Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, ...
🐵Monkey and Co. are really hoping this city is different🐵
I mean, it has to be, right? Not every city can be full of monsters...can it? We're back in the Journey to the West with Sun Wukong, the Monkey King.
😈 The Creature: Cacus
A half spider man that does whatever a spider can. Providing spiders breath file, steal cattle, and get killed by Hercules
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396: Greek Myths: Hades, Too
💀Hades is taking the long way home💀
After dropping Persephone off in the world of the humans, Hades makes the long walk back down to his palace at the heart of his realms, giving us a tour of the greek underworld and all the things that creep within.
😈 The Creature: Bwca
An elf-like creature that does not like bowls of pee.
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📖 Sources
Metamorphoses: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21765/21765-h/21765-h.htm
Hesiod's works: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/348
The Library of Apollodorus: https://www.theoi.com/Text/Apollodorus1.html
The Extant Odes of Pindar: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10717
The Iliad: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6130
The Odyssey: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1727
The Greek Myths: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310786/the-greek-myths-by-robert-graves/
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395: Breton folklore: Darkest Knight
🏰 Why maybe you should pass on dating that person with the dad who murders everyone trying to date them 🏰
The tale of Degarré is a story of knights, chivalry, violence, and grappling with what it means when the person you've idolized and sought your whole life...might just be the villain of the story.
😈 The Creature: Ninmenju (人面樹)
That tree that thinks you're HILARIOUS...until you bite into its face fruit.
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"Death of the Dragon" by Yagull Music
"March of the Dragons" by Yagull Music
"Dream Roads Forever" by Yagull Music
"Town Market" by Blue Dot Sessions
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394: Danish folklore: Heartless
🧙♂️How a Scientist Becomes a Wizard🧙♂️
Two stories from Denmark about people dealing with their neighbors in very different ways. One loves and accepts them. The other just wants to get away so he tears out his own heart.
😈 The Creature: Abumi-guchi (鐙口)
AKA Stirrup mouth. Your friend to the end. And beyond.
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Toller's Neighbors: https://www.wisdomlib.org/scandinavia/book/a-collection-of-popular-tales-from-the-norse-and-north-german/d/doc64489.html
The Man Without A Heart: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Danish_Fairy_and_Folk_Tales/The_Man_without_a_Heart
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"Bergeron" by Blue Dot Sessions
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393: 1001 Nights: Let it Be(ak) (part 2 of 2)
📝A Cavern Full of Snakes is apparently a Great Classroom📝
Hasib is still stuck in the room with the Queen of Serpents and twelve thousand snakes, and the QoS a story to tell. Two of them, actually. Long ones. Two years' worth of stories of guys lost in the world...and two different ways of dealing with mistakes and loss. Basically, she's being a very tricky teacher.
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😈 The Creature: Wokulo
Tiny invisible hairy naked men could be watching you right now. And they're really good at wrestling.
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"The Gran Dias" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Don Germaine" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Convex Marsa" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Brer Sprine" by Blue Dot Sessions
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.