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Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell 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

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419: Slavic folklore: Bad Heir Day

Myths and Legends ·

2025/10/08

🪉Ivan fights wizards and monsters and Baba Yaga with a music streaming subscription🪉What do you get when your daughters have been kidnapped by a sleezy cloud and your son not only spends all of his days jamming with his self-playing harp, but DOESN'T want to tear the heads off his friends? You get Tsar Wisehead, who apparently just figured out that parenting is hard. 😈 **The Creature: Garm Garm is serious about his job, and that's unfortunate because that job involves blood splatters and the

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418: French stories: Our Son, Ourson, the Bear

Myths and Legends ·

2025/09/24

🐻Ourson is a Beary Good Guy🐻Sorry, I couldn't resist, but he is actually a good guy. He isn't a bear though. He just looks like one to people who have probably never seen a bear, because he's kind of just a very hairy kid. He's like that because his mom kicked a toad that wasn't a toad and the toad cursed him. Don't worry, it'll make sense (mostly). 😈 The Creatures: Ga-Gorib A monster who does bad by tempting people into murdering...themselves? --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back!:

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416: Hans Christian Andersen: Humbugs

Myths and Legends ·

2025/08/27

🪲They're not so different🪲One is the king of the world, and the other is a beetle. One wants to fight God, the other wants to wear golden horse shoes. When it comes to being completely arrogant and insufferable, though, they have more in common than you might think. It's two fairy tales of pride and power from Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. 😈 The Creature: The Elle-folk They're NOT elves. They just look and act like them and have a very similar name but if you say they're elves hope

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52:46

415: Aesop's Fables: Bray it Ain't So

Myths and Legends ·

2025/08/13

🫏One little rent-a-donkey, one big journey🫏Actually he's a full-grown rental donkey but the journey is a big one because, when you're a poorly treated rental donkey and you have a chance to escape, you take it. Then, spend the rest of the time trying to get back to captivity because the world is dangerous and scary. 😈 The Creature: Eikthymir The giant stag from Norse myth that makes it rain...rain. He's not as cool as his friend, who has alcohol constantly flowing out of her

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413: European folklore: Justice

Myths and Legends ·

2025/07/16

🔔Ring the bell for justice🔔Want justice? Ring the bell. Doesn't matter if you're a horse or a snake or a merchant or a peasant but if you're one of the latter two probably don't get caught ringing the bell of justice. King Charlemagne puts of a bell of justice and consequences ensue. 😈 The Creature: The Dun Cow A giant cow that just wants to give your free groceries. Just don't try to take more than your fair share. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back!: https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬

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58:47

412: Indian folklore: Dicey

Myths and Legends ·

2025/07/02

🎲Losing your kingdom in a game of dice🎲The story of Nala and Damayanti is a tale of love, loss, and losing everything but your underwear because of your terrible decisions and then also your underwear. 😈 The Creature: Drekavac The creature is the Drekavac, and it's many things to many people. All of them are weird --- Links: 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 👕 Merch:

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411: Celtic folklore: The Wake

Myths and Legends ·

2025/06/18

⛵️Get lost at sea with Maelduin⛵️All Maelduin wants to do is avenge his father's murder...with more murder. He should have listened to that wizard. Because he didn't, his trip just got a whole lot longer. And stranger. 😈 The Creature: The Donestre The lion headed stranger who will eat you, sure, but also feel really bad about it. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back!: https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram ✍️ Bluesky:

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409: Reynard: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Myths and Legends ·

2025/05/21

🦊 Reynard the fox hates meetings, too 🦊Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we're back in the stories of Reynard the fox, with sick kings, superpowered storks, and Isengrim the wolf trying to not constantly get skinned alive. 😈 The Creature: The Devs I guess you have to worry about head trauma and TBI a lot less when you have seven heads. --- Links: 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram:

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408: Knights of the Round Table: Hither and Thither

Myths and Legends ·

2025/05/07

🏰When a knight says he'll be right back, he means itUnless he dies. Or gets captured. Or just forgets about it, prompting his son to come looking for him in the land of wickedness...and also maybe saving Camelot in the process? It's the story of Sir Morien. 😈 The Creature: The Kaichigo All those games you haven't played are lonely...and also maybe messing with your stuff in the basement. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram:

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407: West African folklore: Wiser

Myths and Legends ·

2025/04/23

🍼Have a budding tyrant? You need a snarky talking baby🍼Yenga Naa is wiser than the chief. How do you know? Well, he named himself that...the moment he was born. 😈 The Creature: The Cornu How do you torment sinners without getting your hands dirty? The cornu, that's how. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The Myths and Legends store is

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406: Slavic folklore: Udder Nonsense

Myths and Legends ·

2025/04/09

🐄Baba Yaga, Dragons, Giant Talking Pigs🐄We'll see what happens when a king who wants one son gets more than he bargained for: three sons, with the oddest one of all, the one capable of calming dragons (when he's not slaying them) and outsmarting giant evil pigs (when he's not slaying them), being born...from a cow. 😈 The Creature: Coliunn Gun Cheaun The worst, best headless friend you hopefully never had. --- 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram:

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405: European legends: Ale to the King

Myths and Legends ·

2025/03/26

🍺Meet Cambrinus, things aren't going so well for him🍺He's a peasant kid with a job that's going nowhere, a crush who doesn't love him back, and no one takes him seriously when he absolutely knocks it out of the park playing the viola. If only he knew he was destined to be legendary King of Beer. 😈 The Creature: The Cocoa A two-foot-long sparkling cat sounds like a lot of fun. Until it's very much not. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram:

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400: Celtic folklore: The Baddies

Myths and Legends ·

2025/01/15

👸 Our princess is in another castle! 👸Two stories from Ireland where it's unclear who the villain is...and how it might just be among the people we least suspect. 😈 The creature: le cheval Bayard A horse who just wants to make you feel bad about your riding ability...and also destroy your marriage. --- Links Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Studson Studio (Centisteed): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ajb3Uva42w Literally a smoked sheep's head. Do not open this if you

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399: Canadian folklore: Wild Night

Myths and Legends ·

2024/12/31

🎉At a bad New Year's party?🎉It has to be better than little Joe and Baptiste's New Years, in the frigid Canadian wilderness. But they're going to change that. By making a deal with the devil. 😈 The creature: The Yale The Yale, or the Centicore, is a super goat who's super famous despite not deserving it at all. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒

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397: Monkey King: King of Hearts

Myths and Legends ·

2024/12/11

🐵Monkey and Co. are really hoping this city is different🐵I mean, it has to be, right? Not every city can be full of monsters...can it? We're back in the Journey to the West with Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. 😈 The Creature: Cacus A half spider man that does whatever a spider can. Providing spiders breath file, steal cattle, and get killed by Hercules --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky:

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396: Greek Myths: Hades, Too

Myths and Legends ·

2024/12/04

💀Hades is taking the long way home💀After dropping Persephone off in the world of the humans, Hades makes the long walk back down to his palace at the heart of his realms, giving us a tour of the greek underworld and all the things that creep within. 😈 The Creature: Bwca An elf-like creature that does not like bowls of pee. --- Links 🛒 Shop is open again! Check out the merch at https://shop.nextpod.com 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram:

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395: Breton folklore: Darkest Knight

Myths and Legends ·

2024/11/27

🏰 Why maybe you should pass on dating that person with the dad who murders everyone trying to date them 🏰The tale of Degarré is a story of knights, chivalry, violence, and grappling with what it means when the person you've idolized and sought your whole life...might just be the villain of the story. 😈 The Creature: Ninmenju (人面樹) That tree that thinks you're HILARIOUS...until you bite into its face fruit. --- Links ⚠️ Disclaimer https://myths.link/395 🎧 Connect with us! Discord:

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394: Danish folklore: Heartless

Myths and Legends ·

2024/11/20

🧙‍♂️How a Scientist Becomes a Wizard🧙‍♂️Two stories from Denmark about people dealing with their neighbors in very different ways. One loves and accepts them. The other just wants to get away so he tears out his own heart. 😈 The Creature: Abumi-guchi (鐙口) AKA Stirrup mouth. Your friend to the end. And beyond. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: Click here to join! Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 📖

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393: 1001 Nights: Let it Be(ak) (part 2 of 2)

Myths and Legends ·

2024/11/13

📝A Cavern Full of Snakes is apparently a Great Classroom📝Hasib is still stuck in the room with the Queen of Serpents and twelve thousand snakes, and the QoS a story to tell. Two of them, actually. Long ones. Two years' worth of stories of guys lost in the world...and two different ways of dealing with mistakes and loss. Basically, she's being a very tricky teacher. --- 😈 The Creature: Wokulo Tiny invisible hairy naked men could be watching you right now. And they're really good at

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391: Japanese Horror: Handsome Bad Man

Myths and Legends ·

2024/10/30

👹If you can't be with the one you love...👹Love the one you're with? What? No. Kill everyone in your way until you get what you want. This week: a ghost story from Japan about what happens when a ronin, a masterless samurai, has nothing to lose in a quest to regain what he lost, and the people unfortunate enough to be in his way. --- 😈 The Creature: Waterlord The bargain bin version of the Hydra...just don't sacrifice your kids to it. --- 🎧 Join the Community! Discord: Click here to

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