188-The Flea: Forever Home

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Two stories from the bawdy, funny, and oftentimes deeply unsettling 17th century fairytale author Giambattista Basile, both of which have to do with pets. The first pet is a rooster, whose owner just can't bring himself to kill it. No judgement there. The second pet is a flea...the size of a lamb. The creature this week is a cat that's either evil and smells like a skunk dog, a hero who defeated a demon, or a hunter who needs a toothbrush. -- 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 our Squarespace site at https://www.fictional.fm Magoosh: Test prep for standardized tests doesn't have to be stressful, boring, or expensive. Visit https://magoosh.com and enter the code MYTHS for a 20% off discount. -- Music: "Cake" by Podington Bear "Quatrefoil" by Podington Bear "Scaffoldings" by Podington Bear "Leafeaters" by Podington Bear "Go to Sleep" by Podington Bear "Lerennis" by Blue Dot Sessions "Sunbeam" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, we're back in the fairy tales of Italian writer,
0:04.6	Jean Batista Bessile.
0:06.0	And you'll see that having a pet is a big responsibility, either because they have a magical
0:11.8	stone in their brain that will give you anything you wish for, or because their food is your
0:17.0	blood.
0:18.0	The greats of this week is either a hero, a smelly villain, or an eagle catching, forced
0:23.9	fire starting cat in need of a toothbrush.
0:32.8	This is Myths and Legends, episode 188, Forever Home.
0:41.6	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:44.9	Some are incredibly popular stories you'd think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:49.5	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:53.6	We're back in the literary fairy tales of Jean Batista Bessile, one of the originals
0:58.2	in terms of folklore.
0:59.9	Writing from the Kingdom of Naples, in the 17th century, it's not that he took oral
1:03.9	tales, worked his magic on them, and then wrote them down to tell it court.
1:08.3	So basically this podcast in the 17th century.
1:11.7	Among many famous tales, he told that horrifying, off the wall, original version of Sleeping
1:16.7	Beauty that we told not terribly long ago.
1:19.1	Today, we're going to jump in with two stories, both involving pets, the first is about
1:23.8	a beggar and his chicken.
1:25.7	Well, rooster, and how even though he's starving, he just can't bring himself to Viennese.
1:44.1	And echo any yellow look down at his rooster, his rooster.
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