This week, on Myths and Legends, it's something of a fairy tale from the Arthurian Legends.

It's a standalone story that doesn't require much if any knowledge of the previous episodes.

We'll learn that violence is never the answer except when it is, and that true love waits.

In the Dark Forest, ready to jump out at the king.

The creature this time is a porcupine woman. Who will remove your organs?

This is Myths and Legends, episode 282, all night long.

This is a podcast where we tell stories from mythology and folklore.

Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know, but with surprising origins.

Others are stories that might be new to you, but are definitely worth listen.

Today's a fun little story from Camelot. Like I said in the intro, it's a standalone

king-Arthur story, so we can step out of the shadow of our continuity for a bit and enjoy it

with basically a king-Arthur fairy tale. Set in Britain in the early Middle Ages,

all you need to know going into this is that we're in the middle of Arthur,

King of the Britons with an O's, reign. Things are going well. Not too much is being asked of the

monarch. In fact, he's taken a long weekend in the form of a hunting trip with his buddies,

Slash employees. The king and his fellow hunters have just chased a deer into a thicket.

An Arthur has stepped forward with an unconventional order.

Wait, are you sure one night asked the king? King Arthur weighed his arms for his men to keep

their voices down. They didn't want to spook the deer crouching in the thicket over there, did they?

The king drew his bow. This one was his. Yeah, but like, we could go with you?

Arthur's bodyguard said, but they need to rephrase that. They should go with Arthur to guard his

body because they were his bodyguard. Arthur commanded them to stand down. It was one little

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