“I found myself truly enjoying and appreciating the hosts’ commentary who brought their own sense of humor and empathy towards the author’s work. Love listening to these episodes with nuanced analysis and appreciation of the characters and events. The one side note to the hosts I would add is that I believe the author derived the names of the monsters from Romance and Slavic languages and mythology. For example, Striga sounds awfully like “Strega”, the Italian for “witch” and Bruxa sounds similar to “Bruja” in Spanish, also, Kikimora comes from Slavic mythology very commonly used in Russian mythology and the Russian language.”
Animura via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/27/23