323-Knights of the Round Table: Ladies' Knight
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Erec and Enide from Arthurian Legend is a good illustration of why you should try to wo...
322-Norwegian Folklore: Ask Dad
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Just ask dad Two Norwegian tales of asking dad. All seven of them. Who live in the same house. Or...
321B-Viking Legends: The Peacemaker
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On his quest to help princess Ingigerd, Hrolf has become enslaved by the wily William, a con man who...
321A-Viking Legends: Mostly Harmless
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, it's the Saga of Göngu-Hrolf, from Icelandic folklore. It starts with a king getting one...
320B-Popol Vuh: The Boys
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The hero twins will rise... ...and then fall. The underworld calls, and the monsters of their past...
320A-Popol Vuh: Origin Story
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the beginning, the gods apparently had an undo button. And angry tortilla griddles that took o...
319-Indian folklore: Tricks and Illusions
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Can you beat fate? Subramanya has learned something terrible about two people who are practically ...
318-Greek Mythology: Sad Lad
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Hephaestus has his day Who is the smith god of Olympus? Why is he married to Aphrodite, and why ca...
317-Monkey King: Make it Rain
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're back in the story of the Monkey King, and monkey finds a noble new calling: freeing enslaved m...
316-French Fairy Tales: Right Meow
19 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you see something you can't live without? A thing you desire so strongly that you ...
315-Korean folklore: Mountain Magic
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A story from Korean folklore about friendship, kindness, moving on, and why magicians are terrible a...
314-Greek Myth: Baby Steps
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story from Greek mythology of how Hermes became an Olympian by killing a turtle and eating some ...
313B-1001 Nights: Night Shift
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We wrap of the stories of the dervishes (and the mysterious visitors to the party who are DEFINITELY...
313A-1001 Nights: Party Down
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A party no one can speak of under threat of death. Genie fights, wizard battles, and grocery shoppin...
312-Norwegian Folklore: Let's Dance
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Norwegian tale about why you should pay your employees a living wage (or at least not beat them an...
311-Samurai: Lost and Found
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A Ronin (a masterless samurai) goes on a quest to find a stolen sword and restore the honor of his f...
310-Norse Sagas: The Maiden King
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Sigrgarthr and the Maiden King, from Icelandic folklore has Viking male models, ruthles...
309-Scandinavian Folklore: The Enemy of my Enemy
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, there are three stories of people bargaining: with the devil, with that angry lady who ow...
308-Tricksters: Food Chain
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Stories of tricksters from the folklore of the Hopi, Northern Pueblo, and Algonquin people. Coyote m...
307-Dragons: Pie Hard
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of why, no matter how good of an idea it sounds like after a few drinks, you shouldn't ste...
306-Latin American Folklore: Payback
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Latin America folklore about people (and animals?) getting payback. The first is a...
305-Turkish Folklore: Angry Bird
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the Bird of Sorrow, from Turkish folklore, has love, loss, gratitude, people messing up...
304-Celtic Folklore: Among Us
18 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Celtic folklore of the things that lurk among us: witches that live in our home tow...
303-Japanese Folklore: Rice and Means
11 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Japan about samurai (and wannabe samurai) following their dreams. Too bad it takes ...
302-Jewish Folklore: Losing Hares
04 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we learn where you shouldn't kiss a rabbit (it's exactly where you think), and how a danc...
301-Japanese Folklore: After Sundown
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a family and the monsters that hunt them. The twist? These are monsters that they might...
300-Norse Christmas: A Slaying Song Tonight
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An abbot spends Christmas surrounded by outlaws in the dark forest, so he can listen to mysterious, ...
299-Korean Folklore: Long Con
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The spies are coming. Governor Sim has gone too far and earned the attention of the king, who's send...
298-Finnish Folklore: Footsteps in the Dark
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A home improvement project 800 years in the making that includes way too many wolves, rat parts, and...
297-Monkey King: Up in Smoke
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back in the story of the Monkey King as he and the crew continues their journey to the west. X...
296B-Roman/Greek myths: Should I Bray or Should I Go?
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lucius has been turned into a donkey after using the wrong body lotion. Then, he was kidnapped by ba...
296A-Greek Myths: To Bewitch or Not to Bewitch
16 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lucius’s lifelong dream, as of ten minutes ago, is learning how to do sorcery. Luckily, he’s not...
295-1001 Nights: What's in the Box?
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a merchant gets lost ducking out early from a funeral and who ends up sleeping in a gra...
294-West African Folklore: Spirited Away
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Moremi Ajasoro from modern-day Nigeria has love, loss, and, of course, evil forest mons...
293-Hans Christian Andersen: The Little Things
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories, two small things making enormous problems. We have "The Princess and the Pea" and "The ...
292-Germanic Legends: Dwarf Fortress
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Magic swords, Viking legends, dwarves, ice queens, and enchanted rose gardens, this story of Dietric...
291-Japanese Folklore: The Monsters
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories of monsters from Japan. We have a tanuki, the monsters that lurk in the civilized plac...
290-Indian Folklore: Hiss and Make Up
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story from Kashmir folklore about love, marriage, and murder. Kind of a lot of all those things, a...
289-Viking Sagas: Half the Man
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Half's Heroes, from the Icelandic Sagas. If you don't like being burned alive...and als...
288-Viking Sagas: The Pillage People
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Saga of Half and His Heroes from Icelandic folklore starts with Odin spitting in a family's ale ...
287-Korean Legends: Sob Story
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, it's the story of Stupid Ondal and the Princess Pyeonggang, where we see that it's Pyeong...
286-Japanese folklore: Cat Dad
07 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tokutarō is not going to be tricked by fox monsters. He's just not. Also, a dad has a big proble...
285-Romanian Folklore: Grin and Bear It
31 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Harap Alb (Povestea lui Harap Alb) from Romanian folklore has it all. Like, it really d...
284-Grimm: To the Point
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
I mean, if you style your beard to a point so that it looks like an enormous bird's beak, you can't ...
283B-Indian Folklore: To the Victor
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We see if Victor can come out on top using the power of stories…for murder? The creature is a ti...
283A-Indian Folklore: King of the Jungle
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a lion and his prey become best friends? Or when a monkey starts messing around on...
282-Gawain: All Knight Long
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
King Arthur and his best knight, Sir Gawain, have to answer the age-old question: what do women want...
281-Grimm: Beyond the Grave
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from the Grimm brothers with people going beyond death. On the first, it's a prince and ...
280-Korean Folklore: Family Matters
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories from Korean folklore about family with terrible frog sons, angry imps beating guys wit...
279-Norse Sagas: Prince Ali
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Spotted Ali, from the Icelandic sagas, has werewolves, ogre battles, and witch curses. ...
278-Oscar Wilde: Skyrockets in Flight
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two literary fairy tales from Irish writer Oscar Wilde. On the first, we'll see that even fireworks ...
277-1001 Nights: Kiss the Cook
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the cook and the warlock, from 1001 Nights, where you see how a hot tub can change your...
276-Swiss Horror: Along Came a Spider
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An adaptation of a Swiss horror novella "The Black Spider" by author Jeremias Gotthelf (AKA Albert B...
275-Tibetan Folklore: Free Bird
15 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A prince, chased by seven evil wizard roommates, seeks help from a hermit. This leads him on a journ...
274-European Folklore: Murky
08 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Eastern Europe where we see why mythological water monsters aren't a great way to d...
273-Robin Hood: The Good Thief
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You would think, if you're the most wanted person in Britain, you would probably want to lie low for...
272-Egyptian Folklore: Imposter
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a young man who decided that he would do anything to live the life of his dreams...but ...
New Podcast: Myths and Legends, now in Spanish!
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sonoro and Nextpod (that’s Jason and Carissa Weiser!) present Mitos y Leyendas. The acclaimed podc...
271-Korean folklore: A Friend in Need
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories of people helping people from Korea, including helpful monsters, deadly Pictionary, an...
270-Greek Myths: Cloud Cuckoo Land
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Olympus will fall. The reign of the Greek gods will come to an ignoble end to an enemy th...
269-Hans Christian Andersen: What We Do With the Shadows
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story from Hans Christian Andersen about becoming your best self…after that self completely sepa...
268-Viking Legends: Hride or Die
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Norse myth. The first is about how you should just be you, even if people think you...
267-Dragons: The Horse and his Boy
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story of believing in yourself and finding your own way in the world...by imitating Pokemon and Ho...
266-1001 Nights: Good Night and Good Luck
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story from One Thousand and One Nights of an incompetent dude, a genie that's more than happy to b...
265-Monkey King: Out of Your Gourd
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A super-powered monkey from Chinese folklore meets more than he bargained for: a sloshing hollow gou...
264-Korean folklore: On the Mountainside
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Five stories from Korean folklore all woven together to tell a grand narrative of the lives of norma...
263-Celtic Folklore: You Can't Take it With You
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories of things worth more than gold from Slavic, Celtic, and Chinese folklore. Also, why yo...
262-Japanese Folklore: Fatal Attraction
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories from Japan about love gone wrong. On the first, the fairest youth in all the land is s...
261-Jewish Folklore: Mirror, Mirror
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories of King David's magic mirror. One actually involves a folklore version of the Biblical k...
260-Norse Sagas: Norse Code
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Heidrek the wise...was not actually all that wise. He took ownership of a cursed sword for one. He a...
WE HAVE A NEW PODCAST! SCOUNDREL: HISTORY'S FORGOTTEN VILLAINS IS AVAILABLE NOW!
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From Jason and Carissa Weiser, the hosts of Myths and Legends, comes Scoundrel: History's Forgotten ...
259-Egyptian Folklore: Butter
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
NEW SHOW NEW SHOW! We have a new show out. We've partnered with Kast media to make a history podca...
258-Icelandic Legends: Welcome Back, Cotter
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Iceland. On the first, Signy has a shot at the good life. Unfortunately, that sho...
257-Chinese Folklore: Love Me, Love Me
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's (almost) Valentine's Day, and we have two stories from Chinese folklore about love, loss, and m...
256-Indian Folklore: Tiger Mom
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story from India that's like a more awesome version of two different Grimm fairy tales. A woman is...
255-Chinese Folklore: Picture Me This
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story from China where we see a young man embark on a dangerous journey for love that definitely i...
254-Spanish Folklore: Ready or Not
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A story from Spanish folklore of three brothers, a crafting competition, a smelly Trojan parrot, and...
253B-Monkey King: The Good Guys
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Monkey has been fired. Sandy has been captured. Pigsy is fleeing in terror, and the monk is about to...
253-Monkey King: Severance
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back on the road on the Journey to the West and our heroes are starving. The solution? Some mu...
252-Greek folklore: Name that Tune
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fighting your own fate: it's a theme nearly as old as human civilization. We'll hear two stories of ...
251-Icelandic Legends: Ghosts of Christmas Past
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories of Christmas in Iceland. So that apparently means wizards and zombies? The creature is...
250-Grimm: Fauxsicians
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories of absolutely real and definitely not fake doctors! The first is a Grimm tale where a gu...
249-Italian Folklore: Unbearable
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories from Giambattista Basile, Neapolitan writer, of angry sisters, busted Mario pipes, and s...
248-Sorcerer's Apprentice: The Magic Words
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Two stories of sorcerer's apprentices. The first picks the wrong major at wizard school. The second ...
247-Argentinian Folklore: Beast Tartare, Can't Go Far
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, it's the story from Argentina about Senorita Maldonado. We'll learn that sometimes the be...
246-Slavic Legends: The Queen's Gambit
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The legendary story of Olga of Kiev, a 10th century queen who's always four steps ahead of her enemi...
245-Pirates: Pretty Pretty Pirate
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The story of a pirate princess from Jewish/Polish folklore, we'll see how many fiancees is too many ...
244-Georgian Folklore: Here Fishy Fishy
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A story from Georgian folklore about a king who needs a cure for his condition, the prince who decid...
243B-King Arthur: Double Trouble
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Arthur has been kidnapped. Guinevere's evil twin is at large. The kingdom is thrown into chaos. Thei...
243A-King Arthur: Doppel-Gwen-er
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Queen Guinevere as she goes from princess, to queen, to convict. The creature is the ...
242-Albanian Folklore: Two Roads
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Zjermi, Handa, the dragon Kuchedra, and about a hundred naked armpit angels from Albani...
241-African Folklore: Hippopotamaster
06 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a story from the folklore of the Sorko people who lived along the Niger river in West Africa, a h...
240B-German Fairy Tales: Heart of Stone
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of "A Heart of Stone" by Wilhelm Hauff, where we see what happens when Peter Munk, ou...
240A-German Fairy Tales: Man of Glass
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A German fairy tale about striving, falling short, and then seeking help from dangerous mythological...
239-Grimm: Give them a Hand
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories from the Grimm brothers of people helping someone out. Sometimes that goes well. Other...
238-Indian Folklore: Blue Raja
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A story from India about what happens when a murder cult who turns intruders into dogs moves in acro...
237B-Odyssey Finale: To Strive, to Seek, to Find, and not to Yield
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Odysseus confronts the suitors, and our long journey comes to its end. The creatures (Bakwas and D...
237A-Odyssey Finale: The Shape of Things to Come
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Odysseus finally landed on Ithaca, but, with 120 angry, armed men in his house who want his wife and...
236-French Fairy Tale: Piece of Cake
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we're in French fairy tales with queen who prepared her daughter for the world a little t...
235-Korean Folklore: Ghost Story
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three stories from Korean folklore! On the first, a boy loves collecting stories, but no one really ...