Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod

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.

  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    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 just wants to watch the world die. But only if he has to die, eventually. He does? Ok, then bye, world.

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    Discord: https://myths.link/discord
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    YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Deacon Jeanie" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Galoshes" by Poddington Bear
    "Cave Creek Canyon Score 17" by Poddington Bear
    "Corkscrew Score 18" by Poddington Bear
    "Generously Unsteady" by Poddington Bear
    "The Onyx" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Trapped in a Stairwell" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Small Hours" by Poddington Bear

    11 February 2026, 8:30 am
  • 59 minutes 22 seconds
    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)

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    Links:

    Norse myth/legends episodes on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3djcC7s1vLSQVHfln7GRWg?si=iUmFY80jRbeo4xYegNfU5w
    Norse myth episodes by episode post: https://myths.link/427
    Source: http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/227.htm
    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: https://myths.link/bluesky
    YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Jardin des Plantes Score 2" by Poddington Bear
    "Ramona Falls Score 1" by Poddington Bear
    "Space" by Poddington Bear
    "TeleMezzo" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "The Compound" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Vellum and Steel" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Toadstool Runner" by Blue Dot Sessions

    28 January 2026, 8:30 am
  • 1 hour 15 minutes
    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 children, not even hairy monsters with (maybe) dog teeth.

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    Links:

    Disclaimer: https://myths.link/426
    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: https://myths.link/bluesky
    YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube
    Long source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/52564/pg52564-images.html#Page_212

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Cabana Flats" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Ilustrad" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Lana Minor" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Scallat" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Shepman" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Steady Now" by Blue Dot Sessions

    14 January 2026, 8:30 am
  • 35 minutes 58 seconds
    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.

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    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: https://myths.link/bluesky
    YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

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    🎵 Music Credits
    "An Easy Dream" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Slow Strutt" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Wilem's Discontent" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Myrian" by Blue Dot Sessions


    31 December 2025, 8:30 am
  • 52 minutes 10 seconds
    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

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    Links:

    ⚠️ Disclaimer: https://myths.link/424
    🏰 Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
    📚️ Fictional!: 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 (dialogues): https://myths.link/oisinvpat
    💸 Product: https://myths.link/catcage (warning, some other products featured may be sketchy so possibly NSFW)

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Farro" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Glenlea" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Lerma Rojo" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Our Minds Following" by Blue Dot Sessions


    17 December 2025, 8:30 am
  • 46 minutes 32 seconds
    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

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    📷️ Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram
    ✍️ Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky
    📼 YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube
    📖 Source: https://myths.link/haunted

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "An Unknown Visitor" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Late Night Reading" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Minesterio" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Sonatina" by Blue Dot Sessions


    3 December 2025, 8:30 am
  • 56 minutes 40 seconds
    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.

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    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

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "DeeDee Jackdaw" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Dorica Theme" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Marble Chase" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "ShadowPlay" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Tenaway" by Blue Dot Sessions


    19 November 2025, 8:30 am
  • 51 minutes 16 seconds
    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.

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    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

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "A Certain Lightness" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Blue Straggler" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Dolomite" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Obelisk Stands Silent" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Quarry Callis" by Blue Dot Sessions


    5 November 2025, 8:30 am
  • 55 minutes 10 seconds
    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.

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    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

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Dream Abridged" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Gadabasa" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Noen Prasat" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "The Burnishing" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Vellum Interlude" by Blue Dot Sessions


    22 October 2025, 7:30 am
  • 41 minutes 35 seconds
    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.

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    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: https://myths.link/harp

    ---

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Flagstone Abbey" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Kid Kodi" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Cirrocumulous" by Chad Crouch
    "Thimble Rider Theme" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "The Spring" by Chad Crouch
    "Hermit" by Chad Crouch


    8 October 2025, 7:30 am
  • 47 minutes 12 seconds
    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?

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    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: https://myths.link/ourson

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    🎵 Music Credits

    "Furano Line" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Godmother's Visit" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Lady Marie" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Rumoi Line" by Blue Dot Sessions
    "Rumoi Night" by Blue Dot Sessions


    24 September 2025, 7:30 am
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