219-Italian folklore: Unhand Me
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
A story from the Pentamerone with a title so spoiler-y that I can't even say it here, but it's a fun, mildly horrifying tale of a relationship that just doesn't work out. And is also really gross.
The creatures this week are the little devil and angel on your shoulder, except one of them is a burly wildman and the other is a snake with a human head.
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"Capilla" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Surface Tension 1" by Podington Bear
"Felt Lining" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Surface Tension 3" by Podington Bear
"Cabernet" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Beeth" by Blue Dot Sessions
"At the Curb" by Podington Bear
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Myths and Legends, it's a fairy tale from Italy, where we'll learn that |
| 0:05.1 | sorcerer kings can have other hobbies, and that the apple might not fall far from the |
| 0:09.3 | tree, but if the dating prospects don't, well, you might have a problem. |
| 0:13.9 | The creature this week is an angry Jason Mamoah, who wants to tempt you to make terrible |
| 0:18.0 | life choices, and his little bookworm buddy, who wants to help you enjoy a glass of wine. |
| 0:29.0 | This is Myths and Legends, episode 219. |
| 0:32.7 | Unhand me. |
| 0:33.7 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 0:41.2 | Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 0:46.2 | Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening. |
| 0:49.8 | Today's story comes to us from the 17th century Neapolitan writer Giombatista Bacile, |
| 0:55.0 | the incredible off the wall storyteller who told the original, very dark, sleeping beauty |
| 1:00.3 | story. |
| 1:01.3 | There's not much backstory to today's tale. |
| 1:03.3 | It's a fairy tale, so it doesn't link itself to history. |
| 1:06.4 | And it's just set in a generic European medieval kingdom. |
| 1:10.1 | We'll jump in with Penta, who just made her brother, the king, very embarrassed. |
| 1:24.3 | And he'll watch the king's face grow red. |
| 1:27.1 | Her brother's face grow red. |
| 1:30.1 | This was bad. |
| 1:33.2 | It all started with an ending. |
| 1:35.6 | Several of them, the untimely demise of his wife, had quickly followed the deaths of their |
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