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Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Hey! Have you subscribed to Fictional? Go subscribe to Fictional! You'll love it, and it will be an amazingly huge help to us. Thank you!! You can find it at: http://apple.fictional.fm for Apple Podcasts http://google.fictional.fm for Google Play http://stitcher.fictional.fm for Stitcher --- Medusa is probably the most misunderstood villain in all of Greco-Roman Mythology, famous only for being a monster...and the hero's quest to kill her. We'll learn all about her background and follow the quest of one fated to clash with her. Also this is Greek mythology so everyone is terrible all the time always. The creature this week is the floating head and he's kind of like Pac-man...if Pac-man had a taste for people and delicious chestnuts. --- Sponsors: Lootcrate! The theme for this month's crate is Kingdom, with stuff from Adventure Time, Lord of the Rings, and the Legend of Zelda. Check out http://www.lootcrate.com/legends code LEGENDS, to get $3 off any new subscription today. Spotify: My preferred way of listening to podcasts, check out spotify.com/podcasts to get started there today. --- Music: "Toppler" by Blue Dot Sessions "Soothe" by Blue Dot Sessions "Seamless" by Blue Dot Sessions "Partly Sage" by Blue Dot Sessions "Old Skin" by Podington Bear "Little Dipper" by Podington Bear "Astrisx" by Blue Dot Sessions "Comet Trails" by Moon "Orbs of Light" by Moon --- Disclaimer: Non-graphic talk of Zeus impregnating a woman by turning into a shower of gold (?) and non-graphic talk of how Poseidon raped a woman and then the woman was blamed for it because she was irresistible.

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0:00.0	Before we get started today, I have some really exciting news.
0:03.6	We have a new podcast.
0:05.3	There are just certain stories we can't do for myths and legends because, well, they
0:08.6	aren't myths or legends.
0:10.2	So we made a new podcast.
0:12.0	It's called Fictional, or diving into stories like Dante's Inferno, The Time Machine, Sherlock
0:17.1	Holmes, Shakespeare, Call of Coutulu and more.
0:20.0	And that's just the first season.
0:21.7	Basically, it's really similar to myths and legends, just in the world of classic literature.
0:25.9	I am so excited about it.
0:27.6	And if it sounds cool, subscribing to Apple Podcasts is really helpful.
0:31.8	You can find the show there at apple.fictional.fm, but it's not just on Apple Podcasts.
0:37.2	You can find the full listing at fictional.fm.
0:41.2	There are also links in the show notes.
0:42.9	And before we get started on the episode, there's also a content warning this week.
0:46.8	Since it's Greek mythology, we do talk about sexual assault.
0:50.0	There are more details on mythpodcast.com.
0:52.6	This week, on the Myths and Legends podcast, it's the beginning of the story of Perseus.
0:57.4	The inspiration for the movie Clash of the Titans.
0:59.9	You'll see that if you commit to Kill a Monster, you probably shouldn't dive into that
1:03.0	monster's tragic and humanizing backstory.
1:05.2	And you'll see how sharing with your siblings is pretty good.
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