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348-World folklore: Untitled Goose Episode (ad-free)

By |2023-12-19T23:57:33-05:00December 19th, 2023|Categories: Member Post|

Two myths and a lie! Two stories this week are tales from world folklore. One is a tale created by us for this episode. Check out the poll in our Instagram stories (https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends) or vote on the site if you're not on Instagram (https://myths.link/348) to let us know which one you think is the lie! -- [...]

347-Viking Legends: Fool Me Once

By |2023-12-13T08:15:25-05:00December 13th, 2023|Categories: Episodes, Podcast|Tags: |

The story of Ketil Trout is about growing up and learning to be your own person. It's a coming-of-age tale with giant fights, dragon slaying, and outlaw who know way to many trout facts. The creature, Nure-onna, is that woman down by the beach who is not-so-secretly also a quarter-mile-long snake. Links! Doorstop [...]

347-Viking Legends: Fool Me Once (ad-free)

By |2023-12-12T17:30:46-05:00December 12th, 2023|Categories: Member Post|

The story of Ketil Trout is about growing up and learning to be your own person. It's a coming-of-age tale with giant fights, dragon slaying, and outlaw who know way to many trout facts. The creature, Nure-onna, is that woman down by the beach who is not-so-secretly also a quarter-mile-long snake. Links! Doorstop buddy: https://myths.link/doorstopbuddy Butter [...]

346-Athena: Friends in Need (ad-free)

By |2023-12-05T22:22:55-05:00December 5th, 2023|Categories: Member Post|

Tales of everyone's favorite Olympian in charge of warfare, wisdom (& crafts!): Athena. Well, everyone's favorite except for anyone who has been led to a grisly adventurer fate by her. Or been turned into a monster by her. Or has adopted a snake from her. Or... The creature is Hyena Man! He's way worse than the [...]

Member episode 90-British Legends: Toxic

By |2023-12-08T09:53:44-05:00December 1st, 2023|Categories: Member Post|

What happens when your curse backfires and the person you're cursing has a wonderful life. The creature is the Ichthyocentaur, the odd centerpiece of a fountain in front of the Missouri statehouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_of_the_Centaurs Music: "Town Market" by Blue Dot Sessions

345-Welsh legends: Fetch Quest (ad-free)

By |2023-11-28T17:52:31-05:00November 28th, 2023|Categories: Member Post|

The story of Culhwch and Olwen is that of a thousand quests and why it's probably ok to name your baby after the place they were born...but maybe not if they were born in a literal pigsty. The creature this week is the Hydrus, who is not the Lernian Hydra, of Heracles fame, but it does [...]

244-Armenian folklore: Giants, Giants Everywhere (ad-free)

By |2023-11-21T18:47:48-05:00November 21st, 2023|Categories: MythPodcast|

The story of Mirza, from Armenian folklore, and why it pays to be a heavy sleeper. Also, if you find your incredibly angry, stinky uncle chained up in a closet...it's probably best to leave him there. If you can. The creature this week is Big Bird! If Big Bird ate corpses... The story of Mirza: https://myths.link/mirza [...]

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