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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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68:48

417: Guy of Warwick: Don't Be That Guy

Myths and Legends ·

2025/09/10

🛡️This Guy?🛡️This guy is Guy of Warwick, and he's your guy. But only if you need someone to be the best guy in the world at fighting and killing. It's just too bad Guy hates being that guy. 😈 The Creature: Freybug and the Barguest Two black dogs who might give you wounds that will never heal, or maybe just stand there awkwardly until you leave. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back!: https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram:

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48:26

414: Monkey King: Ham-bushed

Myths and Legends ·

2025/07/30

🐷Sun Wukong is a bad friend🐷But, to be fair, he never said he and Pigsy were friends...because you don't send your friends to dinner parties where everyone is trying to murder you. 😈 The Creature: Each Tened A horse committed to justice. If the punishment for every crime was searing thigh fire. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back!: https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram ✍️ Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky 📼

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410: Japanese folklore: Provincial

Myths and Legends ·

2025/06/04

⛩️Stories from the Japanese countryside⛩️Five interconnected stories of purpose, meaning, justice, talking animals, the boss falling off a cliff, mushrooms, and travel hampers. 😈 **The Creature: The Dinny Mara The Dinny Mara is a friendly merman who wants to rehabilitate the reputation of water creatures. They could probably start by not drowning so many people? --- Links: ⚠️ Disclaimer: https://myths.link/410 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram:

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44:46

404: Monkey King: Not Found

Myths and Legends ·

2025/03/12

🤑 The Monkey King and friends are making money and staying in fancy hotels🤑What is this that you heard about them being monks? What? No. That's ridiculous. They don't know why you thought that. So weird. They are horse traders who trade horses while they pass through this city that murders monks. Wait NO DON'T TOUCH THEIR HATS. 😈 The Creature: The Cinnamologus We meet the cinnamon bird, because who doesn't love their cinnamon sticks covered in bird poop and lead? --- Links 🎧 Connect with

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58:23

403: Norse sagas: Wormtongue

Myths and Legends ·

2025/02/26

⚔️The plight of the Viking celebrity poet⚔️Friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and none of what you actually say matters all that much...as long as you're famous. 😈 The creature: the cicada It's not a creature at all. Just a normal bug...or maybe that's what Zeus wants you to think? --- Disclaimer: https://myths.link/403 Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Source: https://www.sagadb.org/gunnlaugs_saga_ormstungu.en 🎧 Connect with us! Discord:

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57:16

402: Japanese folklore: Misconceptions

Myths and Legends ·

2025/02/12

🐸Love means never having to say I'm sorry (I poisoned you)"🐸...or something like that. This Valentine's Day there are three love stories from Japan. On the first, a man moves on after becoming a widower (kind of), on the second, two frogs fall out of love...with a place, and on the third, the whole world is in love with a geisha. 😈 The Creature: Maikubi (舞首) Three heads that don't so much as dance as they do bite each other and sink ships. --- Links Disclaimer: https://myths.link/402 42

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401: Chinese Zodiac: Rat Race

Myths and Legends ·

2025/01/29

🐀It's Race Day🐀Today, we tell the story of how the animals in the Chinese Zodiac got their years: a race that's terrible for all involved. 😈 The Creature: Nian Why you want to dress in red to avoid long, unpleasant runs on New Year's Day, though any run in January or February (or in general) is unpleasant. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The

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398: Nordic Christmas: In the Bleak Mid-winter

Myths and Legends ·

2024/12/18

🌲Trolls, zombies, and evil housecats🌲It must be Christmas in the Nordic countries. Today, a young officer is stuck in the city after being in a brief coma. At least there are some tales to keep him company. 😈 The Creature: Frau Gauden The creature this week wants to give you that dog you wanted for the holidays. The catch is that it can never leave. Also, it will attack you. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram:

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392: 1001 Nights: The Unthinkable (part 1 of 2)

Myths and Legends ·

2024/11/06

🐍Hasib wants to avoid a freak library accident🐍So he will avoid learning anything. Ever. This week, it's the story of Hasib and the Queen of Serpents, the snake woman with a cistern full of honey...and a secret. --- 😈 The Creature: Chameleon Bad news travels fast. Faster than a chameleon, at least. --- Links 🎧 Join the Community! Discord: Click here to join! 📖 Source The Queen of the Serpents: https://myths.link/hasib --- 📢 Sponsors Pretty Litter Pretty Litter’s amazing! You have

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56:33

389: Korean folklore: Star-crossed

Myths and Legends ·

2024/10/16

🖤 The story of why you don't menace crows. Even if the people you're doing it to try to mess with are extremely annoying and lovey-dovey. Or, if you're single and looking, here's why you should definitely throw some rocks at some crows. It might just lead to you meeting the love of your life... sixteen years later, after several trips through an active war zone. This is the unlikely love story of Pang Noo and Uhn Hah.Disclaimer: https://myths.link/389 😈 The Creature: Vu-Murt He's not a

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388: Finnish folklore: Uh oh, Better Get Mikko!

Myths and Legends ·

2024/10/09

The story of King Mighty Mikko, a young man who isn't a king or mighty, but he is Mikko, and maybe that's all he needs. Oh...and a very clever fox conman. The creature is Vishap, who lives at the top of a mountain and just wants to give you cash and prizes to not be covered in poison blood --- Discord: https://myths.link/discord Source: https://myths.link/mightymikko --- BetterHelp: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/myths today to get 10% off your first

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387: Slavic Folklore: Kind of Forgot About Vengeance...

Myths and Legends ·

2024/10/02

The conclusion of the story of Bova, where last episode we saw him ride out to battle alone against an army...but now he faces more danger delivering a letter and dressing up like an elderly man.The creature is Sunakake-Baba, a little old lady who will throw sand in your face...for justice? Source: https://myths.link/bova Post: https://myths.link/387 Come join us on Discord! https://myths.link/discord --- Sponsor: BetterHelp: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit

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386: Slavic Folklore: Really, Really, Ridiculously...

Myths and Legends ·

2024/09/25

The story of Bova, a hero from Slavic folklore, the beautiful beautiful man who is on a lifelong quest for vengeance. Against his mom. The creature is the Vila (or Vile), a ghost with unfinished business...of dancing naked in the town square. Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Discord: https://myths.links/discord Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Anti-soggy cereal bowl: https://myths.link/antisoggy --- Sponsors: Go to https://homechef.com/legends for 18 Free

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385: Aesop's Fables: On the Farm

Myths and Legends ·

2024/09/18

More fables from Aesop about life on the farm and how, if someone stops by wearing your friend's skin...they might not be all that trustworthy. The creature is the Veo, a dragon you don't want to slay. Discord: https://myths.link/discord Social Media: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership --- Sponsors: BetterHelp: Rediscover your curiosity, with BetterHelp. Visit https://betterhelp.com/myths today to get 10% oﬀ your first month. Shopify: Sign

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47:44

383: Monkey King: Food Fight

Myths and Legends ·

2024/09/04

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, is dead. For real. He was eaten by a lion and is gone for good because we can all trust Pigsy because he's so honest and not looking for a reason to cut and run.The creature is Ugallu, a demon from Babylonian mythology, who might be your hero. --- Our new Discord server! https://discord.gg/VYFa2wDF Updates for Myths and Legends and feed status, no logins required: https://www.mythpodcast.com/updates Myths and Legends on Instagram (our current social media of choice):

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381: Japanese folklore: Lend Me Your Ears

Myths and Legends ·

2024/08/21

Two stories from Japan about the stories we tell one another. On the first, it's a not-so-famous musician who gets a massive new audience for the legend he has been telling. For the second, it's a man who needs to do his duty...which means doing something terrible to someone he loves.The creature is to Totoima, a boar with a stomach ache...from devouring his children... The Tale of the Heike: https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Heike-Penguin-Classics/dp/0143107267 Doll with human teeth:

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377: 1001 Nights: Science and Geometry

Myths and Legends ·

2024/07/17

A story from "One Thousand and One Nights" about three wondrous gifts: a clock, a security system, and a fake horse that can fly. Bet you can't guess which one wins the prize at the king's big science and geometry fair.The creature is the Tangie! It'll be your friend, but only if you want to do crime. -- Sponsors: BetterHelp: Myths and Legends is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://BetterHelp.com/myths today to stop comparing and start focusing, with BetterHelp. Quince: Pack your bags with

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375: Monkey King: The Eyes Have It

Myths and Legends ·

2024/07/03

We're back in the story of the Monkey King and the Journey to the West where maybe this monastery is different and not haunted and infested with monsters? Maybe? Please? Also, we'll see if Xuanzang is old enough to go beg for food on his own without a bodyguard.The creature is Storsjöodjuret, and it's open season on cat-headed snake monsters. --- The Storsjöodjuret video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXfaTcecbIM Keyboard waffle iron:

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373: European Fairy Tales: The Elements

Myths and Legends ·

2024/06/19

The story of Undine, by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, is a direct precursor to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" and comes inspired by the soulless elemental creatures some alchemists thought populated our world. Really they just want to marry you and are mostly nice. The creatures this week are the Sirena, the Boa, and more - extremely dangerous snakes who just want to drink way too much milk. Toe Croc Charms:

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372: Greek Myths: Things as they Are

Myths and Legends ·

2024/06/12

The story of Demeter from Greek mythology is one of finding her place in the world. A world run by her terrible siblings, but it's ok. She's her own person and she can weather anything as long as she has her daughter Persephone by her side. As long as nothing happens to Persephone.The creature is the Ya-Te-Veo, a story told by people who traveled Central and South America in the 1800s. Disclaimer: https://myths.link/372 Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership --- Sponsors: Bombas:

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