CWT495: How Folktales Got Their Numbers
- Author
- Wade Wainio
- Published
- Sat 19 Jul 2025
- Episode Link
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wade-wainio/episodes/CWT495-How-Folktales-Got-Their-Numbers-e35ouga
Ever wondered how scholars make sense of thousands of fairy tales from all over the world? How do you compare a story about a clever fox in Finland to one about a tricky jackal in India—or a talking cat in Germany?
It turns out, there’s a system for that.
