Yokai Legends

King Kappa

In this podcast series you will learn all kinds of legendary monsters, ghosts, and other supernatural creatures from Japanese folklore and mythology.

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226 episodes
Updated July 26

Episodes226

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Jan 6, 2025 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 19 Episode 6: Moving Shadows
Darkness is all around us, even when we don’t know where it is.
Dec 24, 2024 · 2 min
Yokai Legends Season 19 Episode 5: Vengeful Spirits
A lot of Yōkai will always return with unfinished business
Dec 3, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 19 Episode 4: Strange Phenomenon
In Japanese folklore, there are a lot of unexplained events and occurrences that happen all around us.
Nov 21, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 19 Episode 3: Strange Gods and Demons
There are a lot of ancient deities and monsters known in Japanese folklore, today you will know more about them.
Nov 8, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 19 Episode 2: Creepy Mutants
A lot of Yōkai can creep people out. And in today’s episode you will hear the origins of these creatures.
Oct 31, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 19 Episode 1: Dangerous Monsters
Happy Halloween! In this Season Premiere, you will hear Yōkai stories great for this night of horrors.
Oct 22, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 10: Grave Consequences
A lot of sacred places are sometimes forbidden to enter. And in Japanese folklore, there are some Yōkai that are territorial over their domain.
Jul 17, 2024 · 4 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 9: Strange Horrors
Yōkai can be pranking creatures that always like to tease their victims. Some are more interested in scaring humans rather than harming them.
Jul 9, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 8: Spiritual Beasts
Some Yōkai are spiritual and can easily be reasoned with.
Jun 20, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 7: Creeped Out
A lot of Yōkai from Japanese folklore can be creepy enough to disturb people in their sleep.
Jun 13, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 6: Grotesque Monsters
Yōkai come in all shapes and sizes, you will hear the legends of such creatures from deities to demons.
Jun 8, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 5: Spirits and Beasts
There are a lot of strange beings in Japanese folklore.
May 21, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 4: Gods and Spirits
Gods and Spirits are well known in Japanese folklore and today you will hear stories of them.
May 17, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 3: Creatures of Hell
Jigoku is known as the underworld in Japanese folklore. Today, you will hear about the creatures that inhabit this fiery world.
May 9, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 2: Spirits and Demons
A lot of Yōkai in Japanese folklore are demonic and cause harm to humans.
May 5, 2024 · 4 min
Yokai Legends Season 18 Episode 1: Spirits and Demons
A lot of demonic creatures and spirits are known in Japanese folklore. Some of them are rarely known.
Apr 29, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 17 Episode 10: Supernatural Beasts and Weird Ceremonies
Some Yōkai do a lot of ceremonies such as the Night Parade of 100 Demons. In this episode, you will learn of one in particular.
Apr 25, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 17 Episode 9: Beyond Natural
Yōkai aren’t the only supernatural explanations in Japanese folklore. A lot of strange occurrences happen all over.
Apr 17, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 17 Episode 8: Strange Apparitions
Some Yōkai seem strange to the human eye. Others seem like ones we’ve already known before.
Apr 7, 2024 · 3 min
Yokai Legends Season 17 Episode 7: Yōkai of Nightmares
There are a lot of Yōkai from Japanese folklore that are so terrifying, they could scare you to death.