182-Slavic folklore: The Brave Companions

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Join Bulat the Brave Companion and Ivan Tsarevich (no, not that one) as they get a magical new horse, escape magical prison, and get in some magical fights. The creature is the shōkera, the slimy guy looking in your window right now. The Bardic shop: https://shop.bardic.fm Subscribe to Fictional: https://www.fictional.fm/subscribe -- Sponsors: Squarespace: turn your passion project into something real. Go to http://squarespace.com/myths for a free trial, and when you're ready to launch, use the code MYTHS for 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Check out Best Fiends on the Apple app store or Google Play today! -- Music: "Kaleidoscope" by Podington Bear "Exploring the Cave Mix Full" by Bobby Cole "Vanagon" by Podington Bear "Setting Pace" by Blue Dot Sessions "Kalsted" by Blue Dot Sessions "The Hero Within (No Drums)" by Bobby Cole "Holding Hands" by Podington Bear

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0:32.5	This week, on myths and legends, it's a story from Slavic folklore about Prince Ivan and Bulat the Brave
0:38.7	Companion, or we'll learn all about how to find the best horse with a karate chop,
0:43.2	and how you should free the most dangerous sorcerer in your father's dungeons because he offered you a new car.
0:50.0	The creature this week is the slimy hairy guy who's watching you from your windows right now.
1:01.2	This is Myths and Legends, episode 182, The Brave Companions.
1:10.7	This is a podcast by Tell Stories from Mythology and Folklore. Some are incredibly popular stories
1:15.8	you think you know, but with surprise in origins. Others are stories that might be new to you,
1:19.8	but are definitely worth listening. As I said, we're back in Slavic fairy tales for a standalone
1:24.4	episode. It's said maybe sometime after the 12th century, in Eastern Europe or Northern Asia,
1:30.3	but that doesn't really matter, because it doesn't relate to anything historical,
1:34.0	or even to any of the other Slavic tales we've told in this podcast. So we'll jump right in.
1:50.8	There was once a czar named Chodor, which I know, let's just get past it. Anyway,
1:56.9	czar Chodor had one son, and if you're a fairy tale czar, and you have a son, is there really
2:04.0	anything else to name him? The prince was named Ivan, and if you haven't heard my many explanations
2:10.2	of this, including one incorrect one early on, Ivan was just like Hans and German or John in England.
2:16.4	It was a common name used in fairy tales, and this prince Ivan is not related to any of the ones
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