What You May Have Mythed

Send us a textA tale of kindness from two countries this week, and also the last episode for a while. What You May Have Mythed! is going on hiatus until June 2025 as I am away travelling. But fear not, on 5th June 2025 we shall be returning with stories I have collected on my travels. Support the show

Send us a textWe venture this time to the largest island in the world for a story about a sea monster with a taste for naughty children...Support the show

Send us a textFor the first time we slither our way to the sixth largest island in the world for a wonderfully whimsical tale. Support the show

Send us a textThis week we are venturing to the cold, northern wastes of Siberia for an odd tale about the Sun and the Moon. Support the show

Send us a textWe return to the Roman Empire this week for a full 'on this day in history' episode as is is the 1,945th anniversary of the destruction of Pompeii. *Trigger warning as this episode contains some graphic details about how the citizens of Pompeii perished. Support the show

Send us a textWe return once again to West Africa and a familiar face makes an appearance...Support the show

Send us a textWe return to England this week and into a short story from Herefordshire.Support the show

Send us a textWe return to an ancient city to look at one particular building. It's big. It's round. And it was a theatre of death. Hmm, I wonder...Support the show

Send us a textA short tale from one of our Danish friends, and a story about a very small vegetable and a rather large bed...Support the show

Send us a textWe return to the cold lands of Jotunheim this week and back into Norse Mythology. Support the show

Send us a textThis week we have a request episode from Yasmin and it concerns a city of many walls in the sunny south of France. Any guesses? Support the show

Send us a textWe return for the first time in over three years to Türkiye and a story very different from the one we heard when we were last here...Support the show

Send us a textWe return, for the first time in a while, to England for a peculiar tale involving a woman, a pig, and many other beasts and inanimate objects...Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.A brief tale from the Brothers Grimm this week, but a thought provoking one. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.A short episode this week that heralds the return of the German brothers and a story about a fox, a lion, and a horse. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.A short tale about a Squirrel and a Spider (three guesses which one) from West Africa. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Our first venture into the myths of The Philippines and it's going to get rather wet...Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.We return to Japan for a rather peculiar episode about an old couple, a badger, and a hare...Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.This week we return to the homeland of mythology for a short tale of a father, his son, an island, and some feathers. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Apologies for the lack of an episode last week, but we are now back up and running with an tale from my favourite mythology...Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.This week we return to a country we have visited before, although a long time ago. A land that is known for its Rising Sun...Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.We are heading down into the southern hemisphere for this episode and, for the first time, entering Australia. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.This week we venture west across the Atlantic to a country we have never visited before. Three guesses which one...Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.There is a special kind of theatre that is a critical part of British culture, and this is one of the stories that is regularly told. I am of course talking about pantomime. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.A tale from our friend in Denmark, Hans Christian Anderson, about some bugs and a jumping contest. Yeah, it'll be slightly odd. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Our first foray into another county's fairytales. Another animal story, but I find that they are some of the more entertaining legends. Enjoy!Support the Show.

Another animal tale this week, but today it comes from Cherokee mythology. Support the Show.

An animal story from our favourite dynamic duo. No, not Batman and Robin. The other dynamic duo. Support the Show.

We have a request episode and it concerns those funny little faces that you can sometimes spot on religious buildings, in the woods, or in the garden. Support the Show.

For the first time, we are venturing forwards into a future that is eerily familiar in some respects, yet it was written down 172 years ago...Support the Show.

Once again we delve into The Brothers Grimm stories, but who is actually the villain in this tale...Support the show

We venture once more into Norse Mythology and a nice little story about a fishing trip...Support the show

We are returning to The Brothers Grimm this week for another weirdly fun short story about a man and his ambitions as a doctorSupport the show

Three guesses who this week's episode concerns. Before you listen to the episode read the title aloud.  I bet you read it incorrectly. Support the show

We are returning to the land of the most inventive people in the world and into a story that doesn't include a single one of their inventions: Scotland.  Support the show

We make our first foray into the works of Hans Christian Anderson and a butterfly who is searching for love, even if his criteria is a tad... outdated.Support the show

We are heading to the Dolomites of Northern Italy for the first time for a tale about a Princess and a nightingale. Or are they the same thing? Support the show

A diversion from mythology and into history this week. Enter the warrior queen who stood against the might of Rome. Support the show

We return once again to the Grimm Fairy Tales and a story that you may have heard a version of before, but one thing is for sure: this one is not Disney appropriate. Support the show

Given that it's Valentine's Day (well, near enough) let's have a look at some of the deities of love from around the world. Support the show

This week we are exploring the origins of one of the most famous mythical beasts the world has ever known: the unicorn.Support the show

We return once more to The Brothers Grimm and another story that involves animals that can talk. (side note: I am unsure why the audio of the story is slightly different on this one)Support the show

We have a new country this week, one that it is remarkable we haven't visited before. A land of dragons, drizzle, sheep, and unapologetically long words: Wales.Support the show

For this week's episode we are journeying back into The Brother's Grimm for a bit of a weird one involving a bird, a mouse, and a sausage...Support the show

Welcome to 2024! My apologies for lack of episode last week: I was taken out by a cough that rather rudely ran off with my voice. Anyway, back to our regularly scheduled programming and for this forst episode of the year we are heading to China and some talking animals. Support the show

Don't get in the way of Gretel and her chickens... The first tale from a very famous book of fairytales written by a pair of brothers. Hmmm, I wonder what book that could be...Support the show

Short and sweet, but there's an important message in there somewhere. A tale as old as Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.about some birds. Support the show

We have a request from Lucas! The first of a few episodes (probably) on a who's who in the Norse Pantheon. Support the show

A short digression from our regularly scheduled programming so please allow me this little self indulgence to tell you about my new venture: Tales from the Trunk! Support the show

Our first foray into history and a battle that changed English history. Support the show

The first of the shorter weekly episodes and we are exploring the role of wolves in mythology. If you have an episode suggestion then drop me a message!Support the show