{"podcast":{"title":"Freaky Folklore","slug":"freaky-folklore-3517572","podcast_index_feed_id":3517572,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/freakyfolklore","website_url":"https://www.eeriecast.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/46b9c7bc-4927-11eb-8165-cff325eb9479/image/Freaky_Folklore_Cover_Art.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Eeriecast Network","episode_count":308,"summary":"Host Carman Carrion explores myriad myths both modern and ancient to discover what mankind fears - and why we fear it. From monsters old and new as well as unexplained and unsolved cases, this podcast is sure to terrify. Where does our folklore come from, and why is it so freaky?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T10:25:10.338283+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freaky-folklore-3517572"},"episode":{"title":"Mami Wata — The Water Spirit Worshipped and Feared Across Africa","slug":"mami-wata-the-water-spirit-worshipped-and-feared-across-africa","published_at":"2026-09-21T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freaky-folklore-3517572/mami-wata-the-water-spirit-worshipped-and-feared-across-africa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freaky-folklore-3517572","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/38cb31/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL5717667152.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/38cb31/tracking.swap.fm/track/JhoQDAATtO1l0y8tdKNa/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL5717667152.mp3","summary":"She's been called a goddess. A demon. A healer. A thief of husbands, minds, and sometimes lives. Across an entire continent — and every shore the diaspora ever touched — Mami Wata has been worshipped in shrines and feared on riverbanks for centuries, and she is not finished collecting. This week on Freaky Folklore, we're wading into the legend of the Mother of Water: her murky, tangled origins stretching from indigenous river goddesses like Yemoja and Ogbuide, to a 19th-century German print that accidentally became her global face. We cover her powers, her price, the rules that keep her happy, and the ones that don't — plus a story about a woman who broke one rule on a riverbank at midnight, and the thing she saw beneath the surface that she's never told a soul about.   Got a folklore legend you want covered? Drop it in the comments.   #MamiWata #FreakyFolklore #AfricanFolklore #WaterSpirit #Folklore #Mythology #HorrorPodcast #TrueHorrorStories #Cryptid #Paranormal #Eeriecast #WestAfricanMythology #Yemoja #FolkHorror #ScaryStories #Podcast #MermaidLore #StorytellingPodcast   EXPLORE MORE SPINE-CHILLING CONTENT: Freaky Folklore: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/freaky-folklore Carman's Crypt (Original Horror): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Deadly Intent (True Crime): https://www.carman-carrion.com/ Destination Terror: https://www.eeriecast.com/podcasts/destination-terror SUPPORT THE SHOW: Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/carmancarrion CONNECT WITH CARMAN: Website: https://www.carman-carrion.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarmanCarrion YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreakyFolklore Twitter/X: https://x.com/CarmanCarrion Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carmancarrion/ SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0uiX…","meta_description":"She's been called a goddess. A demon. A healer. A thief of husbands, minds, and sometimes lives. Across an entire continent — and every shore the diaspora…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1795,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/freaky-folklore-3517572/episodes/mami-wata-the-water-spirit-worshipped-and-feared-across-africa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/freaky-folklore-3517572/mami-wata-the-water-spirit-worshipped-and-feared-across-africa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}