22B-Irish Legends: You Wouldn’t Like Me When I’m Angry

Myths and Legends

Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser

Fiction, History, Arts, Books

4.8 • 25.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Queen Medb, King Ailil, and Fergus make their way into Ulster while the army is crippled by feeling as if they are going into labor. Only one man, barely out of childhood himself, can stand against the invaders and protect his people until they are able to rise. That man is Cu Chulainn. This week, we learn the origin story of this Irish superhero (he's kind of literally a superhero, too. He can hulk out.), including how he got his name, which basically means dog.
The creature of the week is one that will, unsurprisingly, drag you into the river and kill you. What is surprising, though, is the party that happens in your village when you kick it out.
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Music:
"Hiroko Life" by Whodiniz
"Brick Wall (Instrumental)" by Simon Panrucker
"Venus in Furz" by Steve Combs
"Contrarian" by Blue Dot Sessions
"Invitation to the Voyage" by Julia Kent

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0:00.0	Last week's disclaimers still very much in place, once again there are many adult themes in this
0:04.0	episode and it probably wouldn't be great for children. This week on the Myths and Legends podcast
0:10.1	we're continuing a series of epic Irish legends. You'll see that violence solves everything and
0:15.1	that if you want to make it mission to your school more difficult, there's a solution. Just
0:19.4	enchant the only birch to the school so that it's as slippery as an eel and only as wide as a hair.
0:24.8	Then on the Creature of the Week it's a river drowler who might make a whirlpool and drown you
0:30.5	or just lead to massive parties for your whole village.
0:38.8	This is the Myths and Legends podcast episode 22b. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
0:49.5	This is a podcast where I tell stories from folklore that I helped shape our world.
0:52.9	Some are incredibly popular stories you think you know, but with surprising origins.
0:57.2	Others are stories you probably haven't heard, but really should. Before I get started,
1:02.4	I just want to say thanks to Cole, Ellie, Egan, Gillian, and Tamara for up with the pronunciations
1:08.7	of specific names and a very special thanks to Nathan Patterson for his repeated help and detailed
1:14.1	explanations of how all the names are pronounced. That being said, these people have done all they
1:19.2	can for me and I take full responsibility for mispronunciations going forward. It's not their fault
1:24.3	I can't say words. Basically, the current king of Ulster is named King Kruhur. Not
1:30.3	Contravor or whatever I was calling them last week. I've also heard Contravar, but I'm going
1:34.7	with Kruhur since that seems to be the most widely agreed upon one. With this one, I'll be
1:39.1	sure to mention him as the king of Ulster each time, so you aren't hopelessly lost with me changing
1:43.2	the name of one of the key characters. It's apparently the source of the named Connor, so yeah,
1:48.4	I was way off with that one. Sorry about that. There are other changes, like men have actually
1:54.0	being pronounced mave. There are some characters that won't make another appearance. Like the woman
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