83-Tale of Tales: Skin Deep

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The "Tale of Tales" is a very famous, moderately deranged collection of folklore from 16th century Italy. It's by the author Giambattista Basile, a storyteller who traveled the Mediterranean region collecting stories. The collection known as "Tale of Tales" follows a similar framing narrative to "1001 Nights", with the storyteller telling the king stories in a very loosely-connected fashion. I'm not even going to say the titles for today's stories, but they are two of the most famous in the collection and wildly unpredictable. They're gross, violent, weird, and interesting - so, basically like everyday life. The creature is a man...who is a bat. But he's not Batman, because Batman can't handle this little guy's intensity. ----- Sponsors: Find so many awesome books on Audible. Check it out at http://www.audible.com/myths Check out Myths and Legends on Spotify by going to http://www.spotify.com/podcasts ----- Music: "Sad Marimba Planet" by Lee Rosevere "Are we Loose Yet?" by Blue Dot Sessions "August (Summer Nights)" by Kai Engel "November Mist" by Blue Dot Sessions "Shiny" by Podington Bear "Yellow Dust" by Rolemusic "Swapping Tubes" by Blue Dot Sessions "In the Back Room" by Blue Dot Sessions "Petaluma" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	Quick content wanting this week, it's kind of violent. There's more info on mythpodcast.com.
0:06.0	This week, on Myths and Legends, it's two stories from the collection titled Tale of Tales,
0:11.4	which contains the original, very much R-rated versions of Sleeping Beauty,
0:15.9	Cinderella, and others. Today are two of the most famous stories of that collection. First,
0:20.9	we'll learn about the least favorable ingredient in your chopped basket, and on the second,
0:24.8	we'll see how screaming pickup lines from your window at strangers who just want to be left alone
0:29.6	might end badly. I know. Who would have thought? The creature this time is Batman.
0:36.0	If Batman were 4 feet tall and much less picky about his dishes.
0:44.9	This is Myths and Legends, Episode 83. Skin Deep.
0:54.1	This is a podcast right now stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly
0:58.3	popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Others are stories you might
1:03.2	not have heard, but really should. This week's episode is brought to you by Spotify.
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1:21.1	Slash. Podcasts. Today's stories come to us from a book called The Tale of Tales.
1:26.0	By Italian writer Gian Patista Bacilei, he collected the stories from around the Mediterranean
1:30.5	and the 1600s. Put his own little spin on them. The book contains the original written versions
1:35.6	of Sleeping Beauty, Poison Boots, Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel, and more. It's subtitled
1:41.5	Entertainment for Little Ones, but no child should read this book ever. Do the shockingly high
1:46.6	levels of cannibalism, rape, murder, you name it. Like, it's even worse than most other folklore
1:52.1	out there, which is pretty impressive. There was a movie containing three stories from this collection,
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