Myths and Legends

By Jason Weiser

SHOW 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.

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	EPISODES LIST
		124-Greek Mythology: The Fall The Centauromachy and Theseus in the Underworld	10.17.2018
		123-Dark Tower: Directions A game turns dark as a child disappears. Her brothers will need to follow her to the dark tower.	10.10.2018
		122-Indian Folklore: Let it Be A king really doesn't like a prophecy about his family, so he takes fate into his own hands. It goes about as well as you'd think	10.03.2018
		121-Grimm Brothers: King of the Mountain A merchant makes a deal...and things take a dark turn.	09.26.2018
		120B-Holy Grail: Beyond the Sea The Grail comes to Britain	09.19.2018
		120A-Holy Grail: Only the Penitent Man Will Pass The Holy Grail. This is where it all begins.	09.12.2018
		119-Sleeping Beauty: Rude Awakening The original story of Sleeping Beauty.	09.05.2018
		118-Jewish Folklore: The Eyrie The story of a king who really doesn't want to work...and an ancient secret that's been hidden away.	08.29.2018
		117-Romanian Folklore: What did it Cost? A father makes a promise he can't keep. It's kind of not his fault, though. Being a new parent is super tiring.	08.22.2018
		116B-Mexican Legends: Outlaw Country Joaquin Murrieta thinks he is unstoppable. He's not wrong.	08.15.2018
		116A-Mexican Legends: Alta California The legend of the famous wild west outlaw, Joaquin Murrieta	08.08.2018
		115-Chinese Folklore: Another Brick in the Wall The story of Meng Jiangnu and the Great Wall	08.01.2018
		114B-Indian Stories: Heavy The world has been quiet for centuries, but everyone knows that they will return. The demon kings. An ancient evil destined to be reborn a third and final time.	07.25.2018
		114A-Indian Stories: Calamity The lives of Jaya and Vijaya	07.18.2018
		113-Armenian folklore: Occupational Hazard The story of the a prince whose life is too awesome	07.11.2018
		112C-Pinocchio: Whale Jail The end of Pinocchio	06.27.2018
		112B-Pinocchio: Nosey Pinocchio part two, in which a lot of stuff happens to our little buddy, starting with him coming back to life.	06.20.2018
		112A-Pinocchio: No Strings Attached The amazingly brutal original story of Pinocchio	06.13.2018
		111-Thumbelina: Sweet Summer Child A fairy tale for children about a girl being born from a flower and trying to find love manages to contain kidnapping, death threats, crushing nihilism, and sleazy moles.	06.06.2018
		110-Viking Myths: Alone Odin. Jotunheim. Shin Tinder. We're back in Norse mythology with the legendary story of Hadingus	05.30.2018
		109-Athens: Home The royal family of Athens. Dragon kings, bird princesses, and everything in between.	05.23.2018
		108-Tom Thumb: Thumbs Up The story of a guy named Tom...who is as big as a thumb.	05.16.2018
		107B-Golem: To Dust You Shall Return The golem of Prague and the Maharal's final blood libel	05.09.2018
		Bonus-U.S. Folklore: Gaslighting A bonus story this week from the southern United States. Thank you for helping Myths and Legends win a Webby!	05.05.2018
		107A-Golem: Guardian The Golem of Prague, from Jewish legend.	05.02.2018
		106C-African Legends: Who Tells Your Story The conclusion of the story of Sundiata	04.25.2018
		106B-African Legends: Bad Move Djata's life continues being difficult while a new evil rises in the north	04.18.2018
		106A-African Legends: Long Live the King The story of Sundiata, the first ruler of the Mali empire	04.11.2018
		105B-Reynard: Ferocious Mr. Fox Reynard the fox continues to make terrible, or brilliant, choices	04.04.2018
		105A-Reynard: Fox on the Run The animal kingdom is a horrible, horrible place.	03.28.2018
		104-Egyptian Mythology: The First Avenger The battles of Horus and Set rage for 90 years along the Nile.	03.21.2018
		103-Middle Eastern Folklore: Shipshape A story of witches, genies, male models, and angry cats	03.14.2018
		102-Charlemagne: Honor Among Thieves The Holy Roman Emperor is on a mission from God...to steal a bunch of stuff from his neighbor	03.07.2018
		101-Fairy Tales: Three Dog Night Stories of money problems from Denmark and Vietnam	02.28.2018
		100B-Knights of the Round Table: Family Reunion Things get weird on Yvain and Gawain's quest...well, weirder than usual.	02.21.2018
		100A-Knights of the Round Table: Buddy System Sir Yvain and Sir Gawain go on a road trip (i.e. forced exile)	02.14.2018
		99-William Tell: One Shot William Tell is so much more than an arrow and an Apple	02.07.2018
		98-Native American History: Runner in the Night The true story of Gouyen, an Apache woman who would go to any lengths to bring her husband's killer to justice	01.31.2018
		97-Jack and the Beanstalk: Sleeping Giant Two Jacks that kill giants, but in very different ways	01.24.2018
		96-Russian Folklore: Cold as Ice The Snow Maiden from Russian folklore and The Snow Child from European folklore. A lot of snow this week. It's really cold here.	01.17.2018
		95B-Irish Legends: Finn the Human A giant otherworldly monster that shoots fire from its mouth. The treacherous chief that killed his father. A super-smart fish dinner. We're wrapping up the first part of the legend of Finn MacCool	01.10.2018
		95A-Irish legends: Wanted The story of Finn MacCool, a legendary Irish warrior	01.03.2018
		Bonus-The Time Machine: Inspector Spacetime Since we're off this week, it's a bonus episode from our other podcast, Fictional.	12.29.2017
		94-Norse Legends: A Very Viking Christmas Grettir's worse/best Christmas ever	12.20.2017
		93B-Theseus: Love and War Theseus and the Amazons and the story of Hippolytus	12.13.2017
		93A-Amazons: Wonder Women Zeus v. Typhon and the beginning of Theseus and the Amazons	12.06.2017
		92-Greek Myths: Gigantic The Gigantomachy - the war with the giants in Greek mythology	11.29.2017
		91-Greek Myths: Fatherhood The stories of Helios and Phaethon and that of the giant brothers, both from Greek mythology	11.22.2017
		90-Viking Legends: Mighty The story of Thorstein Mansion-Might, the Viking who was bigger than doors.	11.15.2017
		89-Maui: The Mauiest Maui Maui, as depicted in Maori folklore	11.08.2017

LAST EPISODE

124-Greek Mythology: The Fall

10.17.2018

The Centauromachy and Theseus in the Underworld