Uncanny Japan - Japanese Folklore, Folktales, Myths and Language
Society & Culture:Places & Travel
March's Uncanny Japan podcast is all about monkeys and monkey lore -- wordplay, superstition, and good luck charms. You can listen to that below.
Also, if you're interested in me retelling/reimagining obscure Japanese folktales, take a look at my Patreon page. This month's Bedtime Story ($5 and up reward) is "The Monkeys' Ojizo Statue" ("Saru no Ojizo").
Finally, below I give you a lucky saru. It's a hanga-engraving I carved of a cheeky monkey flashing the peace sign while the character for 'dream' floats overhead. What could be luckier than that?
Thanks for listening!
Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo). The whole album is just gorgeous, as it everything else by FM3.
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