Monsters of the Medieval World

Gone Medieval

History Hit

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4.6 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Monsterland.

The Medieval world is a realm of dragons, demons and beasts. Matt Lewis and Nick Jubber step into this murky world to tell the magical tales of the Bavarian Dragon's fire-breathing spectacle, the dark allure of Japan's mischievous Oni, and the hauntingly beautiful legend of Orkney's Selkies.

An adventure into the rich tapestry of medieval folklore and what these monsters reveal about human nature and the fears of the past.

Monsters of the Medieval Apocalypse

https://open.spotify.com/episode/54HitUMboNBFWtOJQhvH3H

Welsh Folk Tales

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3rNA9vSBAs4MuE1T5X2VRe

Gone Medieval is presented by Matt Lewis. It was edited and produced by Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.

All music used is courtesy of Epidemic Sounds.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis.
0:02.6	And I'm Dr. Eleanor Yonaga.
0:04.2	And we're just popping up here to tell you some insider info.
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0:20.6	Such as my new series on everyone's favorite
0:22.8	conquerors, the Normans, or my recent exploration of the castles that made Britain. There's a new
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0:47.0	Hello, I'm Matt Lewis. Welcome to Gone Medieval from History Hit, the podcast that delves into the
0:52.8	greatest millennium in human history. We've got the most intriguing hit, the podcast that delves into the greatest millennium in human history.
0:55.6	We've got the most intriguing mysteries, the gobsmacking details and latest groundbreaking research
1:02.0	from the Vikings to the printing press, from kings to popes to the crusades.
1:06.7	We cross centuries and continents to delve into rebellions, plots and murders, to find the stories big and small that tell us how we got here.
1:16.7	Find out who we really were with Gone Medieval.
1:26.3	Welcome to the realm of dragons, demons, demons and beasts that lurk in the darkness.
1:33.8	I'm Matt Lewis.
1:35.3	Not one of those beasts, though, honestly.
1:37.7	We're about to pay a visit to Monsterland.
1:40.8	Monsters are a fixture in many cultures across the world.
2:01.2	What do they tell us about the fears and beliefs of medieval people? Are they just writ-roaring tales of heroes, slaying beasts? Or is there more to it than that? How do they differ across the world and how does some of them somehow seem to stay the same?
2:05.2	Almost as though they say more about the listener than the monster.
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