Quick disclaimer, there are some slight adult themes this week.

Please see the post on mythpodcast.com for more info.

This week, on myths and legends, there are three stories of love from Japan.

We'll see why you shouldn't go seeking filth and squalor abroad when there's so much for you at

home.

And how, when it comes to love, the best is one that doesn't involve

poison, deception, or murder? The creature this time is three angry heads who want to make

their problems your problems by setting you on fire.

This is Myths and Legends, episode 402.

Misconceptions.

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, there are three stories of love from the Edo period in Japan.

The Edo period spanned between 1603 and 1868, and it was a time of peace and strict social order

under the Tokugawa Shogunate.

It was a time of art, theater, isolation from foreign influence, and where Samurai became

largely bureaucrats nostalgic for a warrior past. And merchants were on the rise,

despite their more common backgrounds. Almost none of that matters, except in the background

for today's stories, though.

And we'll start our love stories with the man who's been recently widowed.

Kind of. Alas, I am a widower.

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