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Myths and Legends

Myths and Legends

By: Jason Weiser Carissa Weiser Nextpod
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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. 2015-2024 Bardic Enterprises LLC, all rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism World
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  • 411: Celtic folklore: The Wake

    411: Celtic folklore: The Wake
    Jun 18 2025
    ⛵️Get lost at sea with Maelduin⛵️ All Maelduin wants to do is avenge his father's murder...with more murder. He should have listened to that wizard. Because he didn't, his trip just got a whole lot longer. And stranger.

    😈 The Creature: The Donestre
    The lion headed stranger who will eat you, sure, but also feel really bad about it.
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    💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord
    📷️ Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram
    ✍️ Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky
    📼 YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube
    📖Source 1: https://myths.link/maelduin
    📖Source 2:https://myths.link/maelduin2
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    🎵 Music Credits

    "The Onyx" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Median Point" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "New Crescente" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Morning Glare" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Two Pound" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • 410: Japanese folklore: Provincial

    410: Japanese folklore: Provincial
    Jun 4 2025
    ⛩️Stories from the Japanese countryside⛩️ Five interconnected stories of purpose, meaning, justice, talking animals, the boss falling off a cliff, mushrooms, and travel hampers.

    😈 **The Creature: The Dinny Mara

    The Dinny Mara is a friendly merman who wants to rehabilitate the reputation of water creatures. They could probably start by not drowning so many people?

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    Links:

    ⚠️ Disclaimer: https://myths.link/410
    💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord
    📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com
    👕 Merch: https://shop.nextpod.com
    📼 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Never a Worried One" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Denton" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Toadstool Runner" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Spiro's Etude" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Writer's Retreat" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Paper Crane Sonata" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Convex Marsa" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 409: Reynard: Nasty, Brutish, and Short

    409: Reynard: Nasty, Brutish, and Short
    May 21 2025
    🦊 Reynard the fox hates meetings, too 🦊 Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we're back in the stories of Reynard the fox, with sick kings, superpowered storks, and Isengrim the wolf trying to not constantly get skinned alive.

    😈 The Creature: The Devs

    I guess you have to worry about head trauma and TBI a lot less when you have seven heads.

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    Links:

    💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord
    📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com
    👕 Merch: https://shop.nextpod.com
    📼 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos
    📖 (English) Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=_L4fAAAAIAAJ

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    🎵 Music Credits
    "Devanz" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Spunker" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Laddo" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    56 mins

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The stories are incredibly well adapted to the podcast format. I laugh out loud every episode & have heard so many fantastic stories over the years. My favorite podcast by far.

creative, hilarious, thoughtfully written

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stories from all over the world told in an entertaining way. I have relistened to every story at least three or four time. some, even more than that (Im talking to you, Sun Wu Kahn).

love the retelling of the best myths and legends

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if I could say how good it was from 1 through 10 it would be 10 there pretty much nothing wrong with it ( ;

nothing wrong with it

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We love listening to this with our teens! He has a fun spin on these!

Great podcast!!!

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you opened my eyes to different cultures, different viewpoints, and of course... HUMOR LOVE IT

i love this podcast

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I am really like this podcast. nice content. fantastic and excellent narration in this content.

Great!

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I have been listening since 2017 and since then have not missed an episode, I cannot describe what this podcast means to me, thank you Jason and Carissa for always keeping us entertained.

All time favorite podcast

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I have been listening to you for over 5 years your voice sounds like a narrator and I makes me want to fall asleep.

Awesome

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my favorite storyteller telling my favorite stories. this wife & husband team are great, they focus on the entire family being able to enjoy their take on myth & legends, they fill this episode with their humor which ensures they nudge you to LISTEN TO JUST ONE MORE EPISODE.

Fun & Educational,

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