200-Irish Legends: The Things We Do for Love

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Returning to Irish legends, we tackle the wooing of Etain, a love story that goes up against witches turning people into puddles and flies, multiple angry spouses, and death itself.

The creature is a dangerous blanket! Don't sit on blankets with teeth!

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“Balti” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Our Fingers Cold” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Children of Lemuel” by Blue Dot Sessions

"The Summit" by Blue Dot Sessions

“Steadfast” by Blue Dot Sessions

“Encounter” by Podington Bear

“Refraction” by Podington Bear

"Passing Station 7" by Blue Dot Sessions

"Cicle Ariel" by Blue Dot Sessions

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0:00.0	This week on Myths and Legends, we're back in the Irish Legends with the wooing of E-Tain.
0:05.2	You'll see that true love means being able to recognize your spouse when they get turned into a fly,
0:11.0	and that if you leave on a business trip and come back with a tan and impossibly jacked leg muscles,
0:16.3	congrats! You've been walking for nine months straight. The creature this week is a blanket that
0:21.6	eats you, unless you're dressed in cactuses. This is Myths and Legends, episode 200, the things we do for love.
0:39.6	This is a podcast where I tell stories from mythology and folklore. Some are incredibly
0:44.1	popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins. Other stories that might
0:48.9	be new to you, but are definitely worth listening. This week we are back in Irish folklore.
0:54.8	This is the same world as the Toine. Way back from, I don't know, 2016 I think, but it's largely
1:01.9	a standalone episode. We're much in the same areas because it's all set in Ireland, but it's
1:07.0	basically a new set of characters. And so we'll just jump right in. With a king, a queen,
1:12.8	and the very good looking god, who is the reason why the queen wants the king to leave?
1:26.0	Bohand helped her husband. Elkmar, get ready to go. Was he ready to go yet? He was leaving today,
1:32.6	right? Like right now, right? Immediately behind the king, a supremely attractive druid entered the
1:39.2	room. Saw that the king was still there and didn't stop walking as he turned around and left.
1:45.8	The king said that it was just a quick trip down the road to see another king. She didn't need
1:50.4	to back him dinner. He'd be back tomorrow. She said, yep, absolutely. Also drink this.
1:57.0	He looked at the goblet. Why? She said he knew she was a river goddess, right? Well, if he drank
2:02.7	that before he left, he wouldn't come to any harm during his trip and would just feel super great
2:08.2	the whole time. So you drink it, sure. All right, bye honey. The druid was back in Bohand's bedroom
2:14.8	before King Elkmar was even out of the kingdom. The queen, she was hedging her bets. Her special friend,
2:22.7	the dagda, as he's called, wasn't just a druid with an improbable six pack. He was a god king,
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