296A-Greek Myths: To Bewitch or Not to Bewitch

🎲Losing your kingdom in a game of dice🎲 The story of Nala and Damayanti is a tale of love, loss, and losing everything but your underwear because of your terrible decisions and then also your underwear. 😈 The Creature: Drekavac The creature is the Drekavac, and it's many things to many people. All of them are weird --- Links: 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos --- 📢 Sponsors Pacagen: Head to https://Pacagen.com/LEGENDS for an extra 25% off your order and an exclusive gift for our listeners at checkout HomeChef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legends. --- Info on the science behind Pacagen: The vast majority of cat allergies are triggered by a single allergen called Fel d 1. Your allergies are triggered when you breathe in or come into contact with this allergen. But if that allergen is broken down or neutralized before you come into contact with it, there’s nothing to trigger your allergies! Pacagen’s Cat Allergen Neutralizing Spray is especially safe because the WhiskerBlock proteins powering the formula are extremely specific. That means that they do one thing and one thing only – bind to and neutralize Fel d 1. With this level of specificity, you can avoid pesky side effects caused by other ingredients that other companies use that have other effects beyond just stopping the allergens that trigger your cat allergies.  --- 🎵 Music Credits "Edgeworthia" by Chad Crouch "Pilgrim's Progress" by Chad Crouch "Dune Lullaby" by Blue Dot Sessions "Thule Racer" by Blue Dot Sessions

⛵️Get lost at sea with Maelduin⛵️ All Maelduin wants to do is avenge his father's murder...with more murder. He should have listened to that wizard. Because he didn't, his trip just got a whole lot longer. And stranger. 😈 The Creature: The Donestre The lion headed stranger who will eat you, sure, but also feel really bad about it. --- 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/maelduin 📖Source 2:https://myths.link/maelduin2 --- 📢 Sponsors Betterhelp: This is an ad by Betterhelp. Our listeners get 10% off their first month at https://betterhelp.com/myths. GhostBed: Go to GhostBed.com/legends and use code LEGENDS to get an additional 10% off your order. Mint Mobile: Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at https://mintmobile.com/legends Harry's: Be your own icon. Shower with Harry’s. Try Harry’s body wash today for just $8 at harrys.com/LEGENDS. --- 🎵 Music Credits "The Onyx" by Blue Dot Sessions "Median Point" by Blue Dot Sessions "New Crescente" by Blue Dot Sessions "Morning Glare" by Blue Dot Sessions "Two Pound" by Blue Dot Sessions

⛩️Stories from the Japanese countryside⛩️ Five interconnected stories of purpose, meaning, justice, talking animals, the boss falling off a cliff, mushrooms, and travel hampers. 😈 **The Creature: The Dinny Mara The Dinny Mara is a friendly merman who wants to rehabilitate the reputation of water creatures. They could probably start by not drowning so many people? --- Links: ⚠️ Disclaimer: https://myths.link/410 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos --- 📢 Sponsors HomeChef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legends. Quince: For the dad who deserves better than basic—Quince has you covered. Go to https://quince.com/legends for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. GhostBed: Go to GhostBed.com/legends and use code LEGENDS to get an additional 10% off your order. Smalls: Because you are a Myths and Legends listener, you can get 35% off Smalls plus an additional 50% off your first order by using my code LEGENDS! Check it out and tell your cat I said psppsppsp https://smalls.com --- 🎵 Music Credits "Never a Worried One" by Blue Dot Sessions "Denton" by Blue Dot Sessions "Toadstool Runner" by Blue Dot Sessions "Spiro's Etude" by Blue Dot Sessions "Writer's Retreat" by Blue Dot Sessions "Paper Crane Sonata" by Blue Dot Sessions "Convex Marsa" by Blue Dot Sessions

🦊 Reynard the fox hates meetings, too 🦊 Especially because at most of the meetings he's invited to, people usually try to kill and eat him. Today, we're back in the stories of Reynard the fox, with sick kings, superpowered storks, and Isengrim the wolf trying to not constantly get skinned alive. 😈 The Creature: The Devs I guess you have to worry about head trauma and TBI a lot less when you have seven heads. --- Links: 💬 Discord: https://myths.link/discord 📷️ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends ✍️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 👕 Merch: https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos 📖 (English) Source: https://books.google.com/books?id=_L4fAAAAIAAJ --- 📢 Sponsors GhostBed: Go to GhostBed.com/legends and use code LEGENDS to get an additional 10% off your order. Harry's: Try Harry’s body wash today for just $8 at https://harrys.com/LEGENDS Outschool: If you want to try Outschool, you can now get up to $20 off your child's’ first class or tutoring session for a limited time by going to https://outschool.com/legends and using code LEGENDS at checkout BetterHelp: This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. We’re all better with help. Visit https://betterhelp.com/myths to get 10% off your first month. --- 🎵 Music Credits "Devanz" by Blue Dot Sessions "Spunker" by Blue Dot Sessions "Laddo" by Blue Dot Sessions

🏰When a knight says he'll be right back, he means it Unless he dies. Or gets captured. Or just forgets about it, prompting his son to come looking for him in the land of wickedness...and also maybe saving Camelot in the process? It's the story of Sir Morien. 😈 The Creature: The Kaichigo All those games you haven't played are lonely...and also maybe messing with your stuff in the basement.  --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back! https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos 📖 Source Morien: https://www.yorku.ca/inpar/morien-weston.pdf --- 📢 Sponsors Quince Treat your closet to a little summer glow-up with Quince. Go to https://quince.com/legends for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns Mint Mobile This year, skip breaking a sweat AND breaking the bank. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at https://mintmobile.com/legends BetterHelp This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://betterhelp.com/myths to get 10% off your first month. Home Chef For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners FIFTY PERCENT OFF and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life!  --- 🎵 Music Credits "Caravan 9" by Blue Dot Sessions "Firelight Child" by Blue Dot Sessions "Lovers Hollow" by Blue Dot Sessions "Our Ears, Deceivers" by Blue Dot Sessions "Road Fellow" by Blue Dot Sessions

🍼Have a budding tyrant? You need a snarky talking baby🍼 Yenga Naa is wiser than the chief. How do you know? Well, he named himself that...the moment he was born. 😈 The Creature: The Cornu How do you torment sinners without getting your hands dirty? The cornu, that's how. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back! https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos 💀 Item this week Grim Steeper: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCZY2N9V 📖 Source Here's one of them: https://archive.org/details/africanfolklore00dors/page/420/mode/2up?q=wiser --- 📢 Sponsors Outschool If you want to try Outschool, you can now get up to $20 off your child's’ first class or tutoring session for a limited time. This exclusive discount is only available when you go to https://outschool.com/legends and use code LEGENDS at checkout BetterHelp This show is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit https://betterhelp.com/myths to get 10% off your first month. --- 🎵 Music Credits "Talltell" by Blue Dot Sessions "Soda Baron" by Blue Dot Sessions "Falaal" by Blue Dot Sessions "Remsen" by Blue Dot Sessions "Matamoscas" by Blue Dot Sessions

🐄Baba Yaga, Dragons, Giant Talking Pigs🐄 We'll see what happens when a king who wants one son gets more than he bargained for: three sons, with the oddest one of all, the one capable of calming dragons (when he's not slaying them) and outsmarting giant evil pigs (when he's not slaying them), being born...from a cow. 😈 The Creature: Coliunn Gun Cheaun The worst, best headless friend you hopefully never had. --- 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com Goldfish trophy https://myths.link/goldfish 📼 YouTube We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos 🎶Music the creature sang https://myths.link/406 --- 📢 Sponsors Mint Mobile Shop data plans at https://mintmobile.com/legends. FastGrowingTrees Listeners to our show get 15% their first purchase when using the code LEGENDS at checkout. at https://fastgrowingtrees.com HomeChef For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! https://homechef.com/legends Quince For your next trip, treat yourself to the luxe upgrades you deserve from Quince. Go to https://quince.com/legends for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order. --- 🎵 Music Credits "Bare Elm" by Blue Dot Sessions "Hanging Rock" by Blue Dot Sessions "Golden Grass" by Blue Dot Sessions "Bauxite" by Blue Dot Sessions - "Apollo Diedre" by Blue Dot Sessions

🍺Meet Cambrinus, things aren't going so well for him🍺 He's a peasant kid with a job that's going nowhere, a crush who doesn't love him back, and no one takes him seriously when he absolutely knocks it out of the park playing the viola. If only he knew he was destined to be legendary King of Beer. 😈 The Creature: The Cocoa A two-foot-long sparkling cat sounds like a lot of fun. Until it's very much not. --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back! https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos ⚠️ Disclaimer https://myths.link/405 --- 📢 Sponsors BetterHelp Build your support system, with Betterhelp. Visit https://betterhelp.com/myths to get 10% off your first month. FastGrowingTrees listeners to our show get 15% their first purchase when using the code LEGENDS at checkout. at https://fastgrowingtrees.com Smalls Give your cat the food they deserve. Head to https://Smalls.com and use promo code LEGENDS at checkout for 50% off your first order PLUS free shipping! --- 🎵 Music Credits "Elmore Heights" by Blue Dot Sessions "The Furthering" by Blue Dot Sessions "Country Butter" by Blue Dot Sessions "Deacon Jeanie" by Blue Dot Sessions

🤑 The Monkey King and friends are making money and staying in fancy hotels🤑 What is this that you heard about them being monks? What? No. That's ridiculous. They don't know why you thought that. So weird. They are horse traders who trade horses while they pass through this city that murders monks. Wait NO DON'T TOUCH THEIR HATS. 😈 The Creature: The Cinnamologus We meet the cinnamon bird, because who doesn't love their cinnamon sticks covered in bird poop and lead?  --- Links 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back! https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos 🦴 Item this week Human femur? https://www.jonsbones.com/shop-by-category?category=long-bones --- 📢 Sponsors FastGrowingTrees listeners to our show get 15% their first purchase when using the code LEGENDS at checkout. at https://fastgrowingtrees.com Link to picture of our Korean lilac tree looking hopefully at the yard in which it will be planted: https://myths.link/404 Quince Give yourself the luxury you deserve, with Quince. Go to https://Quince.com/legends for 365-day returns and free shipping on your order. BetterHelp Myths and Legends is sponsored by BetterHelp. Build your support system, with Betterhelp. Visit https://betterhelp.com/myths to get 10% off your first month. --- 🎵 Music Credits "Awaiting an Arrival" by Blue Dot Sessions "Soda Baron" by Blue Dot Sessions

⚔️The plight of the Viking celebrity poet⚔️ Friends become enemies, enemies become friends, and none of what you actually say matters all that much...as long as you're famous. 😈 The creature: the cicada It's not a creature at all. Just a normal bug...or maybe that's what Zeus wants you to think? --- Disclaimer: https://myths.link/403 Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership Source: https://www.sagadb.org/gunnlaugs_saga_ormstungu.en 🎧 Connect with us! Discord: https://myths.link/discord Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythsandlegends Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mythsandlegends.com 🛒 The Myths and Legends store is back! https://shop.nextpod.com 📼 YouTube We're on YouTube, now. Currently, it's just the audio episodes, but that might change sometime? https://www.youtube.com/@mythsandlegendspodcast/videos --- 📢 Sponsors Mint Mobile: Shop plans at https://mintmobile.com/legends! Outschool: If you want to try Outschool, you can now get up to $20 off your child's’ first class or tutoring session for a limited time. Go to https://outschool.com and use code LEGENDS at checkout! HomeChef: For a limited time, HomeChef is offering my listeners 18 Free Meals PLUS Free Dessert for Life and free shipping on your first box! Go to https://homechef.com/legends --- 🎵 Music Credits "An Unknown Visitor" by Blue Dot Sessions "Black Ballots" by Blue Dot Sessions "Heath" by Blue Dot Sessions "Quiet Sill" by Blue Dot Sessions "Broken Rock Lament" by Blue Dot Sessions