This week on myths and legends, you'll meet the nicest night in the world and see why that's a horrible thing for him, his family, his people and his kingdom.

The creature this time is a Scottish one where if you hear voices in the

woods that say they're going to eat you and kidnap your children, maybe listen to them. This is a

a myth's and legends episode 343, Mr Nice Knight.

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 a listen.

Today's story is what happens when you're a nice night.

Too nice, it seems, because that's how you go broke, and are unable to be a night and really all that nice.

This story was originally found in manuscript stating back to the 1400s,

which means the tale itself is likely even older.

I link to the earliest version I could find in the show notes.

We're going to jump in with a night, Surimadas,

having a very uncomfortable conversation with his accountant. Looks, oof, oof, okay. It's not that I thought money was magic per se but like magic I never really understood where it came from or how it worked

and I just like that it brought cool stuff and that I could be really generous and nice to people.

Now you're telling me I'm... I'm broke?

Sir Amadas paced back and forth.

His right hand man. The person who looked after his book said, well, not broke, just great?

Sir Amadas said and whistled off to the stables for a hunt.

Two weeks later, it was Sir Amadas coming to see his right-hand man.

What was all this about the money being gone?

The people are saying that he can't pay them.

Why can't he pay them?

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