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Nov 2024
42m 9s

394: Danish folklore: Heartless

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
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🧙‍♂️How a Scientist Becomes a Wizard🧙‍♂️

Two stories from Denmark about people dealing with their neighbors in very different ways. One loves and accepts them. The other just wants to get away so he tears out his own heart.

😈 The Creature: Abumi-guchi (鐙口)

AKA Stirrup mouth. Your friend to the end. And beyond.

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