65-Oedipus: Motherboy

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The story of Oedipus is fun until it isn't. I've met people with varying degrees of familiarity with the story. Some are familiar only with the central premise of the story, while others' knowledge only extends to a certain disgusting little complex popularized by a similarly-disgusting Viennese psychologist. Regardless, the story of Oedipus is a fascinating commentary on fate, our willing blindness to uncomfortable truths, and why you should, under no circumstances, talk to prophets. Seriously, they will mess up your life. The creature this week is the Tanuki from Japan, with two big surprises for you. ------- Sponsors: Loot Crate this month looks amazing. Batman, Jessica Jones, Stranger Things, and X-files are all fantastic franchises, and I'm super excited for it. You should check it out, too. You can get __ off your first month by going to http://www.lootcrate.com/legends and entering the promo code "LEGENDS" Casper is, hands down, the best mattress I've ever slept on. To try it risk-free for 100 nights with free shipping and free returns in the US and Canada, go to http://www.casper.com/legends and enter the code "LEGENDS" at check out. ------- Music: "Skeptic" "Modest House" "In My Head" "A1 Rogue" by Podington Bear "Readers Do You Read" "Wonder Cycle" "Everybody's Got Problems that Aren't Mine" by Chris Zabriskie "Seeker" by Kai Engel "Mogul" by Blue Dot Sessions "Plaster Combo" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	Okay, so there's nothing really graphic in the story, but if you're familiar with the
0:05.3	name, Etapis, you probably know the reason for this disclaimer.
0:09.1	If you have young kids, there's a very gross, very central theme this week.
0:13.8	Check out the post on mythpodcast.com for more info.
0:17.0	This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, it's the story of Etapis from Greek mythology.
0:22.8	You'll see how to not handle a traffic jam at a three-way stop, and this shouldn't
0:27.4	surprise you, but when it comes to talking with women with the bodies of lions and poisonous
0:31.2	snakes for a tale, don't.
0:34.0	Then, on the creature of the week, if you're tricked by this Japanese raccoon dog, you're
0:38.4	gonna be pretty angry, but not for the reason you think, especially if you took him up on
0:42.6	his offer for a ride in his carriage.
0:50.1	This is the Myths and Legends podcast, episode 65.
0:53.9	Mother Boy.
0:59.5	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore.
1:02.4	Some are currently popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
1:06.6	Others are stories you might not have heard, but really should.
1:09.2	Today's episode is an interesting one.
1:11.5	The story's pretty famous, but not so much for the story, but for the pretty gross central
1:16.5	premise.
1:17.5	The story's great, and has roots in mythology, but the most famous version comes from
1:21.4	Sophocles, an Athenian who wrote the play Etappus Rex, which means Etappus the King.
1:27.4	He wasn't a T-Rex, as amazing as that would be.
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