309 episodes
Myths and Legends Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser / Bardic
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4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
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Jason Weiser tells stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, King Arthur, and Hercules are stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories you might not have heard, but really should. All the stories are sourced from world folklore, but retold for modern ears. These are stories of wizards, knights, Vikings, dragons, princesses, and kings from the time when the world beyond the map was a dangerous and wonderful place.
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224-African Folklore: It's the Great Pumpkin, Kiali
A story from Africa about a hunt for a murderer that goes off the rails very quickly with talking animals...and giant, sad pumpkins.
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223B-Samurai Legends: Dinner Party
Four samurai warriors do some arts and crafts and go to a demon dinner party.
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223A-Samurai Legends: The Devil went down to Kyoto
Three connected stories of samurai from medieval Japan. On the first, Kintaro, a buff eight-year-old, discovers his destiny. On the second, Watanabe no Tsuna, a samurai warrior in his prime fights a demon that's been terrorizing a gate in Kyoto, and on the third he's recruited by Minamoto no Raiko to follow a magical floating skull to a dilapidated haunted house. All these lead into next week, when the heroes will come together to fight the greatest demon in Japan's history: Shuten-dōji.
The creature is the aspidochelone! A napping turtle! Who might be the devil!
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Music:
"Vanagon" by Podington Bear
"Rumoi Night" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Orchard Lime" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Evidence Room" by Blue Dot Sessions
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222B-Norse Legends: It Takes a Pillage
A packed episode with Thor, Odin, mythological dwarves, sword arms, and Valhalla, all ending up with a beautiful double wedding...which ends somehow worse than the last time we visited a giant wedding on this podcast. We're finishing up the saga of Egil and Asmund.
The creature this time is little mucus boy, and if you're a villain, you don't want to get caught monologuing around this sticky, moist little hero.
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Links!
The disclaimer: https://myths.link/222b
Ragnarok: https://myths.link/88
The Myths and Legends twitter: https://myths.link/twitter
The store: https://myths.link/store
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
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Music:
"Showers" by Podington Bear
"Dockers" by Podington Bear
"Molassas" by Podington Bear
"Roscoe" by Podington Bear
"Curious Process" by Podington Bear
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222A-Norse Legends: The Land of the Ice and Snow
Thor! Jotunheim! Giants! Draugr! We're back in Norse Mythology with an epic Viking tale.
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221-Chinese/Scottish folklore: The Great Beyond
Two stories about death and what comes next, from China and Scotland
Customer Reviews
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10/10
Honestly everyone is complaining about the amount of ads? I listen for hours on end every night to sleep, and they don’t bother me at all, if I even notice them.
This is 100% my favourite podcast
Amazing Podcast
This is my favourite podcast. It is very interesting, well done, funny and educational. Jason Weiser is excellent and has a very friendly and easy to listen to voice unlike some other podcasts where the topic is interesting but it is so hard to listen to the speaker. I would definitely recommend it for anyone with any interest in fiction, mythology, or history.