149-Japanese Fairy Tales: Son of a Peach
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
The creature this time is Batman...if Batman was a literal bat who turned into an old man.
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Music
“Adventure” by Chad Crouch “Coin Op” by Chad Crouch “Periwinkle” by Chad Crouch “Chyrsalis” by Podington Bear “Gambrel” by Blue Dot Sessions “Holding Hands” by Podington Bear
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Mythic and Legends, it's two fairy tales from Japan. |
| 0:04.3 | On the first, you'll see how you might get way more than you bargained for from the |
| 0:08.2 | produce department, and in the second, we'll see how mom sewing kit might just contain |
| 0:13.2 | a samurai sword. |
| 0:14.7 | The creature this time is basically the life goals of every bat ever, living so long that |
| 0:19.7 | you turn into an angry old man. |
| 0:27.7 | This is Mythic and Legends, episode 149, son of a peach. |
| 0:36.4 | This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 0:39.8 | Some are incredibly popular stories, you think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 0:44.2 | Other stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen. |
| 0:48.8 | Today's stories are about what happens when people get what they wished for. |
| 0:52.8 | The first is an incredibly famous one, about a cultural hero, and that's all I'm going |
| 0:57.6 | to say about that, even though a spoiler is in the title of the episode. |
| 1:02.1 | The second story plays around with the tropes of the first story, and it's just really |
| 1:05.6 | fun. |
| 1:06.6 | Alright, well, since there's no history or background, as these are basically fairy tales, |
| 1:11.0 | I will quite literally get on with the show. |
| 1:21.3 | Yes, shout out the old woman on her way out to the river. |
| 1:27.1 | A peach. |
| 1:28.1 | Wait, no, no, it was leaving. |
| 1:31.2 | The old woman ditched the clothes she had been washing in the river. |
| 1:33.9 | A shirt could be replaced, but a peach was a peach. |
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