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by 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 the map was a dangerous and wonderful place.
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- 1 weeks ago56 min
446: Samhain: Back from the Dead
👻No one parties on Halloween Night like Nera and his friendsBecause their parties involve making bracelets. And corpses. And making bracelets for corpses.It's Samhain night, and Nera, a lowly spearman, accepts a dare from his king. It's a simple task that will change his life forever.😈 The Creature: AhuizotlJust a simple dog with a hand on its tail running a protection racket by the lake.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder📊 The Survey:If you have a minute, we'd love your feedback on the show, and you can enter to win a monthly drawing of free memberships (must be 18 years old to enter to win the membership): https://myths.link/survey🔗 Links:Disclaimer: https://myths.link/446Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipSource: https://myths.link/neraMyths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsHome Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners FIFTY PERCENT OFF and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legendsMint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.BetterHelp: If you’ve been waiting to start therapy, BetterHelp works with more than 125 health plan networks, and eligible members have an average copay of just $23 per session with insurance. Don’t have insurance or live outside the U.S.? You can still get 10% off your first month. Go to https://betterhelp.com/mythsWayfair: Head to https://wayfair.com to shop all things home.---🎵 Music CreditsEverything is Not Fine by Breakmaster CylinderDark Descends by Breakmaster CylinderBenchscoot by Breakmaster CylinderRevolving Doors Tenson by Breakmaster CylinderSoftly Cyclical by Breakmaster CylinderThe Voice is Still There by Breakmaster CylinderBelle Anette by Blue Dot Sessions
- 3 weeks ago53 min
445: Indian folklore: Fake It 'Til You Make It
💪There's something powerful about confidence.Except that, if you're not actually powerful...or generous...or deadly, pretending to be those things can get you in a lot of trouble. Only if you get caught, though. Three stories from South India of people who are faking it.😈 The Creature: Okuri inuLook, everyone wants a dog to hang out with them on the dark, scary road at night and protect them from dangerous mythological creatures. The problem is the Okuri Inu only protects you so that it can eat you itself.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder📊 The SurveyIf you have a minute, we'd love your feedback on the show, and you can enter to win a monthly drawing of free memberships (must be 18 years old to enter to win the membership): https://myths.link/survey🔗 Links:Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipSource: https://myths.link/sunMyths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsGranola: Once you try it on a first meeting, it's hard to go without. You can try it totally free—head to granola.ai/LEGENDSQuince: Find the fall pieces you’ll reach for most at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to quince.com. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. And when Quince asks where you heard about them, let them know it was Myths and Legends!---🎵 Music CreditsPicaroo by Blue Dot SessionsSmooth Edges by Blue Dot SessionsAlright but here's the problem by Breakmaster CylinderAll Those Fragile Little Pieces by Breakmaster Cylinder
- Sep 23, 20261h 3m
444: Dwarves: Ortnit Wit
🗡️Ortnit has it all.The strength of twelve men. A secret, super lineage. A dwarven sword and unbreakable armor. The question is, what is he going to do with it? Start a war to try to date a princess? Start a war to try to date a princess!😈 The Creature: TarasqueIf it looks like a Bowser, bites like a Bowser, and scratches like a Bowser, it's either a Bowser or it's the Tarasque. If it sings like a Bowser then it's probably a Jack Black.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder🔗 Links:Disclaimer: https://myths.link/444Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipMyths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsBetterHelp: Today's episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/myths.Home Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/myths.Mint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.Wayfair: Transform your space with pieces that hold up to real life. Join Wayfair Rewards today and get five percent back on every purchase. Head to https://wayfair.com or shop the Wayfair app for all things home. ---🎵 Music CreditsDidion by Blue Dot SessionsCorner at Mirabel by Blue Dot SessionsGilbert by Breakmaster CylinderWorld 4 - Trees by Breakmaster CylinderPixelwash Synthwaves by Breakmaster CylinderSequin Lobster by Breakmaster Cylinder
- Sep 9, 20261h 0m
443: Tricksters: Does Whatever A Spider Can
🕷️Spiders don't have tails, but this one has tales. Anansi is one of the most famous folklore tricksters in the world, but we'll see that behind every great trickster...is likely a trail of broken and/or angry people who want to get even.😈 The Creature: Tsuchinoko People are crazy about this chonky snake. I honestly don't even get it.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder🔗 Links:Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipSource: https://myths.link/anansiMyths and Legends YouTube: https://myths.link/youtubeTsuchinoko on TV Tropes: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Tsuchinoko💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsQuince: Find the fall pieces you’ll reach for most at Quince. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://Quince.com/legends for 365-day returns and free shipping on your order.BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp. Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://betterhelp.com/mythsHome Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box plus free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legendsGranola: If meetings are eating up your day, Granola is a no-brainer. You can try it totally free - just head to https://granola.ai/LEGENDS.---🎵 Music CreditsMotherless Brooklyn by Breakmaster CylinderSigns in the Snow by Breakmaster CylinderDriptape by Blue Dot SessionsMazzaorra by Blue Dot SessionsPatched In by Blue Dot SessionsBasal Fife by Blue Dot Sessions
- Aug 25, 202651 min
442: Greek Myths: The Poseidon Adventures
🔱It's Poseidon's turn.On the podcast. Not to be king of the gods. He's actually totally not mad that his little brother is king. Because Zeus isn't the king of him. But Poseidon does do everything his brother says. Not because Zeus told him to, though. He just planned to do it anyway, so no problem.😈 The Creature: The AlanJust don't boil Alan's kids and you're good.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder🔗 Links:Disclaimer: https://myths.link/442Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipMyths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsWayfair: Join Wayfair Rewards today to get 5% back on every purchase and start saving on your next home upgrade. https://wayfair.comGranola: If meetings are eating up your day, Granola is a no-brainer. You can try it totally free - just head to https://granola.ai/LEGENDS.BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. See the reviews, see what stands out, and see if BetterHelp is right for you. https://betterhelp.com/myths---🎵 Music CreditsJust Leave Me Submerged by Breakmaster CylinderLake Ditty by Blue Dot SessionsPinky by Blue Dot SessionsSteamboater by Blue Dot Sessionsick. by Breakmaster Cylinder
- Aug 12, 20261h 1m
441: Celtic folklore: Deerly Beloved
🗡️If at first you don't succeed, die, die again.Ian's had a hard life. That life gets even more difficult when he falls in love with a woman who is (not-so-secretly) a deer. And who makes him eat her earwax.😈 The Creature: The Charles Mill Lake MonsterThis week, the state of Ohio flexes its greatest (super)natural resource: quirky cryptids.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder🔗 Links:Disclaimer: https://myths.link/441Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipSource: https://myths.link/sourceMyths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsQuince: Upgrade your everyday. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://quince.com/legends. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too.Home Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legendsVinted: Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees, so you keep everything you earn.Mint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.---🎵 Music CreditsSalmony by Blue Dot SessionsAnother Love Song from the Corner by Breakmaster Cylinder8Bit Sadventure Time by Breakmaster CylinderNightwatch Beetles by Breakmaster CylinderSadly Here We Are Again by Breakmaster CylinderLessita by Blue Dot Sessions
- Jul 29, 202654 min
440: Monkey King: The Shakedown
🐒 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, knows a demon shakedown when he sees it.And what's happening in this town, where people need to pay upwards of $30k (in 2026 USD) a year to a Buddha they never see? That's a shakedown. Does his master, the Tang Monk, believe him? Of course he doesn't.😈 The Creature: Man-dragonHey, just because man-dragon knows something bad is about to happen and shows up there ahead of time doesn't mean he's obligated to tell you the bad thing that's going to happen.---📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder🔗 Links:Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipMyths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsBetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Don't let stigma stand in the way of support. Sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/mythsWayfair: Ready to upgrade your home for way less? Head to https://wayfair.com right now to shop all things home and get your space ready for less.---🎵 Music CreditsA Peaceful Plummet by Breakmaster CylinderSpheres of Doom by Breakmaster CylinderDamn Yea, Shebeasts! by Breakmaster CylinderDislotec - Pitbull by Breakmaster CylinderEmbers Bounce Around You on the Way Downward by Breakmaster CylinderElmore Heights by Blue Dot Sessions
- Jul 15, 20261h 4m
439: Indian folklore: Guess I'll Die
✏️Gaṅgâdhara's astrologer dad has some bad news for his boy: he's going to die.Well, first he'll spend a decade in prison, and then die. Then things will get better? It's the story of the Soothsayer's Son.😈 The Creature: Denpachi KitsuneAre you sure the best student in your school isn't a secret monster? Really? Ok, then, it's probably just Denpachi.---🎉 The Giveaway!From now until July 24th, 2026, Our awesome publisher is giving away 15 early copies of For the King, book one of Myths and Legends's comprehensive version of the King Arthur legends. The winners of the giveaway can read their very own free physical copy months before it even goes on sale! Enter to win here: https://myths.link/giveaway📖 The Book!Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder🔗 Links:Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membershipSource: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/37002/pg37002-images.html#ch3Myths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube💬 Social:Discord: https://myths.link/discordInstagram: https://myths.link/instagramBluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky---📢 SponsorsHome Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box plus free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legendsBetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Don't let stigma stand in the way of support. Sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/mythsQuince: Elevate your summer wardrobe. Head to https://quince.com/legends for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too.Mint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.---🎵 Music CreditsIndia Melody by Breakmaster CylinderLovin You is Easy Cause You're Chewable by Breakmaster CylinderTime's Arrow by Breakmaster CylinderOn a Straight Down Train Car by Breakmaster CylinderEtude 1 Cherub by Breakmaster CylinderIzeah by Blue Dot Sessions
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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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