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Oct 2020
40m 16s

199-Japanese folklore: Moonlight

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
About this episode

A story from Japanese folklore of Princess Moonlight, from Japanese folklore, where a bamboo cutter finds one of those magical heaven babies in a bamboo stalk (you know, those extremely common glowing children found in plants) and it changes his life, and the whole empire, forever.

The creature this week is a dangerous Greek fox because the ancient Greek city of Thebes can't catch a break ever.

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“Calm and Gentle and Touching Inspiration” by Denis Pavlov

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“Town Market” by Blue Dot Sessions

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