1001 Nights: Djinning Up Some Trouble
1/14/20261 hr 10 min
🧞♂️Trying to meet the love of your life? Maybe ask for help from two genies trying to kill each other.🧞♂️
Even if you're not trying to meet the love of your life or, like the characters in today's story, actively trying to avoid meeting the love of your life because you really don't want to marry, you still might end up falling for someone anyway. And then maybe dying of a broken heart because that's apparently actually a thing.
😈 The Creature: Ebu Gogo
They will take your stuff and your children...and then ask the children how...
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First 90 secondsJason Weiser· Host0:00
Quick disclaimer, there's the threat of sexual assault at the end of today's episode, as well as some other brief adult-ish stuff. Please see the post on mythpodcast.com for more info. This week on Myths and Legends, we're back in the stories of One Thousand and One Nights, and you'll see what to do if your kid doesn't wanna get married, jail. Or if they get sick, jail. Or if they fall in love, jail, but jail with leather couches, apparently. And we'll see how leaving your spouse alone in the desert on your honeymoon might actually be a bad idea. Surprise. The creature this week is one who might steal your kids or your stuff, but who you may be able to kill with kindness, literally. [upbeat music] This is Myths and Legends, episode 426, Djinni Up Some Trouble. 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. As I said, we're back in the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, the origin of Alibaba, Aladdin, and Sinbad, among others. And today we're telling a story of love, and hate, and hate that turns into love. We'll jump into today's story with a sultan who has the one problem all Middle Age rulers seem to be fixated on.