257-Chinese Folklore: Love Me, Love Me
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
It's (almost) Valentine's Day, and we have two stories from Chinese folklore about love, loss, and marrying all sorts of things you shouldn't be marrying, like ghosts and livestock!
The creature is a sleazy alligator man who's looking for love* in all the wrong places**
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*naked people
**down by the river
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| 1:07.3 | And on the creature of the week, you'll see a man helping to keep small businesses open. |
| 1:11.6 | If those small businesses are potion brewing witches that help him be sleazy. |
| 1:21.1 | This is Myths and Legends, episode 257. |
| 1:24.4 | Love me, love me. |
| 1:30.7 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 1:33.8 | Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. |
| 1:37.8 | Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listening. |
| 1:41.4 | Today on the show, it's Valentine's Day, week. |
| 1:43.8 | And we're bringing two stories from Chinese folklore. |
| 1:46.8 | The first is about a husband and wife in this life in the next, based on the story called |
| 1:52.7 | Husband and Wife in this life and in the life to come. |
| 2:06.9 | Marriage, spouses, these were beautiful things. |
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