Myths and Legends
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.
- Website
- http://www.mythpodcast.com
- Description
- 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.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-10-03 03:30
- last episode published
- 2024-10-02 07:30
- publication frequency
- 7.05 days
- Contributors
- Jason Weiser
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 490
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Education Literature History Higher Education Arts
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Episodes
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| 2024-10-02 |
Slavic Folklore: Kind of Forgot About Vengeance (part 2 of 2) 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 wi... |
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| 2024-09-25 |
Slavic Folklore: Really, Really, Ridiculously Good-looking (part 1 of 2) 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. Instagr... |
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| 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... |
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| 2024-09-11 | The story of the silent princess and the prince who definitely has been cursed by that strange woman in the street. He totally hasn't just psyched himself out thinking that if he doesn't meet the silent princess, he will die, forcing him and his tutor ... |
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| 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, w... |
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| 2024-08-28 | We're back in the story of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and the Journey to the West, where Monkey goes undercover as a demon and defeats a whole army with a math equation. The creature is Tsuchi-gumo, the reason you don't want to be too good at your jo... |
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| 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 someth... |
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| 2024-08-14 | The story of the laidly worm is all about the costs and benefits of kissing dragons on the mouth. The creature is Topielec, and it might just make or break your video game franchise and/or book. --- Sponsors: For a limited time, Home Chef is offeri... |
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| 2024-08-07 | We finish up the story of Bard with that of his son, Gest, which includes bloody Christmas parties, fun new games for you and your friends will try* and what happens when you forsake everyone and everything you know and love (spoiler: it doesn’t go wel... |
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| 2024-07-31 | The first part of the story of Bard, a medieval Icelandic dad who goes full Batman. The creature is Stallo. It's made of turf and magic, but it takes half your remaining life as soon as it's born, so it's kind of like a real human child in that way. ... |
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