Slavic folklore: Bad Heir Day
10/8/202542 min
Ivan fights wizards and monsters and Baba Yaga with a music streaming subscription
What do you get when your daughters have been kidnapped by a sleezy cloud and your son not only spends all of his days jamming with his self-playing harp, but DOESN'T want to tear the heads off his friends? You get Tsar Wisehead, who apparently just figured out that parenting is hard.
😈 **The Creature: Garm
Garm is serious about his job, and that's unfortunate because that job involves blood splatters and the end of the world.
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First 90 secondsJason Weiser· Host0:02
This week on Myths and Legends, it's a story from Slavic folklore about how you can battle demons and monsters with a portable music player and how it might be okay that your child doesn't wanna behead their friends. The creature this week is a dog from Norse myth who is not a good boy, mainly because he'll help to bring about the end of the world. [upbeat music] This is Myths and Legends, Episode 419, Bad Air Day. 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. Today, it's a story from Slavic folklore, where it might be a bad idea to brag about how rich and awesome your kids are and surround your daughters with guards that invite the challenge of the various wizards, Baba Yagas, and monsters that live in your world. Today, we'll jump in with a tsar who's doing just that. "I'm just, I'm concerned, my tsar," the advisor said to Tsar Umnaya Golova, translated to Tsar Wisehead. "It's