This week, on Myths and Legends, we're in Celtic folklore, and we'll see why, if a talking

fox approaches you on the robe with solutions to all of your problems and a lamb's head to

eat, you should maybe hit the pause button on both of those things. And how? If five fairy

riders invites you to crash a wedding, maybe make sure kidnapping isn't on the agenda first.

The creature this time is that water man horse, who has not read The Odyssey.

This is Myths and Legends, episode 400, The Baddies.

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

Some are incredibly popular tales 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, we're back in Celtic folklore,

with two stories of choices.

Good choices, bad choices,

kidnapping choices.

We run the full gamut this week.

We'll jump in with Prince Ian,

who's out hunting,

and who just made an amazing

discovery. The blue falcon flapped out of the tree. A blue falcon. Ian Doreach knocked an arrow and let it fly.

He had done this so many times it was nearly automatic. And as the darker blue falcons soared off

into the white sky, it seemed it was too automatic. The bird got away. It was the first time Ian had

missed in years, since he learned to hunt. A blue feather fluttered to the ground, and after Ian dug

through the autumn leaves on the forest floor to get it, he brought it home. Home had once been a nice place, once, before his mother's coughs became more and more

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