302-Jewish Folklore: Losing Hares
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2023
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The creature is B.O.B., the Beast of Blattenboro, and he's here to do two things: exsanguinate dogs and scare people...and there is a lot of dog blood to suck and people to scare, so it's going to be around for a while.
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"Andelo" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Chrome and Wax" by Blue Dot Sessions
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| 0:00.0 | This week, on Myths and Legends, there are two stories from Jewish folklore. |
| 0:04.3 | On the first, we'll see why courtships that include rabbit babysitting and way too much murder, |
| 0:09.9 | maybe aren't destined to be long-lasting. And on the second, it's the dance party that saved the city. |
| 0:16.0 | The creature this time is Bob, a cat that just hates dogs and also sucks their blood, |
| 0:22.8 | because Bob is a vampire. This is Myths and Legends, Episode 302, losing hairs. |
| 0:40.8 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly |
| 0:45.5 | popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. Other stories that might |
| 0:50.1 | be new to you, but are definitely worth listening. Today, there are two stories from Jewish folklore |
| 0:55.2 | if things... not being quite what they seem. On the first, it's something of a fairy tale. |
| 1:00.8 | The king has a classic dilemma. And an unconventional solution that definitely won't result in way too |
| 1:07.8 | many murders. The king had a plan and it certainly was a plan. You see, he had a daughter and classic |
| 1:29.0 | king dilemma. Who should he marry her off to? A person of her choosing? hilarious. Another king's son, |
| 1:37.6 | too much at risk sending his daughter off somewhere forever. Another king could be a blue-beard situation, |
| 1:43.4 | one of his generals, which one? Well, this king... this king was pretty clever. He had come up with an idea |
| 1:51.2 | no one had ever thought of before. He was going to put this decision in the hands of fate by putting it |
| 1:57.8 | on his daughter's finger. A ring, that is, the people who ever wanted to marry her had to get a ring |
| 2:05.2 | off the young woman's finger. Whoever managed it would be his son-in-law and heir apparent. |
| 2:11.0 | Anything goes, the king said with a smile. The men and attendants looked at each other and then made |
| 2:17.1 | a mad dash for the tower where the king was keeping the princess during the contest. |
| 2:21.2 | Oh, they were excited! Alright, this was a great plan. The king giggled. What alliances would |
| 2:28.4 | form and be broken? Who would win the prize? Oh, he could hardly wait to see how this ended. |
| 2:33.4 | Arrival general stepped up alongside the first to made it to the door and immediately took a |
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