390: Hans Christian Andersen: Swan Song

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

🦢 Let them eat sand 🦢

A story from Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen about a witch who wants to take over the kingdom and the twelve kids who stand in her way. Just kidding, they have no idea what's going on.

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😈 The Creature: Walek

You no longer need to leave your meat out forever on a sun-warmed stone. You know why? The Walek, that's why.

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"Galoshes" by Chad Crouch
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Transcript

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, it's a story by Hans Christian Anderson of
0:05.0	vampires, which is very fancy stationary and cake snowball fights. Also, how to get free flights across the ocean. All you need is a horrible,
0:15.9	horrible curse. The creature this week is a little lizard who brought fire to his island,
0:20.7	and why you shouldn't stuff hot coals in your mouth to bring fire to your island.
0:31.4	This is myths and's and legends episode 390 swan song.
0:36.0	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:45.0	Some are incredibly popular tales you might think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:49.0	Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.
0:53.4	Today's story is a literary fairy tale from Danish writer Hans Christian Anderson,
0:58.0	though it seems to be inspired by several folk tales that bear a strong resemblance to it.
1:02.8	This week and next we're doing Halloween-ish stories,
1:05.6	recommended by people on discord.
1:07.4	And today we start off with a witch who just married into a family.
1:11.2	A frustratingly large family. The witch looked at the 11 sons.
1:34.0	11 sons. 11 sons.
1:37.0	Well, shoot. They're beautiful, she smiled at her betrothed.
1:41.0	The king was easy to manipulate. Most were. This was hers though and well,
1:47.0	honestly this was a disappointment. Not gonna lie.
1:51.0	Eleven sons meant the king had a deep, deep bench.
1:56.0	Man, that poor woman, his late wife.
1:59.0	She must have been pregnant or nursing for 25 years straight.
2:03.0	The witch side.
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