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Myths and Legends

19-Native American Folklore: Skeletons

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.825.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The first episode of much-requested Native American folklore has giants, ghosts, anthropomorphic coyotes, jilted lovers, and the reason for why the tick got so flat. Because you've always wondered how the wood tick got to be so flat.
On the creature of the week, it's an animal from Australian folklore who is lurking in stagnant water, just waiting to give you a deadly hug.
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Music:
"Hiroko Dream" by Whodiniz
"The Soft Glow of Christmas Lights" by Will Bangs
"Jenny Slate" by Steve Combs
"Brought" by Ketsa
"December" by Kai Engel
"Parade Shoes" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0

This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, it's three stories from Native American folklore.

0:05.2

You'll learn by the next time you go on a horse stealing raid, you should really text

0:09.8

your significant other letting them know when you'll be home.

0:12.8

And you'll see what to do when a ghastly specter approaches you on the road in the middle

0:16.2

of the night, wanting to dance.

0:18.7

Then, on the creature of the week, it's a frequently requested creature from Australian

0:23.3

Aboriginal folklore, whose appearance is so debated that he could either be a giant

0:27.4

horse creature or a snake with a beard.

0:35.1

This is the Myths and Legends podcast, episode 19, Skeletons.

0:45.7

This is a podcast where I tell stories that have shaped cultures throughout history.

0:50.0

Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.

0:54.7

Others are stories you probably haven't heard, but really should.

0:58.7

This week, I'm telling three stories from Native American folklore.

1:01.6

It's been requested so much, and I'm happy to finally begin it into them.

1:05.8

The three stories I picked for today all explore the continuum between overconfidence and

1:10.1

arrogance, but in vastly different ways.

1:12.8

The first story has a man who must face the result of his broken promises.

1:16.8

The second has the forces of darkness raid against one man, and the third has an anthropomorphic

1:21.6

coyote battling a giant.

1:29.1

The story is about a Sue warrior early in his career.

1:32.4

He was living on the plains with a young woman, and though they weren't married, he would

1:36.4

tell her how much he loved her, and she him.

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