Tom's Terror Trove

Author: Thomas Barker

Hello, and welcome to Tom's Terror Trove, a podcast currently disgorging The Crawling World, an original dark fantasy/sci fi, full cast audiodrama. I also narrate classics and little-known gems of horror fiction: Mid 19th - early 20th century a speciality.New episodes every Friday, 9am NZ Time.Im Thomas, a voice-actor ( an occasional writer and musician), and Im delighted to have you join me for tonight's episode.If you'd like to buy me a ko-fi, I have a page for that!ko-fi.com/tuomasva
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Whither the Boughs? The Origin of Limbus Company's MacGuffin
Episode 32
Thursday, 15 January, 2026

Mysterious, tree-like branches with the power to actualize the feelings, wishes, and psyches of people. The primary objective of the LCB is to gather them up.In this episode, I nearly get over my skis in examining the literary origins of the Golden Boughs of Limbus Company, particularly looking at the book of the same name by Sir James George Frazer, and the Aeneid, by Vergil.Plus of course the traditional (I've done it twice, now it's a tradition) interlude dub!Narrated and produced by Thomas BarkerIf you'd like to chip in a couple of dollars to help with hosting and production costs, I'd be enormously grateful.https://ko-fi.com/tttReferences:WOOD, G. (1982). Frazer’s magic wand of anthropology : interpreting “The Golden Bough.” European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie / Europäisches Archiv Für Soziologie, 23(1), 92–122. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23999226 Weber, C. (1995). THE ALLEGORY OF THE GOLDEN BOUGH. Vergilius (1959-), 41, 3–34. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41587127https://www.sacred-texts.com/pag/frazer/https://limbuscompany.wiki.gg/wiki/Rivers#cite_note-LC_47-1https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Aeneid_(Conington_1866)/Book_6#cite_ref-1https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/aeneid/poem-summaryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertextuality#Queries, comments? Write to me at: tuomasva@outlook.comWatch this episode on Youtube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU9gAlZeexHnFHASayT0nGM17V4hCSzSi