116A-Mexican Legends: Alta California

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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It's 1850. The gold rush in the wild west, and Joaquin Murrieta seeks a better life in the US state of California, only recently taken from Mexico in the Mexican-American War. He tries to play by the rules and live by the laws, but everything keeps getting taken from him over and over again. Tired of living underfoot in a land that used to be his homeland, Joaquin decides to stand up and take his place as one of the legendary bandits of the old west. The creature this week is the headless mule. Like, a firebreathing one that moves around, not just a dead mule. -- Sponsors: Check out Vikings on The Great Courses Plus! It's a great way to learn not just about the culture behind some of the most popular stories from the podcast, but seemingly anything. There are over 10,000 lectures available. Go to http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/myths to sign up for a free trial! Casper mattresses are so much more comfortable than sticks. For real. I absolutely love mine. Check out http://www.casper.com/legends and use the code LEGENDS to get $50 off your mattress purchase. -- Music: “Something Elated” by Broke For Free “Bald Eagle” by Chad Crouch “Global Warming” by Kai Engel “Emmit Sprak” by Blue Dot Sessions “Roll On” by Ketsa “Pied-billed Grebe” by Chad Crouch “Maree” by Kai Engel “We Drive 3 Days” by Blue Dot Sessions “Masked” by Ketsa “Meekness” by Kai Engel “Residual Anxieties” by Ketsa “Life in Letters” by Ketsa “Sad Moments” by Ketsa “Dangerous Swing” by Blue Dot Sessions “Wandering” by Steve Combs

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0:00.0	A quick content running this week, we're in the Old West, so it gets a little violent.
0:04.8	Please check out the post on mythpodcast.com for more info.
0:08.2	This week, on Myths and Legends, it's the captivating story of Joaquin Morietta,
0:13.6	whose journey might leave you speechless and will definitely make you think.
0:17.4	Then, on the creature of the week, it's a headless meal, which is about as threatening as it sounds.
0:22.4	This is Myths and Legends, Episode 116A, all to California.
0:36.9	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:40.2	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:44.6	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:48.8	Today's story has an interesting history.
0:50.6	It's from both the first novel published in the state of California and the first novel published
0:54.6	by a Cherokee man, and a Native American man. It was published in 1854, just a couple of years
1:00.2	after the event supposedly took place, and for a long time it was widely considered to be a history
1:04.8	of the famous outlaw. To this day, we don't only know what is the actual history and what is legend.
1:10.4	It's all the more confusing because the author, John Rollinridge, includes supposed eyewitness
1:15.1	testimony in his account. Nearly 70 years after this novel's publication, it inspired the
1:20.3	much more successful character by the name of Zoro, which, about 20 years after that,
1:24.8	inspired comic writer Bob Kane and making the little-known character of Batman.
1:30.4	Today's story starts in 1849. The US just ended the war with Mexico,
1:35.2	and gold was discovered in the new state of California, driving people from all over.
1:39.6	People like Joaquim Morieta. Joaquim looked out across the fields, his fields, and smiled.
1:56.0	This was America. He'd been raised in northern Mexico by loving parents.
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