Posts tagged Edo
Ep 103 - Sessho-Seki, The Killing Stone
Ep 103 - Sessho-Seki, The Killing Stone

We have breaking news of the haunted rock variety! The Sessho-Seki or “The Killing Stone” of Nasu, Japan has been split in half! This mythical rock contained the spirit of Tamamo No Mae, one of Japan’s top 3 ranked Yokai demons, or at least it did until March of 2022. Now after 1000 years, the beautiful nine-tailed fox demon girl is free to terrorize your local emperors.

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Podcast, Spooky MythsChristian MadonnaDrunk Mythology Podcast, comedy, culture, history, myth, mythology, legends, Japan, Japanese, Japanese myth, Nasu, Tokyo, Sessho-Seki, Killing Stone, relic, poison, gas, foxes, fox demon, Yokai, Tamamo-no-mae, China, Hokusai, sorceress, nine-tailed fox, Shang Dynasty, Emperor Zhou, King Zhou, Daji, concubine, India, Tianzhu, Kalmashapada, man-eater, Mizukume, Lady of Duckweed, courtesan, Emperor Toba, Astrologist, Court Magician, Abe no Yasuchika, Kazusa-no-suke, Miura-no-suke, rebellion, Edo, Buddhist, Monk, Gennou Shinshou, pilgrimageComment
Ep 68 - Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi & the Samurai Demon Crabs
Ep 68 - Mimi-Nashi-Hoichi & the Samurai Demon Crabs

(To the tune of SNL’s Stefon) This episode has everything: Samurai demon crabs, historic battles, floating demon fires, a poor young blind bard, party monks, ghost emperor children, spell tattoos, and did we mention those Samurai demon crabs have human faces on their backs? It’s a Japanese ghost story sure to make you laugh!

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Podcast, Spooky MythsChristian MadonnaDrunk Mythology, Mythology, Myth, Japan, Japanese, Japanese myth, ghost story, samurai, monks, Podcast, Drunk Mythology Podcast, humor, Entertainment, Edo, Meji Restoration, Shimonoseki, Dannoura, Gempai War, Heike, Genji, Taira Clan, Minamoto Clan, Antoku Tenno, Kamakura Era, Oni-Bi, demons, ghosts, Heike crabs, Amidaji, Buddhist, Akamagaseki, Hoichi, Biwa, Biwa-Hoshi, Heike-Monogatari, RojoComment