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Myths and Legends

by Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod · English · Arts & Books

New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 55 min
Latest: 7 Oct 2026
Language: English

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026 · 54 minNew

445: Indian folklore: Fake It 'Til You Make It

💪 There's something powerful about confidence. Except that, if you're not actually powerful...or generous...or deadly, pretending to be those things can get you in a lot of trouble. Only if you get caught, though. Three stories from South India of people who are faking it. 😈 The Creature: Okuri inu Look, everyone wants a dog to hang out with them on the dark, scary road at night and protect them from dangerous mythological creatures. The problem is the Okuri Inu only protects you so that it can eat you itself. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st…

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E444 · 23 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

444: Dwarves: Ortnit Wit

🗡️ Ortnit has it all. The strength of twelve men. A secret, super lineage. A dwarven sword and unbreakable armor. The question is, what is he going to do with it? Start a war to try to date a princess? Start a war to try to date a princess! 😈 The Creature: Tarasque If it looks like a Bowser, bites like a Bowser, and scratches like a Bowser, it's either a Bowser or it's the Tarasque. If it sings like a Bowser then it's probably a Jack Black. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend,…
E443 · 9 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

443: Tricksters: Does Whatever A Spider Can

🕷️ Spiders don't have tails, but this one has tales. Anansi is one of the most famous folklore tricksters in the world, but we'll see that behind every great trickster...is likely a trail of broken and/or angry people who want to get even. 😈 The Creature: Tsuchinoko People are crazy about this chonky snake. I honestly don't even get it. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and…
E442 · 25 Aug 2026 · 52 min

442: Greek Myths: The Poseidon Adventures

🔱It's Poseidon's turn. On the podcast. Not to be king of the gods. He's actually totally not mad that his little brother is king. Because Zeus isn't the king of him . But Poseidon does do everything his brother says. Not because Zeus told him to, though. He just planned to do it anyway, so no problem. 😈 The Creature: The Alan Just don't boil Alan's kids and you're good. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. If you like the podcast,…
E441 · 12 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

441: Celtic folklore: Deerly Beloved

🗡️ If at first you don't succeed, die, die again. Ian's had a hard life. That life gets even more difficult when he falls in love with a woman who is (not-so-secretly) a deer. And who makes him eat her earwax. 😈 The Creature: The Charles Mill Lake Monster This week, the state of Ohio flexes its greatest (super)natural resource: quirky cryptids. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and…
E440 · 29 Jul 2026 · 54 min

440: Monkey King: The Shakedown

🐒 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, knows a demon shakedown when he sees it. And what's happening in this town, where people need to pay upwards of $30k (in 2026 USD) a year to a Buddha they never see? That's a shakedown. Does his master, the Tang Monk, believe him? Of course he doesn't. 😈 The Creature: Man-dragon Hey, just because man-dragon knows something bad is about to happen and shows up there ahead of time doesn't mean he's obligated to tell you the bad thing that's going to happen. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a…
E439 · 15 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

439: Indian folklore: Guess I'll Die

✏️Gaṅgâdhara's astrologer dad has some bad news for his boy: he's going to die. Well, first he'll spend a decade in prison, and then die. Then things will get better? It's the story of the Soothsayer's Son. 😈 The Creature: Denpachi Kitsune Are you sure the best student in your school isn't a secret monster? Really? Ok, then, it's probably just Denpachi. --- 🎉 The Giveaway! From now until July 24th, 2026, Our awesome publisher is giving away 15 early copies of For the King , book one of Myths and Legends's comprehensive version of the King Arthur legends. The winners of the giveaway can…
E438 · 1 Jul 2026 · 52 min

438: Maui: Whatever Happened to the Man Who Snared the Sun?

🏝️No one has seen or heard about Maui for quite some time Meanwhile, all these strange portents are leading disparate groups to a faraway island, all the while there are ominous tales spoken in whispers. It's probably ok, right? I mean, it's Maui. He's always looking out for us. Right? 😈 The Creature: Menehune They'll build things for you (out of love), or they'll shoot you (also out of love?) but you better not watch them do either. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on…
E437 · 17 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

437: Czech folklore: House of the Dragon

🍼 If your parent goes through the trouble of getting you superpowers... Kind of the least you can do is get them a new house. And fight all the dragons infesting that house. And get their increasingly specific and dangerous medical treatments for their very real and not made-up illnesses. 😈 The Creature: Sisimito I did not know the Soviets had a secret program to create Chimpanzee-human hybrid. That's almost unrelated to the Sisimito. Almost. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend,…
E436 · 3 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

436: Korean folkore: Feet First

🪱 Mr. Worm is getting married! That (not creepy) stranger is looking in your windows! Shin is driving tired! Five interconnected stories from Korean folklore about letting people know the real you. And 😈 The Creature: Duergar If you're at risk of being beaten up by the Duergar, no offense, but you're probably already breaking several rules of the Myths and Legends podcast --- 🎉 The Giveaway! From now through June 14th, 2026, Our awesome publisher is giving away 35 early copies of For the King , book one of Myths and Legends's comprehensive version of the King Arthur legends. The winners…
E435 · 20 May 2026 · 51 min

435: Medieval Knights: Fifty Shades of Graelent

⚔️Sir Graelent is too beautiful for his scruples At least that's what the queen thinks. Good thing she doesn't have the power to wreck his whole life if he doesn't love her. Oh, wait... 😈 The Creature: The Witkəś Sick bears eating dirt means you have to get your gunpowder boat, scarecrow, and slow stump wick. That sentence will make sense if you listen to the creature of the week. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. If you like the…
E434 · 6 May 2026 · 55 min

434: Norse Mythology: The Old Man and the Stick

🐐 Who knew packing so many epic Norse heroes into a single house could have such disastrous consequences? Not Odin, that's for sure. There's trouble brewing in Valhalla, and there's only one man who knows how to solve it: Skíði, the smartest famous man of our world, Midgard. But, has the world of Midgard changed too much since Odin last looked in on it? 😈 The Creature: Lusca If you see octopus hands feeling around your boat, you better not toss that empty plastic bottle into the ocean. Probably don't do that anyway, actually. Littering is gross. 🎉 The Giveaway! From now until May 5, 2026,…
E433 · 22 Apr 2026 · 57 min

433: Spanish folklore: Doña of the Dead

⛰️ When the unthinkable happens, Doña must become something she doesn't even recognize to bring justice But, once she travels so far from herself, can she find her way home? This is the story of Doña Josefa Ramirez y Marmolejo. 😈 The Creature: Sheepsquatch Basically a Wampa from Star Wars that lives in West Virginia. --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st ! Written by Carissa, it's a definitive version of the King Arthur legends. If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us. Check it out here:…
E432 · 8 Apr 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

432: Japanese folklore: Sword it Out

🍜Samurai Pirates, Stabby Sumo Wrestlers, and Punchable Oni Are the consequences of Jiuyemon's actions. We all make mistakes. Too many of the samurai Jiuyemon's mistakes involved killing people with a sword while drunk, though. While the heat dies down, he needs to start a new life in exile. As a toothpaste salesman. 😈 The Creature: Kappa Famous for being cute and giving boat rides in Animal Crossing! Don't ask about what he used to get up to before he was a kawaii manga star, though! It definitely doesn't involve eating humans and having multiple anuses! --- 📖 The Book! Myths and Legends…
E431 · 25 Mar 2026 · 50 min

431: Turkish folklore: These Dreams

✨ Cobbler Ahmet just wants to fix shoes ✨ But his wife wants those sweet, sweet bath reservations, so it looks like he's going to go be the Chief Astrologer to the Sultan. The only problem(s)? He doesn't like astrology, doesn't know how to do it, and starts out by selling his astrology by the side of the highway. That's actually the second story, because this week there are two stories of two Ahmets following dreams. On the first is junkman Ahmet, who has the same wonderful dream every night...except when it stops being wonderful, and starts getting real, he learns that sometimes following…
E430 · 11 Mar 2026 · 51 min

430: Finnish folklore: Worn Out

✏️Osmo is a pretty solid sketch artist✏️ He’s not drawing a criminal, though. He’s drawing his sister, whose only crime is stealing the prince’s heart. And also maybe trying to escape the prison of the sea king, but that comes later. 😈 The Creature: The Jurua Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, there’s the jurua who is taking their family out to a nice dinner…of your flesh. Hope you’re wearing the right creeper. --- 🔗 Links: Disclaimer : https://myths.link/430 Membership : https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Source : https://myths.link/osmo YouTube :…
E429 · 25 Feb 2026 · 46 min

429: Slavic folklore: The Devilkin Made Me Do It

👞Goria the shoemaker has a bad boss👞 Is his boss the devil? Literally...well, no. Is the devil that Goria meets in a bar actually better than his boss? 100% yes. 😈 The Creature: Jack-in-Irons A creature who made it a bad thing to walk around threatening people with a spiky club and wearing human heads. Thanks, Jack. --- 🔗 Links: Disclaimer : https://myths.link/429 Ohio Potato Chip : https://myths.link/potatohio Membership : https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Source : https://myths.link/goria YouTube : https://myths.link/youtube 💬 Social Discord : https://myths.link/discord Instagram…
E428 · 11 Feb 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

428: Monkey King: The Pride

🐺Inside each of us there are two wolves. They are named 'Shifty' and 'Freaky'.🐺 Which one wins? Well it doesn't matter because they're both demons so maybe try to starve both of them out. Or spit in their faces and steal their name tags, like Sun Wukong does. No wrong answers because, in the world of the Journey to the West, anything goes. But for real, we catch back up with Monkey, Sandy, Pigsy, and the Tang Monk on their travels as they enter year 14 and the final leg of their journey. But are they ready for what awaits them? 😈 The Creature: Intulo An evil walking and talking lizard who…
E427 · 28 Jan 2026 · 55 min

427: Norse Legends: Wither or Not

🧙‍♀️So, you think your stepmom might be a sorceress🧙‍♀️ Common problem. Well, common for fairy tales, at least. But, have you thought that she might not like you putting her in a box and deciding what she is before you even get to know her? It's something you might want to think about. Definitely because you shouldn't be prejudiced. Also because if she's really a sorceress do you really want to make her mad? 😈 The Creature: Ipupiara A hairy, smelly merman who's just trying to keep up with the trends. (Picture: https://myths.link/427 ) --- Links: Norse myth/legends episodes on Spotify :…
E426 · 14 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

426: 1001 Nights: Djinning Up Some Trouble

🧞‍♂️Trying to meet the love of your life? Maybe ask for help from two genies trying to kill each other.🧞‍♂️ Even if you're not trying to meet the love of your life or, like the characters in today's story, actively trying to avoid meeting the love of your life because you really don't want to marry, you still might end up falling for someone anyway. And then maybe dying of a broken heart because that's apparently actually a thing. 😈 The Creature: Ebu Gogo They will take your stuff and your children...and then ask the children how to cook themselves because no one wants to eat raw…
E425 · 31 Dec 2025 · 36 min

425: Flemish legends: A Night Out

🧌We've all been there.🧌 You spend a night out with friends, hanging out in the dark forest, crashing an ogre party and making dog friends. The only problem? You were out past curfew. Oh, and you came in through the chimney and absolutely trashed your parents' house. 😈 The Creature: Jud The personification (or horse-onification) of evil who wants to talk to you about your drinking. --- Links: Membership : https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Fictional season 6 is out! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe Discord : https://myths.link/discord Instagram : https://myths.link/instagram Bluesky :…
E424 · 17 Dec 2025 · 52 min

424: Irish legends: Out of Time

🦌 Oh, deer. 🦌 No, really, the love of your life might just be a deer...or, well, a human in the form of a deer. Just ask your two cousins who are also your best friends and your literal dogs. They'll lead you right to her. This is the story of Oisín in Tir na nÓg from Irish folklore. 😈 The Creature: Chaneque A little shriveled man with the face of a baby who might eat your brain and/or soul --- Links: ⚠️ Disclaimer: https://myths.link/424 🏰 Membership : https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership 📚️ Fictional! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord : https://myths.link/discord 📷️…
E423 · 3 Dec 2025 · 47 min

423: Japanese folkore: The Illusionists

👹Something is lurking in the forest temple👹 While the country outside is rocked by the changes in the world, a village grapples with the idea that a monster of a land that's nearly gone still lurks in their midst. 😈 The Creature: Boraro Watch out or he'll turn you into a human Capri-Sun --- Links: 🏰 Membership : https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership 📚️ Fictional is back! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord : https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram : https://myths.link/instagram ✍️ Bluesky : https://myths.link/bluesky 📼 YouTube : https://myths.link/youtube 📖 Source :…
E422 · 19 Nov 2025 · 57 min

422: Scottish folklore: Witchful Thinking

🧙‍♂️So you've decided to steal from a witch or wizard🧙‍♀️ Are you sure about that? If you are, you might want to think about what you're going to do more than the characters in today's stories from Scotland and Norway. Especially if, like them, you end up stealing way more than you bargained for. 😈 The Creature: ewaipanoma The headless friends of all the children in South America. No you can't see them. Why would you even ask. Oh, you didn't? Well, you still can't see them. --- Links: 📚️ All of Fictional season 6 is available! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord :…
E421 · 5 Nov 2025 · 51 min

421: Viking Legends: Famous

🔥All the Viking warriors' hearts burn with love for Nítíða 🔥 And also the rest of them is on fire as well because that's what happens when you try to kidnap a maiden-king. 😈 The Creatures: Henkie The henkie is dancing with itself. When it's not watching you sleep, that is. --- Links: 📚️ All of Fictional season 6 is available! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord : https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram : https://myths.link/instagram ✍️ Bluesky : https://myths.link/bluesky --- 📢 Sponsors ButcherBox : Our listeners can get free turkey or ham in their first box, or choose ground…
E420 · 22 Oct 2025 · 55 min

420: Korean Grim Reaper: Saja Boys

⚰️It's Halloween⚰️ What do you do when death comes for you? Well, the characters in today's stories have a lot of ideas, and they're surprisingly successful. The problem? Death works on a much, much longer timeline. 😈 The Creatures: Bulgasari Why you don't feed your rice monster metal needles. Unlike most pets, it will be fine. You'll be in trouble, though. --- Links: 📚️ All of Fictional season 6 is available! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord : https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram : https://myths.link/instagram ✍️ Bluesky : https://myths.link/bluesky --- 📢 Sponsors Home…
E419 · 8 Oct 2025 · 42 min

419: Slavic folklore: Bad Heir Day

🪉Ivan fights wizards and monsters and Baba Yaga with a music streaming subscription🪉 What do you get when your daughters have been kidnapped by a sleezy cloud and your son not only spends all of his days jamming with his self-playing harp, but DOESN'T want to tear the heads off his friends? You get Tsar Wisehead, who apparently just figured out that parenting is hard. 😈 **The Creature: Garm Garm is serious about his job, and that's unfortunate because that job involves blood splatters and the end of the world. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord :…
E418 · 24 Sep 2025 · 47 min

418: French stories: Our Son, Ourson, the Bear

🐻Ourson is a Beary Good Guy🐻 Sorry, I couldn't resist, but he is actually a good guy. He isn't a bear though. He just looks like one to people who have probably never seen a bear, because he's kind of just a very hairy kid. He's like that because his mom kicked a toad that wasn't a toad and the toad cursed him. Don't worry, it'll make sense (mostly). 😈 The Creatures: Ga-Gorib A monster who does bad by tempting people into murdering...themselves? --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord : https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram :…
E417 · 10 Sep 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

417: Guy of Warwick: Don't Be That Guy

🛡️ This Guy? 🛡️ This guy is Guy of Warwick, and he's your guy. But only if you need someone to be the best guy in the world at fighting and killing. It's just too bad Guy hates being that guy. 😈 The Creature: Freybug and the Barguest Two black dogs who might give you wounds that will never heal, or maybe just stand there awkwardly until you leave. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe 💬 Discord : https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram : https://myths.link/instagram ✍️ Bluesky : https://myths.link/bluesky 📼 YouTube : https://myths.link/youtube 📖 Source 1 :…
E416 · 27 Aug 2025 · 39 min

416: Hans Christian Andersen: Humbugs

🪲 They're not so different 🪲 One is the king of the world, and the other is a beetle. One wants to fight God, the other wants to wear golden horse shoes. When it comes to being completely arrogant and insufferable, though, they have more in common than you might think. It's two fairy tales of pride and power from Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen. 😈 The Creature: The Elle-folk They're NOT elves. They just look and act like them and have a very similar name but if you say they're elves hope you enjoy your VERY sick cow. --- Links: 📚️ Fictional is back! : https://fictional.fm/subscribe…

About Myths and Legends

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.

Myths and Legends is a English arts & books podcast from Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod. Melo plays each episode straight from the publisher's own feed — no ads added, no account needed — and remembers where you stopped, in this browser only.

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Language: English
Category: Arts & Books
New episodes: Every two weeks
Typical length: 55 min
Latest episode: 7 Oct 2026
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