Tao-ing Our Best: The Legend of the White Snake Pt 1
5/3/202424 min
Oh Muses! We return to Chinese mythology to hear about more snakes. We encounter snakes pretending to be people, potion drinking, a violent crane, and mountains where mortals can’t go.
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First 90 secondsKenny Curtis· Host0:00
The stories featured in Greeking Out are usually original adaptations of classic Greek myths. This week's story features snakes pretending to be people, potion drinking, a violent crane, and mountains where mortals can't go.
Speaker 10:12
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Kenny Curtis· Host0:28
Welcome back to Greeking Out. Today, we're taking a field trip back to China to learn more about Tao legends. Now, longtime listeners may remember that we discussed another Tao legend back in season eight, the legend of the Jade Emperor, and that was our first dip into the Taoism waters. Now, we're back for another episode from Chinese mythology.
Tori Kerr· Co-host0:52
What we are calling Chinese mythology here is a collection of history, religion, and folktales that all come from the large area of land we now call the People's Republic of China. It features elements from three major belief systems, Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism.
Kenny Curtis· Host1:17
Yeah, that's right, and over time, the stories kinda blended together and got all mixed up when they were passed down from generation to generation, kind of like the thousand-year-long game of telephone that we refer to from time