Quick disclaimer, we're back in samurai stories, so there's some stronger than usual violence this week.

Please see the post on Mythpodcast.com for more info.

This week, on Myths and Legends, we're back in the Tales of the Samurai, with Jiu Yamon, runs for his life,

gets attacked by pirates, and that's only in like the first ten minutes.

We'll see how you can open up a lucrative side hustle as a toothpaste salesperson

and how it could be a good idea to dress up like a high schooler and beat up monsters in the woods.

The creature this time is an entrail-eating water monster, who pulled off an amazing PR pivot

to be a supporting character in a modern video game franchise.

Music pivot to be a supporting character in a modern video game franchise. This is Myths and Legends, episode 432. Sordid out.

This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.

Some are incredibly popular tales you might think you know, but with surprising origins.

Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth a listen.

Real quickly, Myths and Legends has a book coming out.

There'll be more info on it at the end of the episode. But if you want to know more about it right now, please see the show notes.

Today, we're back in Japanese folklore during the Edo period, so a time of the shogunate and samurai with the adventure tale of Jiuyemon, who begins this story as a samurai, but with a few drinks and a sword, that could change. Juehemong clapped his hands together.

That would teach his co-worker to do that thing that made him mad.

That, what was that thing that made him mad again?

It was something and it was maddening.

Well, that's why he taught guys like this a lesson. So they learned from it,

and he didn't have to remember. This fellow samurai was out cold. Jiuemon was a good teacher.

Hey, hey, guy who brings me more sake. Bring me more sake. Jiuemon turned his head back and

yelled inside the restaurant.

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