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Quick disclaimer: there's some stronger than usual violence

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at the end of the episode today. Please.

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Check at the Post A Myth podcast.com for

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more info. This. Week or

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myths and legends. It's stories of

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goblins from Korean folklore. We'll. See

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how to get out of a dinner where

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your the main course and why you should

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skip lunch. It might be your

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ticket to all you can eat, floor

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beef, the creature this time is the

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squirrel from Nor Smith and he hates

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his. This.

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Is Myths and Legends Episode Three

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Sixty Five. Goblin. This

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is a. Podcast. We tell stories from mythology

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and hopefully. Some are incredibly. Popular

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stories you might think you know surprising origins

0:49

and others or tails that might be new

0:52

to you are definitely worth a listen. Today

0:54

there are two stories of goblins decay be

0:56

from Korean folklore. Instead of a lengthy intro

0:58

will jump right into the story and

1:01

just talk about them as we go. In.

1:03

The story roka be as going out to

1:05

dinner, out out to dinner at a human's

1:07

house. To. Eat that human

1:10

for dinner. The.

1:23

Dog be took form outside the shack.

1:26

His. Hombach flutter to the grass is

1:28

the forest grew silent all around. The.

1:30

Sounds died every time his feet

1:32

touch the dirt. The. Animals

1:35

could feel him. People.

1:37

Weren't so lucky. Service.

1:39

Kind play their games. His

1:41

way was longer but easier.

1:44

Find. A hermit? Maybe a couple living on

1:46

their own? Far. From the

1:48

villages. When. They answer

1:51

the door and saw his face is

1:53

true face. There. Would be

1:55

no question. He. Liked.

1:58

The screams the most? Well, Was

2:00

a lie. He loved all of it. The

2:02

terror, the fight, the slow resignation when they

2:04

saw that know help with come in. That.

2:07

No hope will be there's. The.

2:09

Despair as they felt the darkness

2:11

closing in on them. He

2:14

loved his job. The.

2:17

Shack when the joke a be

2:19

drew close was a house. A

2:22

tidy, sturdy thing. To. Walk

2:24

with swept the woodpile. a

2:26

small garden bloomed with life.

2:29

You. Would enjoy some cabbage with his hermit.

2:31

Now. Was the moment. Singers.

2:33

Became clause and wrapped on the would have

2:36

the door that muffled a quizzical. Some.

2:39

Moments. Later feet shuffled would create

2:41

the door opened in the hermit size

2:43

on the dog a bees that goblins.

2:46

The. Demons. This.

2:48

Was the moment. This was the. Feet

2:51

were. Was the that the

2:53

scared does part? The

2:55

doggie be lied earlier. The first

2:57

glance was his favorite fit. Now

2:59

do you know what I am?

3:01

The monster growled. Yes,

3:04

You do. Yes,

3:08

Than what I am I I want to

3:10

hear you say it. If. You're

3:13

a dog a be you don't need did

3:15

do that voice unless that's your actual voice

3:17

thing you do you hear scary enough. Without

3:20

it it's. Almost. Cartoonish.

3:23

The. Man shuffle back to the center of the room.

3:25

A table dragged on the would. And

3:27

the man brought up to seats. There.

3:30

Nothing cartoonish about what's gonna happen

3:32

to you except maybe something from

3:34

an itchy and scratchy cartoon. But

3:36

this isn't simply a pastiche lampooning

3:38

cartoon violence but a serious situation

3:40

in but I'm I'm sorry what

3:42

is happening right now. Okay most

3:44

people by this point there pleading

3:46

or running or throwing up a

3:48

few towel defense you and what

3:50

are you but these that so

3:52

to a grim broke to a

3:54

smile. The. Man gesture for the decay

3:56

be to sit. With. The okay be.

3:59

Hesitate did. Though the

4:01

goblin did not want to drink,

4:04

That have a be said. Well,

4:06

he did like a drink, usually

4:08

partook after his victims were thoroughly

4:11

victimized, but he didn't like to

4:13

drink alone. I love

4:15

to drink alone. The hermit laughed When

4:17

you drink with the one person he

4:19

actually like, he make an exception Now

4:21

two senses. Visitor wasn't a person and

4:24

he was gonna be murder today. We.

4:26

Don't really consider it to be murder.

4:28

The dog a be did take their

4:31

seats. It's like do considered selling a

4:33

cow to murder. This. Is just

4:35

like really free range farming for us.

4:38

I'd. Call it hunting, but it's really not. None

4:40

of you put up enough of a fight. That's

4:43

I'm a vegetarian, but your logic tracks

4:45

support the So Do and the clay

4:47

cups before looking off into the forest,

4:49

Resuming that song. He. Took a

4:52

drink. So do you always eat

4:54

people The hermit asked. The

4:56

decay be shrugged like. Mostly.

4:59

Not. Always though sometimes that okay

5:01

be just like beat them up

5:03

to their bodies to hilarious proportions.

5:05

Tickled them The hermit. Set

5:07

and his cup. Tickled them.

5:10

Really? That. Okay if he

5:12

said yeah tickled the a hermit. the

5:14

have a problem with that the summer

5:16

to seventeen as it doesn't really seem.

5:19

That. Bad. Been. To

5:21

goals. Oh see, you

5:23

liked being tickled relentlessly by strangers.

5:26

The. Decay be assed. Ah,

5:29

No. Well. There you

5:31

go. That. Okay, Be shrugged. That

5:34

reminded him of a time when he was out

5:37

with his buds. The dog it be shackled to

5:39

himself. Permit. Asses.

5:42

If he was about to be in any way he would

5:44

like to hear about a time when all did okay be

5:46

were hanging out. Maybe it

5:48

was the soju Media was the

5:50

unassuming hermit, but. The don't

5:52

to be was feeling good. Sir.

5:55

Yeah, he would tell the hermit the

5:57

tail up. With Nobel, there will be

5:59

a system. The fact is that the

6:01

harm and maintain jarring the hermit to

6:03

get during concerts. he thought that he

6:05

could keep up. The

6:17

young men arrived at his parents'

6:19

house to see them struggling. I'm

6:22

sorry I use your parents Are you

6:24

The boy? Is this your origin story?

6:27

The hermit assed sharp inhale and a

6:29

look from the joke a be reminded

6:31

the hermits prospective shift right? that wasn't

6:33

him. Okay sir, gone police that okay

6:35

be cleared his throat and to continue

6:38

on. The. Young man found

6:40

his parents hungry. Thirty.

6:42

Their ability to care for themselves have long

6:44

since deteriorated, but he thought that his older

6:46

brother had been coming by to help them.

6:49

It's not that the younger one was lazy.

6:51

it was has that to intrude on his

6:53

older brothers duty was to imply that his

6:55

older brother was lacking or in need of

6:57

his help. And. He wasn't the

6:59

younger brother learned when he asked the older

7:02

brother about it later on that day. After

7:05

he managed to scrounge up some food

7:07

for his parents, the older brother was

7:09

in perfect health and had plenty of

7:11

time and money. He just. Didn't.

7:13

Care. He said he had

7:15

tried to go every other day to bring

7:17

them food and tidy up, but sometimes a

7:19

day here they are turned into a week.

7:22

Not. His fault for having a life. The.

7:25

Younger brother said if the older permitted

7:27

him he would like to help permit

7:29

please yes do it be. Older brother

7:32

said this wasn't so much him feeling

7:34

and is filial duties but. Delegating.

7:37

He'll be by the check up on his brother's work.

7:40

Banks. It. Was

7:42

pointless to argue and the younger brother knew it.

7:44

He accepted this new duty and got to

7:46

work the following day. Work. Was

7:49

well that it was more work than

7:51

he thought. Supporting. Both of

7:53

them and himself meant that he was

7:55

out in the forest. far longer. far

7:57

later than usual. Today.

8:00

They have been a good day though

8:02

he didn't even need his axe. There

8:04

was a storm the previous night so

8:06

the forest floor was covered in branches.

8:08

The morning was spent picking the good

8:10

from the bad apart from the rotten.

8:12

The afternoon was putting them in the

8:14

piles, combining them. He. Couldn't

8:16

take all of them today, but he would stash them

8:19

and come out over the next week. Around

8:21

evening he plop down by a

8:23

tree and something else plop down

8:25

on his head. A

8:27

hazelnut sat in the dirt. He. Picked

8:29

it up in inspected it. His

8:32

father would love this. Another

8:34

hit the ground. One for his mother. To.

8:36

More one for his brother and sister

8:39

in law. A final one. A

8:41

hazelnut for him. He looked up

8:43

with a smile. But. The smile

8:45

evaporated when he saw the clouds darkling

8:48

the sky. The young man

8:50

scramble to his feet. Past the

8:52

bundles in the hollow of a giant treat

8:54

mooted one on his back. He.

8:56

Didn't make it one hundred meters before

8:58

giant raindrops were slapping a space. When.

9:01

His foots slips and you must tumble down the

9:03

mountain. Young men knew he had to find someplace

9:05

to weed out the storm. That. Wasn't

9:07

too much longer when he spotted at. A

9:09

house. Well, what was left of the

9:11

house Wayne drip through the roof in

9:13

the corner. And the windows didn't

9:16

close. But. It was better than he could

9:18

have hoped for. He popped his would

9:20

up under the eaves in one side. Around

9:22

sunset, the tap of the rain in the corner

9:24

became less and less frequent and he thought he

9:27

might be able to get home now. He

9:29

rose. And froze.

9:33

A voice know voices half dozen

9:35

off in the forest. And.

9:37

They were getting closer. He peace the

9:39

room. He didn't dare run off into

9:42

the forest at night. He may

9:44

plow straight into one of them. And

9:46

he knew who they were. Both

9:48

Not definitively. That. A group

9:51

of people out here in the forest at night. They.

9:53

Were thieves. And this

9:55

was their hideout. There was

9:57

nowhere to run. Then.

10:00

He glanced up. Minutes. Later

10:02

lane on the Raptor, the young man

10:04

heard the brig and stop and the

10:06

room. He let himself a glance and

10:09

it was so much worse than he

10:11

feared. The okay be. Goblins,

10:14

The monsters of the forest there hum box

10:16

fluttered as they filled the small house and

10:19

proper clubs up against the wall. They laughed

10:21

as they told stories in the night and

10:23

what they have been up to. Feeding.

10:26

People robbing, people eating, people all

10:28

all. Great. Night. Now.

10:30

Though. It. Was wine time?

10:33

One. Ducky Be grabbed his club and

10:35

hitting the floor and walls. Said

10:37

some variation of thump, thump or dopey

10:40

be dopey be docket. Oh good. Okay,

10:42

be and. Come out wine. With.

10:44

The final hit, a jug of wine

10:46

appeared. The. Others grab their clubs and

10:49

did the same. Steaming beef, pork,

10:51

and race appear when they were

10:53

summoned. And one guy was just

10:55

low key tapping the whole time. Causing.

10:57

Gold coins to trick lot of his club

11:00

onto the ground while they all talk and

11:02

eat. Up in the rafters,

11:04

the young man was struggling. You

11:07

realize that he never had the race he packed

11:09

for lunch. He would

11:11

be fine normally but his

11:13

stomach house and grown. Did.

11:17

Anyone else here? That's one of the

11:20

joke abs the others, but goblins look

11:22

to each other here. Your what? The

11:24

dog he basically said must just be

11:26

thunder off a distance. Oh well. Past.

11:29

The wine. The young men

11:31

xl but new the he wouldn't be so

11:33

lucky a second time. He had

11:35

to do something is bad. Was propped

11:38

up by the would outside. Then

11:40

he remembered the hazelnuts. Lately pin

11:42

seen a hazelnut from his pocket.

11:44

The young man brought it up

11:47

to his mouth. And. Bit

11:49

down as quietly as he could,

11:52

Debate was quiet. The subsequent

11:54

crack was not. The

11:57

Ducky be below froze. And.

11:59

They all oh look up Go

12:01

go Go they said. Rising

12:04

and run into the door as fast as they

12:06

could. Why? Can't we ever see

12:08

a nice houses on cried ones that won't fall

12:10

down if we hit them hundreds of times with

12:12

clubs? Lane. On the rafters the

12:14

young man's suit and the cracking sound

12:16

with the see through the cabin and

12:18

from the joke a beast remarks. Out

12:21

of it as well. Still, if they stuck

12:23

around for more than a few minutes, they

12:25

would see that the cabin was fine. He

12:28

needed another solution. The

12:31

Young Man breed. He thought of one.

12:33

Note that everything you heard about the dopey Be was

12:36

true. Or. Else this would be the

12:38

last thing he ever did. Not.

12:41

The Do. The.

12:43

Young men cry it out and his and.

12:46

Yes, my best impression of a

12:48

rooster. He froze.

12:51

I. Winced thing, You probably cringed a

12:53

little. Bit. Okay be though.

12:55

They bought it, one cried out that there

12:58

was no way was too early. Another set

13:00

of they been drinking for hours. Who knew

13:02

how late it was? A house wasn't safe

13:04

in the forest, wooden block and a flight.

13:07

They had to go before the sun rose

13:09

and they were trapped. Be a man exhaled

13:11

when he heard the sound of their claws.

13:13

see crunching leaves and cracking sticks get farther

13:16

and farther away he said in the rafters

13:18

into the sun, poor through the holes in

13:20

the roof. As he lowered himself,

13:23

Eager. To get to yesterday's lunch and the

13:25

pack outside. He. Noticed

13:28

something. A club propped

13:30

up against the wall. One.

13:32

Dog A Be. And. It's panic had

13:34

less. It's Magic club. The.

13:37

Young men walking over. Grip.

13:39

The handle and tapping and for

13:41

cried out either some thump or

13:43

to get okay okay be and

13:46

yeah. Some and hot beef

13:48

and race there on the floor. Nice

13:50

ball to. He devoured the

13:52

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14:06

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The. Parents smoke blast at the story I

16:59

heard there was nice. I mean completely

17:02

fake like it. Hundred percent

17:04

a hallucination, but nice. They.

17:06

Were glad he was safe. Their. Smiles

17:08

dropped almost as fast as the

17:10

gold on the floor. Than. The

17:13

food with all the been shown. Than. The

17:15

whine about. What? The

17:18

young man provided for his parents, bought

17:20

them all a big new house. the

17:22

more than that he provided for his

17:25

village. And so it wasn't long until

17:27

the older brother found out that his parents the

17:29

people he saw as little more than a stone

17:31

around his neck as he was trying to swim.

17:34

Or. Not only fine without him,

17:36

but floor seen. Driving.

17:38

They had more money than heated somehow.

17:40

So you reconcile. But his younger brother.

17:43

It had been easy because his younger

17:45

brother was very kind and forgiving and

17:48

dummy. The. Lunches and the walks in

17:50

the taking an interest in his life where

17:52

for one reason and one reason only. To.

17:54

Find out how his brother got so rich?

17:57

He heard the story many times, but.

18:00

Believe it until he saw the beef

18:02

the wine drop in the club. And

18:04

then he needed to hear every

18:06

detail again. Now. Line

18:08

in the rafters. The older brother heard the

18:11

joke a be as they clamored into the

18:13

abandoned house and started their party. and. Sometime

18:16

around midnight. The older

18:18

brother pulled a hazelnut from his pocket. Put.

18:20

It in his mouth and bit down.

18:23

A crack echoed through the house. The

18:25

dog can He froze. And

18:27

then a claw found the older brothers cloak

18:29

and keep him from the ceiling and plane

18:31

him down hard to floor. This was him.

18:33

This was the guys who seek to crack

18:36

of the roof and see that terrible cringe

18:38

you rooster impression. And so the club. The

18:41

brother held up sands never know that wasn't him. It

18:43

didn't matter the decay be said to the

18:46

hermit. Back. In our

18:48

main story, we beat him up

18:50

in a hilarious fashion. Not.

18:52

Only did we treat ourselves to some

18:54

blunt force trauma, but where we sit

18:57

him the big parts became small. Small

18:59

became big medium. Parts That but speed

19:01

medium. That part was a boring discovery.

19:04

We knocked him around a bit, did

19:06

some tickling, and then left in their.

19:09

Never did get my club back though. What

19:11

happened to the brother? the hermit assed

19:14

the doggie be, took another sip of

19:16

the soju and shrugs while they're hermit

19:18

port and more. He said

19:20

he didn't know he heard things like

19:22

the older brother went back to the

19:24

younger hilariously misshapen and the younger brother

19:27

bumped him back to his previous proportions.

19:29

The older brother, paul a Dji is

19:31

in stuff and they all lived happily

19:33

ever after. The. Doggie be tied a

19:35

bib around his neck are right. Where did that?

19:39

He looked over at the hermit. Arms.

19:41

Crossed and seeking a said. No.

19:44

I don't buy that story. The hermit

19:46

said. That. There can

19:48

be said welded Decay Be did have magical

19:50

clubs that could make anything change people. You

19:53

know all sorts of stuff. He.

19:55

Just didn't have his because it was taken

19:57

by some nice human. Venomous.

20:00

He knew that he was literally talking to

20:02

a goblin. He didn't take issue with that

20:04

part. Though. His beef was with

20:06

the ending. The. Older brother?

20:08

What? Same seen people don't change.

20:11

The. Dog a be said that while that. Seemed

20:14

like kind of a weird sticking point, but

20:16

he'll bite. Not. Literally though.

20:18

definitely literally soon. People.

20:21

Usually found that sort of and in heart

20:23

warming. Yeah. And.

20:25

Fake The hermit fumed. And.

20:28

Also, popularity wasn't the best metric

20:30

for a good ending. Sure, the

20:32

older brother was penitence after just

20:35

been punished and that might stick

20:37

around for a bit, but people

20:39

don't change. That. Brother was

20:41

still the man who abandoned his duties.

20:43

He was greedy and seamless. And.

20:45

The younger brother Shiv left him. But

20:48

the. Younger brother was a doormat. And.

20:50

While he would get what he deserved to.

20:53

Wow have you always been like this

20:55

video game He laughed. The.

20:57

Hermit said since he opened his eyes to

21:00

see people as they really were. Yes, why

21:02

did the decay be? Think that the hermit

21:04

was a hermit? He wouldn't

21:06

inflict is misanthropy on people if they would

21:08

just leave them alone, but it never seemed

21:10

to work out that way. So he, er,

21:12

he was. The dog a be.

21:15

Paused. And then. Laughed.

21:19

He untied the bib. The.

21:21

From it in him they. Bad.

21:24

Something in common. T. To

21:26

the heated most people. That

21:29

are could be said. Okay, peeved.

21:31

Actually had a pleasant evening tonight.

21:33

Even the hermit disliked his fellow

21:35

human. He had to get lonely up

21:37

in the mountains by itself. But. Hum

21:39

It. Worked. His way up

21:41

to a naughty yeah. That. Okay,

21:44

be clapped. Well, why didn't they make this into

21:46

a normal thing? And. Recompense for the

21:48

dopey be not eating him the from it

21:50

would supply food and drink and that. They.

21:52

Would have dinner together like. Once.

21:54

A week. Maybe. Because the

21:57

hermit really did want a friend. Maybe.

21:59

Because the alternative was been immediately

22:01

murdered and consumed by a monster.

22:04

From it's said that that sounded

22:06

like a fantastic idea. He's.

22:08

Orthodoxy be out and did something that

22:11

for the last few hours. Had

22:13

been against all odds. He.

22:15

Went to bed that night. And

22:17

even though was under no small degree of

22:19

duress. The dinners were actually

22:22

really nice. The hermit had

22:24

stories of his own and the doggie bees

22:26

were wild. Most of them didn't need humans

22:28

at all. In fact, they can be quite

22:31

different from one another. There is a city

22:33

list floating around the internet. Of

22:35

the different types of ducky be that I

22:37

can't seem to source I posted in the

22:40

show notes to be part of the problem

22:42

I guess, but according to this list, one

22:44

that could just be from some tea drama

22:46

being passed around as folklore there are at

22:49

least eight common types of decay. Be there's

22:51

mysterious one, the peasant one, sweet one, the

22:53

bachelor one, the bad boy. In as I'm

22:55

writing this, I'm even more suspicious because this

22:58

really does sound like a boy band is.

23:00

also the one like good one in one

23:02

eye dog, obese. Rounding. Out the

23:04

group which are not part of your standard boy

23:07

band trophy types, but maybe they should be. Anyway,

23:10

But. The hermit in the ghetto could be

23:12

I guess is the category first one since

23:14

he's the bad boy and consumed humans well.

23:17

They became friends. sure. their time

23:19

together was generally spent with the

23:21

hermit talking about how much he

23:23

hated people. And. The Decay Be

23:25

talking about how much you like eating people.

23:28

And both of them telling stories to that effect.

23:31

He. Realized it was better than being

23:33

alone. And humid have kept

23:35

thinking that while. Forever. Had

23:38

he not taken a bath?

23:40

Now. Been is good and I

23:42

am by no means anti beating. I

23:45

am, however, anti introspection. You push that

23:47

self knowledge down far enough. You keep

23:49

yourself ignorant who you are and what

23:52

you've become. You never have to deal

23:54

with it. That. The myths and Legends

23:56

life lesson for you kids! When. The hermit

23:58

saw his own faith in the river though. He

24:01

almost didn't realize he was looking into

24:03

a mirror. The face

24:05

he was looking at oh was a

24:08

familiar one, but. It. Wasn't his

24:10

own. It. Was the

24:12

face of the decay be? Well.

24:15

Not completely. He. Still

24:17

solve the face he remembered from his

24:19

youth and an odd glance and a

24:21

pool of water or shiny surface. But

24:24

that face. Was buried buried

24:26

underneath the grim, craggy face

24:28

of the goblin. for eyes

24:30

that he still recognized. But.

24:32

They were fading. In his

24:34

time with the Decay Be and

24:37

sharing stories and drinks, the hermit

24:39

was turning into a dog a

24:41

be himself. He scrambled from

24:43

the riverside and pantene set on the

24:46

shore staring up the sky. He

24:48

stayed there for a long time and. The.

25:02

Feminist heard stories about the goblins

25:04

heartlessness. For. The cato get be.

25:07

Not. The Sweet One, The Bachelor Any the

25:09

Others, This One The Evil Tapes. Took.

25:11

Joy in Killeen and the hermit knew that

25:13

he'll be next if he just told the

25:16

doggie be to stop coming around that he

25:18

was scared of what the time with the

25:20

decay be was train him into. So.

25:23

He came up with another plan. At

25:25

the outset, the other plan looked a lot

25:27

like the first. Stay. The

25:29

course. The next few times the joke

25:31

he became over the hermit port him

25:34

drinks and they got to talking to

25:36

each time. After the ducky be left

25:38

the hermit could feel his skin and

25:40

teeth and hair change just a little

25:43

bit more then one time he set

25:45

the drink down and ask. A

25:47

question. What was the joke? A

25:49

Be afraid of. The. Goblins

25:51

red eyes looked him up and down.

25:54

Talking an eyebrow. Look

25:57

at he'll be honest here. He

25:59

was. Credo Well. Blood.

26:03

From it but his hands on the

26:05

table. hunching over he was planning act

26:07

surprised by. The. His price? He didn't

26:09

need to act at. Blood.

26:12

But. The Ducky Be was stone

26:14

cold killer. I know. I

26:17

have my ways of limiting blood, but

26:19

okay, be laughed. He had never told

26:21

anyone that. For. Good or

26:23

right? Now. With the hermits

26:25

turn, what was he afraid of? The

26:28

hermit told him and the duke he

26:30

be was just as surprised as the

26:32

hermit had been Really? But humans humans

26:35

love that stuff. The hermit shrugs that

26:37

okay be looked around it well. it

26:39

did help him to understand the from

26:41

it's living situation a little bit better

26:44

though. We'll.

26:57

See what the hermit sphere is? but that

26:59

will once again be right after this. This.

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hermit stroke Macau said. She.

30:14

Wasn't afraid. She should

30:16

be, but she wasn't. The.

30:18

Do can was that to arrive just a

30:20

few minutes after dusk as he usually did,

30:23

The. Cow try to move but the from it held

30:25

her by the rope around her neck. She had

30:27

been a good cow. But. She hadn't

30:29

had milking years. He had

30:31

been taken care of her because as

30:34

he now saw he had been so

30:36

desperately lonely that it was nice to

30:38

have anything around. Even. Hit with

30:41

a cow who barely seem to know where she

30:43

was half the time. There was a knock at

30:45

the door. Come. In the hermit

30:47

yelled and the door slid open. The.

30:49

Door can was the shadow even in

30:51

darkness as he looked inside with the

30:54

but smile. While was this another thing

30:56

to join them it's usually brought one

30:58

bottle and see what they see could

31:00

handle a little bit more. See.

31:03

Won't be sticking around the hermit said.

31:06

And as he drew his kitchen knife.

31:09

whispered. And I'm sorry.

31:11

To the bovine. He drew the

31:13

knife across the cows next. The.

31:16

Creature bellowed in the blood

31:18

sprayed stippled the walls. The

31:20

hermit and the duke a

31:22

be in the doorway before

31:24

slow into a poor a

31:26

torrent washed over the floor

31:29

and the decay Be staggered

31:31

back. Is this a joke

31:33

to you? I told you that in

31:35

confidence that okay be screeched. Come.

31:37

On the hermit called out to the goblin

31:40

backing up into the nights to the Db

31:42

see how funny this was. That.

31:44

Okay, be recoiled as at white blood

31:46

from it's face. No, no this wasn't

31:48

a joke. This wasn't okay. He would

31:50

have his revenge. He. Would

31:52

come back with with the hermit feared

31:55

most. Know. The

31:57

hermit screamed as the cows legs gave out.

32:00

He tumbled onto the floor. Please please.

32:02

Anything but that. But

32:04

all the hermit could see was the joke:

32:06

abies rage soaked red eyes. Feeding.

32:08

Into the forest at night. It

32:22

was three days before the joke he

32:24

became to take his revenge. Marmot.

32:27

Really hoped it would be instantaneous because he

32:29

did not want to deal with that cow.

32:31

But. By the next morning, she was already

32:33

smelly. The. Hermit didn't fear blood,

32:36

but. He didn't enjoy it and

32:38

there was a lot of cow to move.

32:40

By the time he managed to get all

32:42

of it into the pit to decompose, all

32:44

he could think about with sleep. Even with

32:46

the decay, these threats hanging over said. He

32:49

laid down and closed his eyes.

32:52

He. Must have slipped from us twenty four

32:54

hours because when he awoke. The

32:57

goblin was standing over him. He.

32:59

Didn't have knives or even his

33:01

claws out. He. Had

33:03

bags, You are my

33:05

friends, but I still do to you what

33:07

did to me. You shall be covered in

33:10

your greatest fear and less to rise than

33:12

it. Did. Okay be said. And

33:14

open the bag. Gold pieces.

33:16

The hermits greatest fear. at least

33:19

his self reporting greatest fear to

33:21

that Okay be halted. The man

33:23

in the face. Oh no, not

33:26

gold. And Rid says his worst

33:28

fear. It burns, it burns. But

33:30

I'm like a psychological and emotional

33:33

level which is actually way worse

33:35

than physical pain in. The

33:37

from it's scrambled stop the reign of

33:39

gold but the dog a be swatted

33:42

his hands way as the from it's

33:44

face disappear beneath the gold. thought of

33:46

something really sad namely having to kill

33:48

his favorite cow and the gold finally

33:50

covered the tears as the hermit beg

33:52

did okay be the please. Please

33:54

Kill Him. With. A word

33:56

the duke a be gave his answer.

33:59

No. Though the hermit deserved not

34:01

only exist in the thing he

34:03

feared most a to keep this

34:05

memory forever. The hermit

34:07

did his best Darth Vader

34:09

know as the decay be

34:12

left laughing. And for the

34:14

remainder of the night. The. Hermit does

34:16

his best to sell his anguish. When

34:19

the sun finally roasts the from it

34:21

knew he was six. He

34:23

set up exhausted and marveled at

34:25

the pile of gold as him.

34:28

Then. His. Three

34:40

months later, the hermit paused by the

34:43

riverside. He unwound a scarf, but quickly

34:45

wrapped himself back up when a person

34:47

past. A friend they stopped and talked

34:49

for a good bet and from it said he

34:51

would be by later on that week he had

34:54

moved out of his house in the mountains. And.

34:56

Homely because it was now known

34:58

by a vicious do Kb, but because,

35:01

well, He saw

35:03

where that path and did not.

35:05

Solitude. Solitude is not bad. I'm

35:07

an introvert and I'm in no

35:09

way bashing alone time. Know.

35:11

There was the bitterness. The. Anger.

35:14

The misanthropy in his dealings with of

35:16

the people he could see, that's he

35:19

was part of those dealings. A conversation

35:21

was just that. A conversation he was

35:23

half of. that. You go in expecting

35:26

the worst out of people. And

35:28

you're probably gonna find it. At. The

35:30

very least, those people will be less than hospitable,

35:32

and you'll see what you wanted to see the

35:34

whole time. So. He

35:37

gave people another chance. Tried

35:39

to approach them with an open mind and

35:41

accepting attitude. And. Found the

35:43

world that he left. Utterly

35:46

changed. It also

35:48

probably helped out that he was extremely

35:50

generous with his money and everyone wanted

35:52

be his friend, but whether he realizes

35:55

consciously or not is unclear. The former

35:57

hermit alone again dared to take the

35:59

scarf. From his face. Looking.

36:01

At his reflection in the river. He

36:04

smiles. The reflection was once

36:06

he and his. His

36:08

stuff the scarf into his packs. He

36:10

no longer had any need for it.

36:13

He. Went back home. To the village.

36:27

The original definitely does not include the story

36:29

from the middle. That's a second story from

36:31

folklore that I wanted to include in the

36:33

thumb. Adequate. The original doesn't coup the hermit

36:35

the doggie be bondi into the point where

36:38

they're from. It emerged unharmed m the to

36:40

struck up a friendship which push the how

36:42

much realize that he's a have more kindness

36:44

and understanding with his fellow humans. Blessed

36:47

he turn into a monster To next week

36:49

we're back in the journey to the West.

36:52

And will see that school else.

36:54

Gardening fun. Weekend get

36:56

a little weird though when you've actually

36:58

fall in love with your plants. The

37:08

courage to this time is rather tasker. From.

37:10

Norse Mythology. Reddit Oscar is as

37:13

the Washington Post describes the most

37:15

celebrated squirrel in Norse Mythology. Which

37:17

I mean that's an honor. Sure

37:19

it's like calling me the most

37:21

celebrated folklore podcast or in Ohio.

37:23

It's nice. it's may be accurate

37:25

and most air make move to

37:27

the Midwest. Reddit Oscar the scroll

37:29

that runs up and down the

37:31

world tree and North Smith is

37:33

the only squirrel in North Smith.

37:35

So yeah he's the most celebrated.

37:37

He's also a one squirrel game

37:39

of telephone easy. At the top

37:41

of the World Tree. Eager sell the

37:43

central sacred tree that exist at the

37:46

center of all the world, the North

37:48

Smith whose an eagle and inexplicably a

37:50

sock that sits between the eyes of

37:52

the eagle they absolutely need to talk

37:54

to Nice hog. the dragon or snake

37:56

that rests quilt on the bottom of

37:58

the World Tree. Knowing that swell a

38:01

lot of things Some sources say that

38:03

need hog nose in the roots the

38:05

World Tree, but it actually has a

38:07

far more gruesome chewing gum corpses in

38:09

H E L, Hell and Norse mythology

38:11

the place of the dishonored dead. There's

38:13

a section for murderers and severe oath

38:16

breakers. This region is probably not as

38:18

full as we'd all like to think

38:20

it is since and some Scandinavian societies,

38:22

you could legally murder someone if you

38:24

challenge them or if he paid money

38:26

to their family afterwards. Still need a

38:28

hug, has plenty of murderers. to chew

38:30

on and thus no time to travel needing

38:33

to communicate with the birds the top of

38:35

the tree for reasons that are never really

38:37

explained in said birds not really wanting to

38:39

rebalance at the corpse the say they all

38:42

enlisted the help of Reddit Asker, the squirrel

38:44

with. Inexplicably. The

38:46

unicorn horn. Now rather, Tusker has

38:49

one job to communicate messages up

38:51

and down the tree. It.

38:53

Does not wanna do that job though. so

38:55

it yells insults that both the birds and

38:58

the serpent. Interpretations. Of

39:00

the seem to have rotted task

39:02

or has been agent of chaos

39:04

the symbol of the quote Tumultuous

39:06

and unpredictable nature of existence, constant

39:08

flux that characterizes the natural in

39:10

the cosmic quarter. Which. May

39:13

be on are Now I am think that

39:15

the squirrel just like messing with animals who

39:17

not only can't be bothered to talk to

39:20

each other but also stop the squirrel from

39:22

insulting them. I never read the book squirrels

39:24

an animal Answer Guide. But. It's apparently

39:26

a squirrel book for adults. The author

39:29

of that book is could have rotted

39:31

Tasker as quote. It takes little imagination

39:33

for you to think that a squirrel

39:35

saying nasty things about you. Which.

39:38

That I. Actually, think it takes a

39:40

lot of imagination. Think a squirrel a

39:42

saying nasty things about me like more

39:44

than a reasonable amount of imagination. Unless

39:47

you're an eagle with a hawk balanced on

39:49

your head. Or. A serpent

39:51

chewing on corpses? Then that squirrel

39:54

is absolutely saying nasty things about

39:56

you. That

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