29-Grimm: Upward Mobility

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Two stories from the Grimm brothers, both of which have people going up, but in different ways. The first is the story of Rapunzel, and the second is about a small tailor who uses one success to face giants, a rampaging boar, and a unicorn when seeking the hand of the princess. The only problem? His greatest achievement may be based on a lie, and he's either the world's smoothest con man or completely delusional. Or both.
The creature this week is a stack of old weasels. That catch things on fire.
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Music:
"Satellites and Waterfalls" by Nihilore
"Where it Goes" by Jahzzar
"The Journey" by Marcos H. Bolanos
"AS Nihilism Gives Way to Existentialism" by Nihilore
"Windy Bluffs" by Visager
"Scramby Eggs" by Andy G. Cohen
"Beat the Burglar" by Scott Holmes
"We Can Make You Feel Alive Wholesale" by Winjer3
"Wipe my Face Away" by Keshco
"Seasong" by Jelsonic

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0:00.0	This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, there are two stories from the Grim Brothers.
0:05.0	The first is the story of Rapunzel, where you'll see that not letting your child cut their hair
0:09.6	can actually be a really great security system. The second is the story of the brave little
0:14.2	tailor, and you'll see how she stands shirt and an embroidered belt can help you beat a giant
0:20.0	in a throwing contest. On the creature of the week, you'll see how, if you have an aging weasel as a
0:25.1	pet, keep an eye on him, because he may just get together with his other old weasel friends
0:30.3	and burn down your village. This is the Myths and Legends podcast, Episode 29, Upward Mobility.
0:47.4	This is the podcast where I tell stories from folklore. Some are incredibly popular stories you
0:52.0	think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories you might not have heard,
0:56.8	but really should. Today's a little bit of both, with the story of Rapunzel and the story of a
1:01.8	brave little tailor. Both of which were collected by the Brothers Grim. We haven't talked about Jacob
1:07.2	and Wilhelm Grim yet on the podcast. Even though they collected the original versions of many stories
1:12.2	with popular adaptations today, they collected stories from all around Germany in the 1800s,
1:16.6	from both the people and other collections. Honestly, the Grim Brothers are interesting,
1:21.7	but that's all we really need to know before jumping into the story of Rapunzel. This story
1:25.8	is from the first edition of the Grim Brothers Folk Tales. The husband jumped the fence.
1:32.1	This was lunacy. He was putting his life at risk because of his pregnant wife's cravings.
1:38.1	His wife had been staring for days at the plant and the garden across the way. Soon, it had
1:43.4	become all she could think about. She didn't want him to just go to the market and buy any old plant
1:48.0	either. The wife wanted this one from this garden. The only problem? The garden was owned by a
1:56.2	sorceress. And I'm not sure how a known sorceress ends up in the house across the street or how
2:02.2	awkward that HOA meeting would be, but the man didn't have any time to think about it. He sprinted
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