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Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser and Carissa Weiser tell stories from myths, legends, and folklore that have shaped cult

Episodes

Total: 510

The story of Zjermi, Handa, the dragon Kuchedra, and about a hundred naked armpit angels from Albani

In a story from the folklore of the Sorko people who lived along the Niger river in West Africa, a h

The conclusion of "A Heart of Stone" by Wilhelm Hauff, where we see what happens when Peter Munk, ou

A German fairy tale about striving, falling short, and then seeking help from dangerous mythological

Three stories from the Grimm brothers of people helping someone out. Sometimes that goes well. Other

A story from India about what happens when a murder cult who turns intruders into dogs moves in acro

Odysseus confronts the suitors, and our long journey comes to its end. The creatures (Bakwas and Dz

Odysseus finally landed on Ithaca, but, with 120 angry, armed men in his house who want his wife and

This week, we're in French fairy tales with queen who prepared her daughter for the world a little t

Three stories from Korean folklore! On the first, a boy loves collecting stories, but no one really

This week, there are two stories from the north. On the first, a young Danish man is doing the hero'

We finish up our current run of King Arthur episodes with the most evil castle in the land having fa

We catch up with the strange knight in the white armor, the boy who doesn't know his own past, as he

We're back in the world of King Arthur! It's been too long, and if you haven't heard our King Arthur

Robin decides that, you know what he needs? To walk directly into the home of his greatest enemies.

Two stories from Ireland. On the first, Finn McCool, a giant Irish here, isn't scared! He totally is

A story from the Brothers Grimm about an evil king and a bad penny of a kid who's apparently unkilla

We're back in the story of the Monkey King and the Journey to the West. After picking up Sandy, the

Two stories from the Italian writer Giovanni Francesco Straparola, who earns the title of one of the

Two stories from Greek/Roman mythology this week with the (not remotely) love story of Apollo and Da