Just a small content winning this week, and for the next couple of weeks, there are some

adult themes. Nothing explicit, but please check out the post on mythpodcast.com for more info.

This week, on myths and legends, it's the story of Tristan,

ice-sold, and King Mark from the Arthurian legends. We'll see why shoving poisonous dragon parts

dying your pants is a bad idea, and outgain hearing your food might just spark a quest for the love

of your life. The creature this week is a giant angry snail. And if you're thinking, oh,

they're super slow, so they're really not that scary. I have two words for you. Mouth tentacles.

This is Myths and Legends, Episode 135A. Matchmaker.

This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly

popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins. Other stories that might be new to

you, but are definitely worth listening. Today's story is a super famous one from the Arthurian

legends. If you haven't heard many or any of the previous King Arthur stories, that's okay.

This story is set in the same time as the other stories we've told, and King Arthur,

going in and yvain, will all make cameo appearances later. But it's largely disconnected from

the large narrative. Today's story comes almost exclusively from a poet in 12th century France,

by the name of Barul. This is just about the earliest version of the story, though we might

bring in more recent versions. More recent versions being ones written in the 1300s, as opposed to

the 1100s, later on in the story. Basically, today we start our story in Cornwall, and Southwest Britain,

and we'll spend a lot of time in Tintagel, where King Mark, the King of Cornwall,

has a big problem with an even bigger night. Tristan looked on his opponent, the Irish prince

Moreholt, as he rode to the island. Yeah, wow. There was a reason no one had taken him up on his

offer for single combat for at least a decade or so. They've been sending the Irish king a steady

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