MARGINALIA

We're returning to this unique collection of folktales in our two-part episode this week! These stories continue to moralize folktales in...

A strange tale which parodies many of the themes found in the Tain Bo Cualinge, this Irish legend is a clever satire which questions the ...

We have a new collection to jump into this week, featuring tales which may or may not be considered too civilized to be 'medieval.' These...

Happy Thanksgiving to all our North American friends who choose to celebrate! We apparantly had quite a lot to say about this saga, since...

Happy Halloween! Or All Saint's Day, All Hallow's Eve, or Samhain, to call the holiday by any of its other names. This week, we unfold th...

This week, we pick up an Irish tale that's a bit queer in more ways that one... This story questions what it means to be a true king in I...

This week, we dive into a strange collection of supposedly Roman folktales, each of which has a strange moral you probably won't see comi...

Welcomen! We're kicking off the Maniculum Podcast with a suitably festive text: the Middle English poem known as the Tournament of Totten...