Two stories from Japan about the stories we tell one another. On the first, it’s a not-so-famous musician who gets a massive new audience for the legend he has been telling. For the second, it’s a man who needs to do his duty…which means doing something terrible to someone he loves.
The creature is to Totoima, a boar with a stomach ache…from devouring his children…
The Tale of the Heike: https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Heike-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143107267
Doll with human teeth: https://myths.link/monster
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Music:
“Harper’s Desk” by Blue Dot Sessions
“House of Grendel” by Blue Dot Sessions
“An Introduction to Beetles” by Blue Dot Sessions
