Ninigi arrives on Earth prepared to rule, only to find that the realm already has a king. After making a dangerous wager, Ninigi has only seven days to claim the throne… and woo a bride who has a terrible secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From an ancient Shinto text: The goddess Amaterasu tasks her eager grandson Ninigi with ruling the earthly realm… But first, Ninigi will have to find the right guide for the dangerous journey to the world below. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A meeting with the giantesses leaves Frigg with a powerful gift and a plan. She returns to Asgard to seek revenge for her son’s death — but finds her home, and its residents, changed. Soon, she is changed, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When an all-powerful goddess realizes her life in Asgard has become unsatisfying, she embarks on a quest across the World Tree to find herself… and maybe secure a kingdom of her very own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Midway through his sacred journey, the monk Tripitaka experiences a strange and unsettling visitation. The next stop on their journey may be the last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Obatala defends the world against death and destruction from his vengeful sister, Olokun, orisha of the sea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This Yoruba tale from West Africa tells of Obatala, a restless Orisha whose boundless creativity led him to create the world as we know it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After escaping Hades twice, the clever Sisyphus had drawn the ire of the gods. When they found him, they made sure he would face one of the most horrific punishments in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In an effort to become the cleverest man in all of Greece, Sisyphus drew the ire of the gods for a long list of crimes — seducing his niece, killing guests in his home, and betraying the king of gods, Zeus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With Asgard in peril, Thor must reconcile with his estranged son in order to keep the universe itself from collapsing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
To save an innocent boy from death, Thor must partner with the chaotic, mischievous Loki. But the foe they face is perhaps too powerful — even for gods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The iconic God of Thunder is enlisted for an epic mission. But it will take a wise empress and a cunning giantess to achieve the impossible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In the final installment of our Astrology takeover, we look at Pisces, Aries, and Taurus — the twin fish, the ram, and the bull of the zodiac. For more celestial stories, keep listening across Parcast Network for episodes on the rest of the Zodiac signs, constellations and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our astrology takeover continues, with Sagittarius, Capricorn, and Aquarius — the archer, the sea goat, and the water-bearer. For more celestial stories, keep listening across Parcast Network for episodes on the Zodiac signs, constellations and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Our astrology takeover continues with the stories behind Virgo, Libra and Scorpio — the maiden, the scales of justice, and the vicious scorpion. For more celestial stories, keep listening across Parcast Network for episodes on the rest of the Zodiac signs, constellations and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The stars can tell us our fates, but they also have stories of their own. Today, hear the tales behind Gemini, Cancer and Leo — the cosmic twins of Rome, a monstrous crab, and the ferocious Nemean Lion. And for more celestial stories, keep listening across Parcast Network for episodes on the rest of the Zodiac signs, constellations and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Seven Macaw has been slain, but the Hero Twins are not out of the woods yet. His vengeful children are a force to be reckoned with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This Mayan story tells of two minor deities who fall into an adventure almost by accident. In our first legend, they must stop the malevolent Seven Macaw from taking over the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After being exiled from Jason’s home in Iolcos, Medea and Jason find refuge in a new kingdom — but not in each other. Met with a king’s proposition, Jason’s ambitions betray his family, and Medea takes her revenge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Medea was a foreign princess and a powerful sorceress, best known as the wife of the hero Jason who helped him secure the Golden Fleece. But few know the story of what happened after their triumphant return — and how one of the greatest love stories of Greek myth unravelled into one of its darkest tragedies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Xuanzang achieves justice for his parents, but his trials are far from over. A quest for a murderer, shocking violence, and a hidden goddess all arrive to show Xuanzang that he can be more than a monk. He can become a legend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In China during the Tang dynasty, a humble monk named Xuanzang had a great destiny. His life and travels would be mythologized in the hugely popular novel Xiyouji, known in English as Journey to the West. In today’s story, Xuanzang learns where he came from, and risks death to reunite with his mother. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Beginning his life in exile, this Egyptian deity soon learns that he has a destiny to fulfill... and rises to challenge his uncle for rule over the ancient Egyptian pantheon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The ancient struggle for planet Earth reaches its climax as Amaterasu sends her warriors to depose Okuninushi and restore order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When an infestation of chaos appears on Earth, the sun goddess Amaterasu marshals the forces of Heaven to seize control of the Central Realm. But its current ruler, the wily folk-hero Okuninushi, has different plans… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After Loki is kidnapped by the giant Thiassi, he deploys a cunning scheme, and a curious thing starts to happen. The gods of Asgard begin to age — a tell-tale sign that the goddess Iduna, with her youth-replenishing apples, is gone. Getting her back will require an unlikely collaboration, and a clash amongst ancient enemies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Can the cunning, mischief-making Loki redeem his troublesome ways? The god-king Odin hopes so. But when a giant outwits the Trickster of all tricksters, Loki’s path to redemption is derailed — and he’s pressed to make a betrayal that may doom them all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
As the boy magician Se-Osiris battles an evil sorcerer, his father, the archaeologist-prince Setna, races against time to unlock a secret from the past. To save his son’s life, Setna will have to do something he swore he would never do again: steal from the dead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From The Tales of Prince Setna: A mysterious stranger issues a challenge in Pharaoh’s court, and a young boy arrives to meet it. Se-Osiris is barely more than a child, but he is already the most powerful magician in Egypt — and he has a five-hundred-year-old score to settle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
After slaying the Minotaur, losing his father, and cutting ties with Hercules, a traumatized Theseus goes down a dark path. Now it’s up to Hercules to rescue the young king from his own mistakes… even if it means fighting him to the death. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
