:text=The%20hair%20on%20your%20head%20grows%20about%20a%20half%20inch,back%20at%20about%20this%20rate.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ell
https://fairytalearchive.wordpress.com/2017/05/03/persinette-1698-by-charlotte-rose-de-la-force/
https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-AVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/H/hair.html#:~:text=Hair%20symbolizes%20physical%20strength%20and,Baldness%20may%20suggest%20sterility.
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Pterelaus/pterelaus.html
https://m2hair.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/hair-in-mythology/
https://norse-mythology.org/tales/loki-and-the-dwarves/
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Y’all like frogs, right? Frogs are neat! I’ve never met a frog I didn’t like. Aesop, though, that guy HATED frogs. Almost every story with a frog in it written by Aesop ends with the frog being murdered or mocked ruthlessly. But hopefully we can learn from it, right? Only one way to find out! Tune in today and learn from the mistakes of all of our frogs friends so that you don’t have to learn the lessons the hard way. Sources: https://www.aesopfables.com/ https://www.gutenberg.org/files/48895/48895-h/48895-h.htm#chap25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batrachomyomachia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogs_in_culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_J._Frog https://www.aesopfables.com/cgi/aesop1.cgi?1&TheAssandtheFrogs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_frog https://www.uniguide.com/frog-meaning-symbolism-spirit-animal-guide/ Aesop, Jones, V. S. Vernon., & Rackham, Arthur. (2013). Aesop's Fables. Canterbury Classics. Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor
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The land and the ocean are two vastly different worlds. Hans Christian Andersen explored the idea of journeying from one to the other, in his story “The Little Mermaid.” But is the tale of the Little Mermaid everything it’s grown to be known for? Are there catchy musical numbers and a happy ending with a royal wedding? Maybe, but maybe not! Check out this episode to learn more about the beautiful little mermaid and her quest to gain an immortal soul, featuring the ghost of Mr. Andersen himself and an episode of the hit TV show “Cooking With Crones.” Don’t miss it!
Sources:
http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html
https://www.galbithink.org/names/85f10-19.txt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(statue)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merman
https://askbirdbloggers.tumblr.com/post/94021298079/is-it-bad-do-mouth-feed-birds-my-budgie-always-wants
Various pieces by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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It’s Christmastime, and that means that a whole slew of strange creatures and holiday figures are swooping down all over the world to create havoc or happiness, depending on who arrives. Join me in a quick tour of Christmas around the world, and meet such figures as Krampus, Belsnickel, Pere Fouettard, and the Yule Lads! Learn about the Catalan Pooping Log and where Santa’s reindeer came from, only on this very special holiday episode of Funklore.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christkind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christmas_and_winter_gift-bringers_by_country
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Christmas_characters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Holiday_characters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joulupukki
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29506/9-holiday-characters-around-world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule_goat
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julemanden
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-thirteen-yule-lads-icelands-own-mischievous-santa-clauses-180948162/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caganer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore
https://icelandmag.is/article/sheep-cote-clod-first-yule-lad-has-come-down-mountains
https://icelandmag.is/article/instead-a-friendly-santa-iceland-has-13-mischievous-yule-lads-and-evil-christmas-cat
https://talesofyngiwulf.wordpress.com/2011/12/16/the-yule-lads-the-original-poem-jolasveinarnir/
https://poets.org/poem/visit-st-nicholas
https://theoffice.fandom.com/wiki/Belsnickel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1958.9717121
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belsnickel
https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/gryla-and-leppaludi-the-parents-of-the-icelandic-yule-lads
https://www.thegreatcat.org/the-legend-of-the-yule-cat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olentzero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jentil
https://utalk.com/news/donner-and-blitzen-the-real-story-2/#:~:text=Wisely%2C%20the%20poet%20named%20two,and%20Blitzen%2FBlixem%20means%20lightning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ti%C3%B3_de_Nadal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knecht_Ruprecht
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ded_Moroz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo%C8%99_Geril%C4%83
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A8re_Fouettard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas
https://blog.busuu.com/santa-claus-worldwide/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Hunt_of_Odin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt
http://www.songlyrics.com/mc-lars/gary-the-green-nosed-reindeer-lyrics/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_elf
http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/santa/the_elves.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%27s_workshop
https://about.usps.com/corporate-social-responsibility/faqs.htm#p=1
"Silent Night" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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We've all done things we weren't supposed to do, or neglected to do things that we were supposed to do. Maybe we forget to clean our room, or we eat too much fast food, or we make a mistake in our work. Now imagine if there was a talking animal there to be disappointed in you every time you had a shortcoming. If you're one of the characters in today's stories, you don't have to imagine! Find out what's so special about golden birds, why you should listen to talking foxes, and how exactly you can wind up with three different death sentences in one week, only on today's episode of Funklore!
Sources:
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). The Golden Bird. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 229-235). Canterbury Classics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus-eaters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bird
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Green_Frog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughing_Eye_and_Weeping_Eye
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/146/the-yellow-fairy-book/4793/the-little-green-frog/
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/gy/gyfb28.htm
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Cabinet_des_f%C3%A9es
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Many people love the story of Sleeping Beauty, but most don't know about its slightly disturbing origins. Where did Sleeping Beauty originate, and what caused the changes in the tale? Are spinning wheels as dangerous as these tales would have you believe? Is Charles Perrault's version the best one? Spoiler alert: It is. Find the answers to these questions and more, only on this episode of Funklore.
(Content Warning: Non-graphic depictions of rape. Skip sections 14:00 - 15:32 and 20:50 - 21:35 to avoid)
Sources
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/type0410.html
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm050.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_wheel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceforest
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun,_Moon,_and_Talia
https://www.medievalists.net/2015/06/the-medieval-sleeping-beauty/
http://talesoffaerie.blogspot.com/2013/07/perceforest-early-sleeping-beauty.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun,_Moon,_and_Talia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucina_(mythology)#:~:text=In%20ancient%20Roman%20religion%2C%20Lucina,lives%20of%20women%20in%20labor.&text=Priests%20of%20Juno%20called%20her,Covella%20on%20the%20new%20moon.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Themis-Greek-goddess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distaff
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea
https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/is-seven-really-a-lucky-number
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunhild
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea
Clark, Les, et al. Sleeping Beauty. Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, 1959.
Cox, Susan McNeill. “THE COMPLETE TALE OF TROYLUS AND ZELLANDINE FROM THE ‘PERCEFOREST’ NOVEL: AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION.” Merveilles & Contes, vol. 4, no. 1, Wayne State University Press, 1990, pp. 118–39, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41390039.
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Ever wish you had super powers? Or at least had friends who had superpowers? Well, here’s your chance to live vicariously through the people in today’s tales! You thought the Avengers and the Justice League were the first stories of superhero team-ups? Nope! Hundreds of years earlier, we had the tales of the Six Servants, How Six Men Made Their Way in the World, and Long, Broad, and Sharpsight. Use your super hearing and your incredible imagination as you enjoy this episode of Funklore.
Sources for this episode:
Money math:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthing_(British_coin)
https://www.mvorganizing.org/how-much-is-a-pence-worth-in-us-dollars/#How_much_is_a_pence_worth_in_US_dollars
https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/1650?amount=1
Dorothy Viehmann:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Viehmann
Long, Broad, and Sharpsight: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/sfs04.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long,_Broad_and_Sharpsight
The Six Servants: https://americanliterature.com/author/the-brothers-grimm/fairy-tale/the-six-servants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Servants
How Six Men Got On In The World:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Six_Made_Their_Way_in_the_World
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). How Six Men Got On In The World. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 295-299). Canterbury Classics.
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Glass is beautiful. It's been used to build a lot of things. Ever seen stained glass windows? Those things are super neato. But most people would never think to build a mountain out of glass, and anyone who may have had that passing thought likely dismissed it just as quickly as it arrived. That apparently was not the case back in the olden times, when a glass mountain sounded like a phenomenal premise for a story. And I'm glad it did, otherwise we never would have been blessed with the strange and disturbing tale of Old Rinkrank. Have a laugh today, and when you tuck your children into bed tonight, warn them of the dangers of Old Rinkrank after today's episode of Funklore.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Mountain_(fairy_tale)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_on_the_Glass_Hill
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/ye/yefb20.htm
https://www.britannica.com/place/Mount-Fuji
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji
https://www.traditionaloven.com/building/window-glass/convert-cubic-foot-cu-ft-window-glass-to-pound-lb-of-window-glass.html#:~:text=One%20cubic%20foot%20of%20glass,pound%20equals%20to%20157.94%20lb
https://answerstoall.com/science/how-much-does-glass-cost-per-pound/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rinkrank
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/lfb/bl/blfb34.htm
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2013). Old Rinkrank. In The Brothers Grimm Vol II, 110 Grimmer Fairy Tales (pp. 288–289). Canterbury Classics.
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” While Juliet may have meant this line in a more metaphorical, why-couldn’t-you-be-anything-other-than-a-Montague type of way, it takes on a bit more literal meaning when we start talking about Rumpelstiltskin and his baby-stealing antics. Come with me and learn what IS in a name, especially a strange name like Rumpy’s, in this week’s wisdom and whimsy-filled episode of Funklore.
Sources for this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumpelstiltskin
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/prwe/prwe109.htm
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/eft02.htm
https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm055.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century_BC
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/907/roman-mills/
https://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0829/p02s02-usgn.html
https://www.yarnspirations.com/rh-20150105-how-to-read-a-skein-band.html#:~:text=In%20the%20US%20yarn%20is,have%20the%20exact%20same%20yardage.
https://allfiberarts.com/2021/how-long-to-spin-yarn.htm
https://www.thriftyfun.com/Converting-Yarn-Skeins-to-Gram-Balls.html
http://www.housesparrownesting.com/blog/how-to-handspinning-a-skein-of-yarn-start-to-finish
https://steelthistles.blogspot.com/2020/04/strong-fairy-tale-heroines-10-whuppity.html
https://tracscotland.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Whuppity-Stoorie-English.pdf
https://writinginmargins.weebly.com/home/why-do-fairies-steal-people-away
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/isisandra.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_name
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=97907&page=1
https://thefairytalecentral.com/by-any-other-name-rumpelstiltskin-around-the-world/
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). Rumpelstiltskin. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 222-224). Canterbury Classics.
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Are you a cat lover? Well, whether the answer to that question is yes or no, this story is for you! Come along as I relay the tale of the “Three Sons of Fortune'' and their miraculous (and frankly, ridiculous) methods of making money, and then smile at the heartwarming English tale of Dick Whittington and his cat. So let’s hear some unofficial infomercials, fire a cannon into a cornfield, and find out exactly what makes cats so dangerous to small island kingdoms, only in this week’s episode of Funklore.
Sources for this episode:
https://www.history.com/news/invasive-species-list-mammals-birds-aquatic
https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/34/6/1435/707557
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1387/cats-in-the-middle-ages/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-burning
https://worldstories.org.uk/reader/dick-whittington-and-his-cat/english/244
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whittington
https://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2005/06/16/about_dick_whittington_feature.shtml
https://www.nathanalanjewelers.com/lab-diamonds-vs-natural-diamonds
https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Kinder-_und_Haus-M%C3%A4rchen_Band_3_(1856)/Anmerkungen#70
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schildb%C3%BCrger
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). The Three Sons of Fortune. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 292-294). Canterbury Classics.
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Now hold it. Is this a kissing book? No, actually. The story of the Frog Prince (as recorded and published by the Grimm Brothers) has no kissing in it. Then what is it actually about? Let’s find out! Have some fun, share some laughs, and learn about complex heart problems and the value of a good golden ball here in the debut episode of Funklore!
Sources for this episode:
https://theconversation.com/can-your-heart-grow-three-sizes-a-doctor-reads-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-108381
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well_of_the_World%27s_End
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Frog_Prince
https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/eft42.htm
https://blackdeathinformationsite.weebly.com/information.html
https://www.surlalunefairytales.com/a-g/frog-king/frog-king-annotations.html#EIGHT
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). The Frog King/Iron Henry. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 1–4). Canterbury Classics.
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