5A-Slavic Folklore: Tried and Died

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2015

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this story of a dangerous magician from Russian folklore, you'll learn that you should maybe believe your spouse if she says you definitely don't want to know what's behind that door in the dungeon. It's the bizarre, sad, and kind of hilarious story of Koschei the Deathless, a man who seems like a much more serious and dangerous version of the Ice King from Adventure Time. Really, if you're horrible sorcerer who's a little lonely, maybe stop kidnapping princesses and just get a cat. Or a hobby. I hear podcasting is fun?
Really, though, this is exactly the type of story I love doing on this podcast. I doubt you've heard it, but it is scary, ridiculous, and a little sad, and I hope you enjoy it.

The creature of the week is the Boo Hag, a morning breath vampire, and she's a great reason for you to chew an onion before going to bed.

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0:00.0	This week on the Myths and Legends podcast, I'll tell the story of a cursed sorcerer from Russian folklore.
0:05.5	A sad, bizarre, hilarious, and touching tale.
0:09.2	There's a stupidly arrogant horse, and you'll see the even gross, insane wizards.
0:14.3	Much like the ice king from Adventure Time, just want to be loved.
0:18.0	Then, on the creature of the week, you'll see that if you woke up feeling tired,
0:22.2	it was probably this skinless old woman sitting on your chest all night, sucking up your morning breath.
0:27.5	This is the Myths and Legends podcast, Episode 5A, Try it and Die.
0:41.8	This is a podcast where I tell the original tales behind legendary stories.
0:45.6	Some are popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:49.3	Others are stories you probably haven't heard, but really should.
0:52.8	This week, I'm telling the story of a magician from Russian folklore.
0:56.2	His name is Koshy.
0:58.2	Okay, so the Russian fairy tales this episode is based off of will put down to paper in 1800s,
1:03.1	but it's safe to assume that the story takes place in a much older world.
1:06.8	How much older is anyone's guess, though?
1:08.7	Because unlike the King Arthur tales, the Voulsons, or Ruman,
1:12.6	they don't attempt to connect it to any historical people, places, or times.
1:16.8	It's all some vaguely medieval, vaguely eastern European Russian setting.
1:21.3	That's actually the chief difference between the fairy tale and the legend.
1:24.3	Legends are tied up to a historical place in time, and are possibly believable.
1:29.2	Fairy tales are obviously made up, and there isn't really much attempt to tie them to something real.
1:34.2	And Myths are generally associated with religion and gods.
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