Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cultures throughout history. Some, like the stories of Aladdin, ...
🏰 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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Sir Degarré: https://myths.link/degare
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🎵 Music Credits
"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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"Upper Registers" by Blue Dot Sessions
"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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One Thousand and One Nights Vol. 5: https://myths.link/hasib
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🎵 Music Credits
"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
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392: 1001 Nights: The Unthinkable (part 1 of 2)
🐍Hasib wants to avoid a freak library accident🐍
So he will avoid learning anything. Ever. This week, it's the story of Hasib and the Queen of Serpents, the snake woman with a cistern full of honey...and a secret.
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😈 The Creature: Chameleon
Bad news travels fast. Faster than a chameleon, at least.
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🎵 Music Credits
"Rest (Instrumental)" by Chad Crouch
"Telmain Ares" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Kalsted" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Hanging Rock" by Blue Dot Sessions
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391: Japanese Horror: Handsome Bad Man
👹If you can't be with the one you love...👹
Love the one you're with? What? No. Kill everyone in your way until you get what you want. This week: a ghost story from Japan about what happens when a ronin, a masterless samurai, has nothing to lose in a quest to regain what he lost, and the people unfortunate enough to be in his way.
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😈 The Creature: Waterlord
The bargain bin version of the Hydra...just don't sacrifice your kids to it.
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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.