169-1001 Nights: A Bottle of Djinn

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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A story from the famous Middle Eastern collection of folklore entitled 1001 Nights where, three friends go on a road trip to get so many bottles full of evil genies. There's no such thing as too many side quests when their travels lead them to the legendary City of Brass, one of the greatest cities in the world...one that shut itself off from the world years ago. The creature is a little guy with red hair who hates being farted on. The Myths and Legends store: http://www.mythpodcast.com/store -- Check out Simplisafe! Go to http://simplisafe.com/legends to get free shipping and a 60-day risk free trial! -- Music: “Surface Tension 3” by Podington Bear “Stucco Grey” by Blue Dot Sessions “Neon Drip” by Blue Dot Sessions “Surface Tension 1” by Podington Bear “No Solace” by Podington Bear “Placticity” by Blue Dot Sessions “Warbled Reflection” by Podington Bear

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, we return to the stories from 1,000 and 1 Knights.
0:05.4	There are evil genies, best friends, road trips, and best friends taking road trips to get
0:10.4	way too many evil genies.
0:12.7	The creature this time is a super easy-going little fisherman.
0:16.3	Who hates it when you fart on him?
0:24.0	This is Myths and Legends, Episode 169, A Bottle of Gin.
0:33.2	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:36.6	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:41.4	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:45.4	Okay, so we're back in 1,000 and 1 Knights.
0:48.8	If you don't know about that story, it's basically a framing narrative for a bunch of other
0:53.7	stories.
0:54.7	The collections include Aladdin, Sinbad, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves and more.
1:00.2	Way back in Episode 82, we talked about Shaharazad, Queen, and the Sultan.
1:06.0	Now the Sultan have been hurt when his wife cheated on him, so that we never be cheated
1:11.9	on again.
1:13.4	He would marry a woman, have their wedding night together, and then execute her the following
1:19.1	morning.
1:20.3	He did this way too many times, I mean, once is too many, until he married Shaharazad,
1:26.2	who came prepared with stories.
1:29.3	She would tell a story each night, weaving them together with cliffhangers and nesting
1:33.4	one story in another so that at the end of the night, the Sultan was always left wanting
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