362: Chinese folklore: Broken

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Two stories from Chinese folklore about broken things. A broken pot, a broken future, and how things can come together to heal. And why you shouldn't go to work drunk or else you might have to arrest a tiger.

The creature is the tooth tyrant, the Odontotyrannos, and it's not an angry dentist.

Links:
Uncle Jim's Worm Farm: https://myths.link/liftinjimmy

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Music:

"Jumbel" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Gathering Stasis" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Lemon and Melon" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Liptis" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Town Market" by Blue Dot Sessions

Transcript

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0:00.0	This week on myths and legends there are two stories from China and you'll see why you shouldn't go to work drunk
0:06.2	You might inadvertently commit to arresting a tiger and how you can find hope in the unlikeliest of places
0:15.6	But only if you make a habit of tearing the throats out of deer for friends and family.
0:17.8	The creature this week is the King of Teeth, or the Tooth Tyrant, or Tooth Lord
0:22.8	who sent the greatest conqueror the world has ever known
0:26.0	straight back home.
0:27.3	This is myths podcast where we tell stories from legends episode 362 broken.
0:37.0	This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.
0:45.8	Some are incredibly popular tales you might think you know, but with surprising origins,
0:50.0	and others are stories that might be new to you but are definitely worth a listen.
0:54.0	Today there are two stories of self-discovery, redemption, coming to grips with who you are,
1:00.0	and Tiger Murder.
1:02.0	We'll talk about them as we go,
1:03.3	but we'll jump in first with two clay water pots
1:06.4	who hate each other. The pot could not believe it and the other pot were from the same batch, made by the same potter.
1:25.5	The pot was a perfect pot.
1:28.1	It was water-tight, it was light and strong, not like that other pot. The other pot was just, ugh, maybe the
1:36.6	Craftsman was having an off day, maybe it was a Friday and he just wanted to finish it
1:40.9	up. Whatever it was, the other pot was just made wrong. It had a crack in it.
1:47.1	Its handle swung a weird way. It was way too heavy and dense in a way that made it oscillate
1:52.1	wildly. It made the servant compensate in a way that made it oscillate wildly,
1:53.0	and made the servant compensate in a weird way that, over the years,
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