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.
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  • 404: Monkey King: Not Found

    404: Monkey King: Not Found
    Mar 12 2025
    🤑 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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    🎧 Connect with us!

    • Discord: https://myths.link/discord
    • Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com
    🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back!

    https://shop.nextpod.com

    📼 YouTube

    We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

    🦴 Item this week

    Human femur? https://www.jonsbones.com/shop-by-category?category=long-bones

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    🎵 Music Credits

    • "Awaiting an Arrival" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Soda Baron" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    45 mins
  • 403: Norse sagas: Wormtongue

    403: Norse sagas: Wormtongue
    Feb 26 2025
    ⚔️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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    • Disclaimer: https://myths.link/403
    • Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
    • Source: https://www.sagadb.org/gunnlaugs_saga_ormstungu.en
    🎧 Connect with us!

    • Discord: https://myths.link/discord
    • Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    • Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com
    🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back!

    https://shop.nextpod.com

    📼 YouTube

    We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

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    🎵 Music Credits

    • "An Unknown Visitor" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Black Ballots" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Heath" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Quiet Sill" by Blue Dot Sessions
    • "Broken Rock Lament" by Blue Dot Sessions
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    58 mins
  • 402: Japanese folklore: Misconceptions

    402: Japanese folklore: Misconceptions
    Feb 12 2025
    🐸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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    Links

    Disclaimer: https://myths.link/402
    42 Rubber Chickens: https://myths.link/42rubberchickens

    🎧 Connect with us!

    • Discord: Click here to join!
    • Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends
    📖 Sources

    • 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
    📼 YouTube

    We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos

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    🎵 Music Credits

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

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creative, hilarious, thoughtfully written

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.

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love the retelling of the best myths and legends

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).

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nothing wrong with it

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

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Great podcast!!!

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

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i love this podcast

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

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Great!


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

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All time favorite podcast

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.

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Awesome

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

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Fun & Educational,

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.

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Great

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