Myths and Legends

By: Jason Weiser Carissa Weiser Nextpod
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  • 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 the map was a dangerous and wonderful place.
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  • 394: Danish folklore: Heartless

    394: Danish folklore: Heartless
    Nov 20 2024
    🧙‍♂️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.

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    🎧 Connect with us!

    • Discord: Click here to join!
    • Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com
    📖 Sources

    • Toller's Neighbors: https://www.wisdomlib.org/scandinavia/book/a-collection-of-popular-tales-from-the-norse-and-north-german/d/doc64489.html
    • The Man Without A Heart: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danish_Fairy_and_Folk_Tales/The_Man_without_a_Heart
    📼 YouTube

    We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

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    🎵 Music Credits

    • "Upper Registers" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Bergeron" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    42 mins
  • 393: 1001 Nights: Let it Be(ak) (part 2 of 2)

    393: 1001 Nights: Let it Be(ak) (part 2 of 2)
    Nov 13 2024
    📝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.

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    😈 The Creature: Wokulo

    Tiny invisible hairy naked men could be watching you right now. And they're really good at wrestling.

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    Links

    🎧 Join the Community!

    Discord: Click here to join!

    📖 Source

    One Thousand and One Nights Vol. 5: https://myths.link/hasib

    ⚠️ Content Warning

    Show post: https://myths.link/393

    📼 YouTube

    We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

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    🎵 Music Credits

    • "The Gran Dias" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Don Germaine" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Convex Marsa" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Brer Sprine" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    55 mins
  • 392: 1001 Nights: The Unthinkable (part 1 of 2)

    392: 1001 Nights: The Unthinkable (part 1 of 2)
    Nov 6 2024
    🐍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.

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    😈 The Creature: Chameleon

    Bad news travels fast. Faster than a chameleon, at least.

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    Links

    🎧 Join the Community!

    Discord: Click here to join!

    📖 Source

    The Queen of the Serpents: https://myths.link/hasib

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    📢 Sponsors

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    BetterHelp

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    🎵 Music Credits

    • "Rest (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch
    • "Telmain Ares" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Kalsted" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Hanging Rock" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    47 mins

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Adventure Time

If you still like storytime as an adult then this is absolutely worth your time, you can find the epic stories of King Arthur, Hercules, and The Monkey King, but also many criminally underrated stories like Arrow Odd (ep31) Tatterhood (ep146) and The Mabinogian (ep181 & 217)

The writers have a great sense of humour, I work outdoors and highly recommend listening to a story outside, if you don't mind laughing in public for no apparent reason.

This podcast does exactly what it says on the box.
I used a different app, but have listened to every episode, even the early ones.

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