222B-Norse Legends: It Takes a Pillage
We wrap up the saga of Egil and Asmund with Thor, Odin, mythological dwarves, sword arms, Valhalla, and a bloody giant wedding.
We wrap up the saga of Egil and Asmund with Thor, Odin, mythological dwarves, sword arms, Valhalla, and a bloody giant wedding.
Thor! Jotunheim! Giants! Draugr! We're back in Norse Mythology with an epic Viking tale.
Two stories about death and what comes next, from China and Scotland
We're back in the Odyssey where Menelaus comes home, Telemachus leaves it, and Odysseus? Odysseus has been stuck in the same place for seven long years. The creatures this week are the Agogwe, tiny hairy naked people who are really cool until they aren't. Thanos swimsuit: https://myths.link/thanos Store: https://myths.link/store Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership https://chrt.fm/track/B7AB5D/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/9b7dacdf-a925-4f95-84dc-ac46003451ff/662ff2d4-9b7f-4388-8a94-acb8002fd595/51d3462c-00d0-4aa9-8ac4-acfc000cb0e4/audio.mp3 [...]
Getting back into the Odyssey with the stories of Telemachus, Menelaus, and Orestes.
A story from the Pentamerone with a title so spoiler-y that I can't even say it here, but it's a fun, mildly horrifying tale of a relationship that just doesn't work out. And is also really gross. The creatures this week are the little devil and angel on your shoulder, except one of [...]
The Journey to the West continues!
The fourth and final branch of the Mabinogion, the epic of Welsh folklore.
Baba Yaga and dragon slayers and too many witches for one episode?
The origin story of Shakespeare's Hamlet.