118-Jewish Folklore: The Eyrie

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The king is annoyed. All of these people want to make him work. It's just...not fair. Sure, they're starving and about to riot in the streets, but actually showing up to work is really going to cut into his sitting around time. Unfortunately, he might not have a choice. The people are getting angry, and that leads to a journey west, farther than anyone in his kingdom has ever gone, to unearth an ancient secret. -- Sponsor: Spotify is a really great app to find not only the best music, but now the best podcasts. Check out us and others (but mostly us) on Spotify today: http://spotify.mythpodcast.com -- Fictional! Check out our other show, Fictional! This week it is part two of Dracula. Go to http://fictional.fm or search for "Fictional" wherever you get your podcasts. -- The article I referenced: https://medium.com/s/futurehuman/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1 -- Music: "Parade" by Nctrnm "Building the Sled" by Blue Dot Sessions "Slow Line Stomp" by Blue Dot Sessions "Vulcan Street" by Blue Dot Sessions "Cylinder Three" by Chris Zabriskie

Support the show: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, it's a story from Jewish folklore,
0:03.6	about a king who just wants to sleep until noon and do absolutely no work.
0:07.9	Is that really too much to ask? His starving, angry subjects say yes. Yes it is.
0:13.7	The creature this time is the reason you should run for your life.
0:16.5	The next time you see a puddle.
0:18.0	This is Myths and Legends, episode 118, The Eerie.
0:31.6	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:34.8	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:39.3	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening.
0:43.8	I actually don't know much about the origin of the story.
0:46.2	I found it in a collection of Jewish folklore published in 1919 by a woman by the name of Gertrude
0:51.1	Landa. It's a folktale, so it's not really linked to anything historical and it's been kind
0:55.7	of a far away fantastical land. So we'll just jump right in.
1:10.8	Far to the east. Even farther than the rising sun, the story says.
1:15.0	There existed a kingdom. It's had an appinence that stretched far into the ocean.
1:20.1	It was a rich and bountiful land, or no one wanted for anything. They lived in such luxury that,
1:25.7	well, no one really did anything. Most of all, the king. You know, I once had a boss who got
1:31.3	it at 10.30am and left it 2pm. So that means if you really wanted to push it, you could get there
1:37.0	at 10.15am and leave it 2.30am. Not that I ever did that Mr. Reynolds.
1:40.9	But that's what the king's advisors did. He liked his naps and daytime drinking and hunting
1:46.4	expeditions and literally anything other than being a ruler. He ordered his advisors to manage
1:51.4	the kingdom for him. And for a while, they did. Until they didn't. You see, when you get a taste
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.