This week on Myths and Legends we'll finish up the current run of King Arthur's stories,

and we'll meet back up with Merlin. We'll see that you can be both a powerful wizard and a

conjurer of cheap tricks, especially if you're serving as a wigman for very sleazy king,

who's willing to put all the political, military, and magical powers at his disposal toward going on a date.

Also, you'll see why you definitely want to jump the fence when you're at Stonehenge

and bathed with the stones. On the creature of the week, it's an over-the-top, horrifying,

headless horseman from Ireland, who looks and smells like a block of cheese.

This is Myths and Legends, Episode 6c, how I met your mother.

This is a podcast where I tell stories that have shaped cultures around the world.

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

Some are stories you probably haven't heard, but really should.

Previously on the show, I started at the very beginning of the Arthurian Legends.

Vortiger murdered his way to the title of King, and drove the rightful heirs,

a reliance and uther, an exile. He then invited the Saxons to England to keep his people online.

They deposed him and oppressed the native Britons. He found Merlin,

then a child, who prophesized the arrival of Constantine's children before disappearing into the

forest. Arrelius then came with an army, surrounded Vortigerin's castle, and burned him to death.

Arrelius and his army packed up their tents, still covered in ash, and set off east to confront

Hengist and his forces. He staked everything on getting there in time, giving up taking his vengeance

on Vortigerin and accidentally burning down a town. It would be worth it though if he was able to

keep the Saxons from catching them unaware in the middle of his siege. Well, he gets back to London

to find the Saxons, after dealing with revolts and learning of a reliance's victory in the west,

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