And that's just part one. Join us for Murder and Magic at Pengersick Castle (also Pengerswick), one of the most haunted places in England!

We'll dive into the Lord- Enchanter of the Castle and the Witch of Fraddam in part 2 (which will have pirates, deals with the devil, immortality and fires!) 🧙‍♀️🧙‍♂️

She'll turn into a hare and haunt you, the baby you tried to murder will be saved and return one day, your wife will die, your legitimate son will spurn you and the witch-Lady of Godolphin you marry will try her best to sleep with said son...leading in lots of murder and magic at Pengersick Castle!

Just look at all the different versions! How can each cover be so lovely?
🧚 Fairyloot
🦉 Owlcrate
🌸 US First Printing
🧚 Fairyloot

To read the full post and examine some differences between Ovid and Virgil's retellings of the tale, you can check out the full episode now! Also available anywhere you listen to your podcasts!

talesfromtheenchantedforest.com/2025/09/24/k...

In Greek myths we have Theseus and Pirithous' attempt to kidnap Persephone, Heracles' labour to get Cerberus, Psyche's trials for Aphrodite and Odysseus' mission to get as much tea as possible. Then of course, Orpheus' journey to bring back his wife Eurydice by appealing to Persephone and Hades.

In modern media, we have so many sources to pull from including Supernatural (what with the Winchesters journeying in and out of hell every other season), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hadestown, The Good Place, and the games Hades I and II.

In modern media, we have so many sources to pull from including Supernatural (what with the Winchesters journeying in and out of hell every other season), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hadestown, The Good Place, and the games Hades I and II.

And then I am also reminded of Achilles disguised as a woman on Skyros.

Achilles dressed as a woman: 😇💖☺️🌸 *whoops*🤰
Thor dressed as a woman: 💥🍽️🐂🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🐟🍺🔨

Full post and children's book recommendations can be seen here: talesfromtheenchantedforest.com/2025/08/29/f...

Do share if you have any favourites!

There is also a really lovely version of the Hungarian version of the tale as told by Rozália Kóka.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVGT...

This trope type also famously includes Shakespeare's King Lear since Cordelia is punished for saying she loves her father "according to her bond" and refuses to join her deceitful sisters, Goneril and Regan, in lavishing him with falsehoods.
Cordelia's Farewell by Edwin Austin Abbey

It's in the same vein as Aisha Aseed's "Bilal Cooks Daal" and Toba Adina-Jao's "Me, Mommy, Mantu." Food is folklore and heritage and history. It is a way to connect not just through your own country but through entire continents.

Just like Cinderella, every country has their own dumpling or daal.