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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/

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

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) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

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) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

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 Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

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. Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

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. Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

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. Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

“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. Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor

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. Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus Distributed by Anchor