Ever wish you had super powers? Or at least had friends who had superpowers? Well, here’s your chance to live vicariously through the people in today’s tales! You thought the Avengers and the Justice League were the first stories of superhero team-ups? Nope! Hundreds of years earlier, we had the tales of the Six Servants, How Six Men Made Their Way in the World, and Long, Broad, and Sharpsight. Use your super hearing and your incredible imagination as you enjoy this episode of Funklore.
Sources for this episode:
Money math:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farthing_(British_coin)
https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/1650?amount=1
Dorothy Viehmann:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Viehmann
Long, Broad, and Sharpsight: https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/sfs04.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long,_Broad_and_Sharpsight
The Six Servants: https://americanliterature.com/author/the-brothers-grimm/fairy-tale/the-six-servants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Servants
How Six Men Got On In The World:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_Six_Made_Their_Way_in_the_World
Grimm, J., & Grimm, W. (2012). How Six Men Got On In The World. In The Brothers Grimm: 101 Fairy Tales (pp. 295-299). Canterbury Classics.
Created, written, and recorded by Justin Bouck
Album art and custom music bed created by Joshua Andrus
Distributed by Anchor