10A-Hercules: Going into Labor

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2015

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The story of Hercules is one part gritty, serious tragedy and two parts over-the-top monster fights. This week, in the origin story of one of the greatest mythological heroes of the western world, we get to see the human side of the demigod before the story goes completely off-the-rails and it's just one big monster fight topping the next. But don't worry, there are also monster fights this episode.
We'll see that Zeus is essentially the Don Draper of the Greek pantheon, only without all that pesky introspection or likability, and that if your husband cheats on you, you should bring down horrible punishments on everyone but him.
On the creature of the week, it's a grotesque little piggy that just needs a hug.

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0:00.0	This is a little disclaimer. There's the mention of the existence of sex in this podcast,
0:05.1	and by virtue of it being Greek mythology, and Zeus being horrific, there's the mention of sexual
0:10.6	soul as well. As usual, I'm not graphic at all, but I just wanted to give you a heads up in the
0:16.0	event that those are reasons you or those with you wouldn't listen to this episode.
0:21.1	This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, I start in on the labors of Hercules.
0:25.4	We'll meet part of the Greek pantheon, and we'll see why they're the best case against humans having
0:30.6	superpowers and immortality. The story of Hercules will start with a baby strangling two serpents,
0:36.4	and only get more over the top from that point on. Then, on the creature of the week, it's a little
0:41.6	pig with a big self-esteem problem, whose only method of defense is getting really sad and crying a lot.
0:47.9	This is the Myths and Legends podcast, episode 10A, going into labor.
1:02.4	This is a podcast where I tell stories that have shaped cultures throughout the world.
1:06.4	Some are popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
1:10.4	Others are stories you probably haven't heard, but really should. Today, we're starting on the
1:14.8	12 labors of Hercules, an incredibly popular set of stories from Greek and Roman mythology.
1:20.7	As I mentioned in the Kashi episodes, there's a difference between mythology,
1:24.4	legends, and fairy tales. This is really the first story from mythology I'll be telling,
1:29.2	exactly 20 episodes in, even though it's the first word in the title. As a quick recap,
1:34.0	legends are loosely tied to historical events and people, and are possibly believable.
1:38.6	Fairy tales are not really tied to reality, and don't seek to be, and myths can have ties to
1:44.8	history and reality, but are mainly religious in nature. Zeus, Hera, Apollo, and nearly every other
1:51.1	god in goddess I'll talk about today was worshipped by people in the ancient world. Something that's
1:55.4	very different from anything we've touched on before. Also, it wouldn't make sense at all to try
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