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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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  • 413: European folklore: Justice

    413: European folklore: Justice
    Jul 16 2025
    🔔Ring the bell for justice🔔 Want justice? Ring the bell. Doesn't matter if you're a horse or a snake or a merchant or a peasant but if you're one of the latter two probably don't get caught ringing the bell of justice. King Charlemagne puts of a bell of justice and consequences ensue.

    😈 The Creature: The Dun Cow

    A giant cow that just wants to give your free groceries. Just don't try to take more than your fair share.

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    Links:

    📚️ Fictional is back!: https://fictional.fm/subscribe
    💬 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/damonpythias
    📖Source 2:https://myths.link/bellofjustice

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Collapsing Slo-mo" by Chad Crouch
    "Darning the Night" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "De-Facto" by Chad Crouch
    "Simple Aside" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "The Cost of All Things" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    54 mins
  • 412: Indian folklore: Dicey

    412: Indian folklore: Dicey
    Jul 2 2025
    🎲Losing your kingdom in a game of dice🎲 The story of Nala and Damayanti is a tale of love, loss, and losing everything but your underwear because of your terrible decisions and then also your underwear.

    😈 The Creature: Drekavac

    The creature is the Drekavac, and it's many things to many people. All of them are weird

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    Links:

    💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord
    📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com
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    📼 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Edgeworthia" by Chad Crouch
    "Pilgrim's Progress" by Chad Crouch
    "Dune Lullaby" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Thule Racer" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    59 mins
  • 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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    Links:
    📚️ Fictional is back!: https://fictional.fm/subscribe
    💬 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

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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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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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I love the way he tells the stories with humor and modern translations. Great podcast. Highly recommend.

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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 found this podcast several years ago when I broke my leg- vanlifing in winter, in my home of Alaska. I quickly listened to all of the episodes and loved them! Jason's dad- humor is excellent and his modern commentary to the insane normalities of of the past is refreshing. I've realized, that over the years, because of this podcast, I've become versed in many tales from around the world. And learned that humans will be humans; continually making the mistakes people have been for millennia. All in all, give it a listen! I will forever be a listener :)

Forever awesome 🤘🏼

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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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