378: Norse Sagas: Snowfell (part 1 of 2)
Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser
4.8 • 25.4K Ratings
🗓️ 31 July 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The creature is Stallo. It's made of turf and magic, but it takes half your remaining life as soon as it's born, so it's kind of like a real human child in that way.
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Music:
"Hiking Cluster" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Greycase" by Blue Dot Sessions
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Quick disclaimer there are some adult situations and stronger than usual violence this week |
| 0:05.1 | please see the post on myth podcast dot com for more info this week on myths and legends |
| 0:10.7 | we're back in the north sagas with the story of a highly trained man, |
| 0:14.0 | shaped by tragedy, who lives in a cave and spends his time |
| 0:18.0 | rescuing people and, yeah, he's |
| 0:20.0 | basically medieval Icelandic Batman. |
| 0:23.0 | The creature this time is a turf monster |
| 0:25.0 | that you can make to annoy your rivals at massive personal cost. |
| 0:30.0 | Really, don't do it. |
| 0:40.0 | This is Myths and Legends episode 378, Snow Fell, Part 1 of 2. |
| 0:45.0 | This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore. |
| 0:51.0 | Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know but with surprising origins. |
| 0:55.2 | Others are tales that might be new to you but are definitely worth a listen. |
| 0:59.1 | Today we're back in the Icelandic sagas, a saga being very generally a history of a family and its exploits. |
| 1:05.8 | Today's story is about Bard, a son of giants and trolls who goes on to be the father of, well, |
| 1:11.6 | you'll see. We'll jump in, not, you'll see. |
| 1:12.6 | We'll jump in, not with Bard, though, |
| 1:15.2 | but with a very different Icelander who has a problem. |
| 1:18.3 | His mom might be a witch, |
| 1:21.0 | and several guys are about to go tell on her. Einor heard the news when he arrived at home. |
| 1:37.0 | Einar heard the news when he arrived at home. |
| 1:40.0 | Sorsary. |
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