Myths and Legends

Aphrodite is looking for love in all the wrong places. It's the story of where she came from, her side of her doomed marriage with Hephaestus, and how the love of her very, very long life was a tree baby.

The creature is Buffardello, a small, bearded fairy from Italy with many, many weird hobbies.

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Music: 

Leave the TV on by Blue Dot Sessions

We Build with Rubber Bands by Blue Dot Sessions

House of Grendel by Blue Dot Sessions

Naptime by Blue Dot Sessions

Darkened Treeline by Blue Dot Sessions

Two young men: a wildman determined to collect 1000 swords from defeated samurai, and a displaced son of a clan leader, who had spent his childhood on the run. Together, these two would find their place in the world, and change it in the process. 

The creatures are the Keltémas and Kazna Peri, and they just might help you get rich...or lead you out into a snowstorm straight from the bath. 

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The phone umbrella: https://myths.link/phonebrella 

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership 

Creature book: https://myths.link/cheremiscreaturebook

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/324

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Music: 

"Cicle DR Valga" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Just the Feeling in the Room" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Micolai" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Disinter" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Solemn Application" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Feather on the Crest" by Blue Dot Sessions

The story of Erec and Enide from Arthurian Legend is a good illustration of why you should try to work out your problems as a couple with empathy, understanding, and communication...and not through a deadly quest filled with pointless, brutal combat.

The creatures are the Elephant Men, the strange visitors you get when you're drinking whiskey with friends down by the river.

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Disclaimer: https://myths.link/323

Myths and Legends membership https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

Book by the person in the creature of the week segment: https://myths.link/elephantbook

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Music:

"Capilla" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Rough Hewn" by Blue Dot Sessions
"The Rampart" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Vulcan Street" by Blue Dot Sessions

Just ask dad

Two Norwegian tales of asking dad. All seven of them. Who live in the same house. Or might not have a house to go back to, depending on the story. 

The creature is the orc! It is both different from the Lord of the Rings orc and very currently a problem!  

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Storage Soles: https://myths.link/storagesoles
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership 
Billy B's version of the Orc: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc_(Blake)
If you're on Mastodon, come say hi: https://weiser.social/@jason

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SimpliSafe: There’s no safe like SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/legends  

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Music: 

"Long Await" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Smooth Edges" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Tell What You Know" by Blue Dot Sessions

On his quest to help princess Ingigerd, Hrolf has become enslaved by the wily William, a con man who wants to be a prince. This episode, they'll come face-to-face with ghost kings, giant walruses, mythological dwarves, and the evil wizard that took down an entire kingdom.

The creature is Biron (びろ～ん)! He's a little gross and weird!

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Biron: https://yokai.com/biron/
Disclaimer: https://myths.link/321b

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Music:

"Our Ears, Deceivers" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Elegant Weasel" by Blue Dot Sessions
"PlainGrey" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Aloscape 1" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Morning Bells" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Luper" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Ask the Sisters" by Blue Dot Sessions

This week, it's the Saga of Göngu-Hrolf, from Icelandic folklore. It starts with a king getting one, solitary, five-foot-long, apparently super attractive hair wrapped in a scarf...and only gets better from there. There are evil wizards belching (yes, belching) fire and poison, somber Vikings getting conned, and a deadly honeypot zombie trap for any heroes who might try to be heroes. It's a fun one. 

The creature is the Nunui, and you'll see why you want to wear shoes when gardening.  

Chicken arms: https://myths.link/armedchickens
Disclaimer (and author quote): https://myths.link/321a
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership  

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Music:
"Our Lament" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Step in Step out" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Caverna" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Babble Babble Brook" by Blue Dot Sessions

The hero twins will rise...

...and then fall. The underworld calls, and the monsters of their past comes back to haunt them. 

The creature is the Obda, from Mari folklore. Yet another hairy naked man who lives in the forest. Who want to tickle you.  

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
Alligator (warning, skinned alligator): https://myths.link/alligator  

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Music: 

"Caveman" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Pickers" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Huffalo" by Blue Dot Sessions

In the beginning, the gods apparently had an undo button.

And angry tortilla griddles that took out the first humans. Today, it's the beginning of the beginning in the Popol Vuh. We'll meet a macaw who thinks he's the son, a metal band lineup of underworld beings, and see the birth of the hero twins, who are destined to go up against the batman* 

*not that batman 

The creature is the Snallygaster, the answer to the age-old question of what happens when a Cthulhu bird gets drunk?

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Links! 

An excellent translation of the Popol Vuh: https://myths.link/popolvuh 

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership  

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Can you beat fate?

Subramanya has learned something terrible about two people who are practically siblings to him. Can he use his deep wisdom to beat the life that's laid out before them?

The creature is maneki-neko, the waving cat, and we'll see how cats can be very lucky...if they can be bothered to help you in the first place.

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Links!
Disclaimer: https://myths.link/319
Source: https://myths.link/fate
Pooping clock: https://myths.link/sandclock
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

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Music

"Vienna Beat" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Plaque" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Mogul" by Blue Dot Sessions
"In the Box" by Blue Dot Sessions

Hephaestus has his day

Who is the smith god of Olympus? Why is he married to Aphrodite, and why can't he catch a break? This week, it's all about Hephaestus and his journey of self discovery where he (hopefully) doesn't fall off a mountain. Again.

The creature is the Sea Hare. It's a hare that lives in the sea and also is relentlessly vicious.

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Links

That disclaimer: https://myths.link/318
Membership, anyone? https://mythpodcast.com/membership

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Sponsors

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Music

"Pink Skies" by Chad Crouch
"Soft Light" by Chad Crouch
"Evening Overture" by Chad Crouch
"Among the Reeds" by Chad Crouch
"Grand Caravan" by Blue Dot Sessions