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**Myths and Legends**

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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405: European legends: Ale to the King Mar 26, 2025

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🍺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.
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"The Furthering" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Country Butter" by Blue Dot Sessions
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404: Monkey King: Not Found Mar 12, 2025

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🤑 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?
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"Awaiting an Arrival" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Soda Baron" by Blue Dot Sessions

403: Norse sagas: Wormtongue Feb 26, 2025

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⚔️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?
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Source: https://www.sagadb.org/gunnlaugs_saga_ormstungu.en

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"Black Ballots" by Blue Dot Sessions
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402: Japanese folklore: Misconceptions Feb 12, 2025

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🐸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.
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Story 1: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3998/mpub.18748.20
Story 2: https://www.japanpowered.com/folklore-and-urban-legends/two-frogs-japanese-folktale
Story 3: https://www.worldoftales.com/Asian_folktales/Japanese_folktale_63.html#gsc.tab=0

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"Then Disappeared to the Ground" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Bogs Reverie" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Jat Poure" by Blue Dot Sessions

401: Chinese Zodiac: Rat Race Jan 29, 2025

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🐀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.
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"The Sermon" by Blue Dot Sessions

400: Celtic folklore: The Baddies Jan 15, 2025

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👸 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.
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"Intrinsic Pace" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Gene's Waltz" by Blue Dot Sessions

399: Canadian folklore: Wild Night Dec 31, 2024

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🎉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.
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📖 Sources

La Chasse Galerie: https://archive.org/details/lachassegalerieo00beau/page/n13/mode/2up
Legends of Le Détroit: https://archive.org/details/cu31924028870686

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"Golden Grass" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Bedroll" by Blue Dot Sessions

398: Nordic Christmas: In the Bleak Mid-winter Dec 18, 2024

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🌲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.
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397: Monkey King: King of Hearts Dec 11, 2024

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🐵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
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396: Greek Myths: Hades, Too Dec 04, 2024

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💀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.
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📖 Sources

Metamorphoses: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21765/21765-h/21765-h.htm

Hesiod's works: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/348

The Library of Apollodorus: https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html

The Extant Odes of Pindar: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10717

The Iliad: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130

The Odyssey: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727

The Greek Myths: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310786/the-greek-myths-by-robert-graves/

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🍺Meet Cambrinus, things aren't going so well for him🍺

🤑 The Monkey King and friends are making money and staying in fancy hotels🤑

⚔️The plight of the Viking celebrity poet⚔️

🐸Love means never having to say I'm sorry (I poisoned you)"🐸

🐀It's Race Day🐀

👸 Our princess is in another castle! 👸

🎉At a bad New Year's party?🎉

🌲Trolls, zombies, and evil housecats🌲

🐵Monkey and Co. are really hoping this city is different🐵

💀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: BwcaAn elf-like creature that does not like bowls of pee.---Links

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