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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 beginning of the story of Jason and his legendary Argonauts doesn't start with Jason, but with Z

Three stories of people making deals. The first is from Japanese folklore, and it's about making the

Three and a half stories of monsters of the ancient world. We meet vile beasts that lurk in the fore

A story of a super-powered Russian hero fighting the evil, also super-powered villain known as Night

This week, it's two of the earliest Cinderella sto

It's the conclusion of the Lancelot story, and we'll immediately pick up after last week's fairly ch

Things get weird on Lancelot's journey to become a knight of the Round Table...if Merlin trying to p

We're back in the time of King Arthur, picking up right about where we stopped off last time (though

Five stories of a very savvy, completely unscrupulous turtle from Nigeria. He's a trickster we've me

Born in ice and fire, Norse mythology starts violently...and strangely. There's a blood ocean, a gia

The Conclusion of the "Story of Hong Gildong" takes us from the household drama of last episode to a

Hong Gildong has been called the Korean Robin Hood, but really oversimplifies the story. It is both

Hercules is as terrible as he is awesome. There are sea monsters, centaurs, people being thrown off

An abbreviated history of Pocahontas and John Smith, this episode looks at the conflict largely from

The story of Pocahontas and John Smith has turned from compelling historical story of a brave woman

This is not the Beauty and the Beast you've heard. It's not even the story the one you've heard is b

Two stories from Greek Mythology: first, it's the story of Sisyphus, who you might know from his int

33-Ali Baba: Inheritance

2016/5/18

As you've probably come to expect, the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, perhaps the second m

32-Tricksters: Wager

2016/5/11

Three stories of tricksters. We have Coyote from Native American mythology giving great gifts and ra

The conclusion of the Saga of Arrow-Odd, a man who is destined to live 300 years, yet cursed to be k