This is a brief disclaimer. There are a couple of adult themes in this episode,

so if you listen with kids, check out the post on mythpodcast.com for more info.

This week, on Myths and Legends, we're back in Norse mythology, where Odin makes a new friend,

two Viking King BFFs just can't bring themselves to kill each other, and Loki learns his limits.

By getting drunk and screaming insults at a party full of gods. On the creature of the week,

it's Harry Baby Yoga, in the worst way possible.

This is Myths and Legends, episode 125, Bound.

This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly

popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Other are stories that might be new

to you, but are definitely worth listening. Okay, so we're back in Norse mythology at last.

This time, it's with the true Norse myth tale that I haven't used before, because it didn't

really fit into our narrative. It's not part of the prose edu, that book by Snory Strelson,

that contains almost all of what we know about Norse mythology, but it's part of a later saga.

Think of it how, like, after Sherlock Holmes died, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published extra stories,

but that Watson was digging through his papers and, oh, found so many extra stories he had recorded

from his time with Sherlock, but forgot about. It's like that. This one was compiled by some Christian

monks, and it really shows. The Christians at the time seem to want to have their cake and eat it too.

They wanted to tell stories of Odin, Freya, Loki and Thor, but there was that little tiny sticking

point about them being gods. So the Christians just took that away. Instead, Othin was just a king

of a land called Asgard, a heathen land. And now that little detail was out of the way, they

could proceed to tell a story that sounded exactly like Odin with all of his god powers and abilities.

So today's story takes place between the time Othin, I'm just kidding, I'm not going to call him that,

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