194-Mulan: The Warrior

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A completely new version of the Mulan legend, sourced from a story from the late middle ages, so even if you think you know the Mulan story, this version has twists and turns that make her big secret, that she's a woman pretending to be a man, the least of her worries.

The creature is the Manticore! It's terrifying, but not for the reasons that it should be terrifying!

The episode post (and horrifying pictures of the Manticore): https://myths.link/194

The earlier Mulan episode based off "The Ballad of Mulan": https://myths.link/4

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"Insatiable Toad" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Inside the Origami Violin" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Cocoon Transit" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Vibrant Canopy" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Moving Emotional Piano Hero Track" by Daniel Bordovsky

"Broken" by Michael Vignola

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, we're telling a dark, intricate story of the famous Chinese
0:05.8	warrior woman, Mulan.
0:08.0	This is a story we've never told before, sourced from the Middle Ages.
0:11.5	A story with so many twists that Mulan's big secret, that she's a woman, pretending
0:16.4	to be a man to take her father's place in the army, is pretty much the least of her
0:21.3	worries.
0:22.3	The creature this week is the Manticore, a lion with a human head who's always smiling.
0:28.7	Because it has like 90 teeth, it can't close its mouth.
0:32.1	Seriously, it's deeply unsettling.
0:41.0	This is Myths and Legends, episode 194, The Warrior.
0:50.2	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:53.6	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:58.5	Here's our stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
1:02.6	Speaking of stories you thought you knew, this week's episode is a new Mulan story.
1:08.4	Well it's over 300 years old, so it's not new, but it's one that's widely incorporated
1:13.2	into the supposed origins of the larger Mulan story.
1:17.2	It's much more intricate than the 6th century ballad of Mulan, and though it starts in a
1:21.4	similar place, it ends in a far different one.
1:25.2	We will start, of course, with Mulan taking her father's place in the army.
1:29.7	But before that, we'll take a quick dive into the reason the war started in the first
1:34.4	place.
1:44.1	A man who escapes death should do great things.
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