{"podcast":{"title":"Medieval Death Trip","slug":"medieval-death-trip-994766","podcast_index_feed_id":994766,"rss_url":"https://www.medievaldeathtrip.com/?feed=podcast","website_url":"https://www.medievaldeathtrip.com","image_url":"https://www.medievaldeathtrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/MDTCoverArt2026-1024x1024.jpg","author":"Patrick Lane","episode_count":128,"summary":"On Medieval Death Trip, we feature a selected medieval text (often historical, occasionally literary) that touches on the odd, the gruesome, the unexpected, and similarly curious incidents, images, or ideas. In addition to presenting the text itself, each episode features commentary and musings upon that text.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T18:19:24.007351+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medieval-death-trip-994766"},"episode":{"title":"Concerning Hinzelmann the Kobold","slug":"concerning-hinzelmann-the-kobold","published_at":"2025-12-13T20:09:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medieval-death-trip-994766/concerning-hinzelmann-the-kobold","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medieval-death-trip-994766","url":"https://www.medievaldeathtrip.com/concerning-hinzelmann-the-kobold/","audio_url":"https://www.medievaldeathtrip.com/podlove/file/235/s/feed/c/podcast/mdt-episode-119.mp3","summary":"As we enter the season of elves and Christmas spirits, we follow up on our fairy theme from last episode with a look at the famous 16th-century German hausgeist, Hinzelmann the Kobold -- but don't call him that to his face! Today's Texts: Keightley, Thomas. The Fairy Mythology. E.G. Bohn, 1850. Google Books. Der vielförmige Hintzelmann oder umbständliche und merckwürdige Erzehlung von einem Geist, so sich auf dem Hause Hudemühlen, und hernach zu Estrup im Lande Lüneburg unter vielfältigen Gestalten. Leipzig, 1704. Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen. Grimm, Jacob, and Wilhelm Grimm. Deutsche Sagen. Berlin, 1816. Google Books. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:13:22 \"Hinzelmann,\" translated by Thomas Keightley from the Brothers Grimm 00:48:03 Commentary 00:57:23 Mystery Word: kalamâr 00:58:52 2025 MDT Advent Calendar 01:02:33 Outro","meta_description":"As we enter the season of elves and Christmas spirits, we follow up on our fairy theme from last episode with a look at the famous 16th-century German hau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3914,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/medieval-death-trip-994766/episodes/concerning-hinzelmann-the-kobold/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/medieval-death-trip-994766/concerning-hinzelmann-the-kobold.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}