A home improvement project 800 years in the making that includes way too many wolves, rat parts, and beards. It's the story of the Tomten of Åbo Castle, from Finnish folklore.
The creatures are women with varying degrees of faces from British folklore. The one thing they have in common? Drunk, possibly concussed guys are the only people that have seen them.
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Music:
"Halpver" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Gene's Waltz" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Evidence Room" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Snowgarden" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Our Ears, Deceivers" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Onyx" by Blue Dot Sessions
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311-Samurai: Lost and Found
310-Norse Sagas: The Maiden King
309-Scandinavian Folklore: The Enemy of my Enemy
308-Tricksters: Food Chain
307-Dragons: Pie Hard
306-Latin American Folklore: Payback
305-Turkish Folklore: Angry Bird
304-Celtic Folklore: Among Us
303-Japanese Folklore: Rice and Means
302-Jewish Folklore: Losing Hares
301-Japanese Folklore: After Sundown
300-Norse Christmas: A Slaying Song Tonight
299-Korean Folklore: Long Con
297-Monkey King: Up in Smoke
296B-Roman/Greek myths: Should I Bray or Should I Go?
296A-Greek Myths: To Bewitch or Not to Bewitch
295-1001 Nights: What's in the Box?
294-West African Folklore: Spirited Away
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