🗡️If at first you don't succeed, die, die again.

Ian's had a hard life. That life gets even more difficult when he falls in love with a woman who is (not-so-secretly) a deer. And who makes him eat her earwax.

😈 The Creature: The Charles Mill Lake Monster

This week, the state of Ohio flexes its greatest (super)natural resource: quirky cryptids.

---

📖 The Book!

Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.

If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us.  Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder

🔗 Links:

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/441
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
Source: https://myths.link/source
Myths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

💬 Social:

Discord: https://myths.link/discord
Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram
Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky

---

📢 Sponsors

Quince: Upgrade your everyday. Download the Quince app for app-exclusive offers, or go to https://quince.com/legends. Get free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too.

Home Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box PLUS free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legends

Vinted: Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees, so you keep everything you earn.

Mint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.

---

🎵 Music Credits

Salmony by Blue Dot Sessions
Another Love Song from the Corner by Breakmaster Cylinder
8Bit Sadventure Time by Breakmaster Cylinder
Nightwatch Beetles by Breakmaster Cylinder
Sadly Here We Are Again by Breakmaster Cylinder
Lessita by Blue Dot Sessions

🐒 Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, knows a demon shakedown when he sees it.

And what's happening in this town, where people need to pay upwards of $30k (in 2026 USD) a year to a Buddha they never see? That's a shakedown. Does his master, the Tang Monk, believe him? Of course he doesn't.

😈 The Creature: Man-dragon

Hey, just because man-dragon knows something bad is about to happen and shows up there ahead of time doesn't mean he's obligated to tell you the bad thing that's going to happen.

---

📖 The Book!

Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.

If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us.  Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder

🔗 Links:

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
Myths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

💬 Social:

Discord: https://myths.link/discord
Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram
Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky

---

📢 Sponsors

BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Don't let stigma stand in the way of support. Sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/myths

Wayfair: Ready to upgrade your home for way less? Head to https://wayfair.com right now to shop all things home and get your space ready for less.

---

🎵 Music Credits

A Peaceful Plummet by Breakmaster Cylinder
Spheres of Doom by Breakmaster Cylinder
Damn Yea, Shebeasts! by Breakmaster Cylinder
Dislotec - Pitbull by Breakmaster Cylinder
Embers Bounce Around You on the Way Downward by Breakmaster Cylinder
Elmore Heights by Blue Dot Sessions

✏️Gaṅgâdhara's astrologer dad has some bad news for his boy: he's going to die.

Well, first he'll spend a decade in prison, and then die. Then things will get better? It's the story of the Soothsayer's Son.

😈 The Creature: Denpachi Kitsune

Are you sure the best student in your school isn't a secret monster? Really? Ok, then, it's probably just Denpachi.

---

🎉 The Giveaway!

From now until July 24th, 2026, Our awesome publisher is giving away 15 early copies of For the King, book one of Myths and Legends's comprehensive version of the King Arthur legends. The winners of the giveaway can read their very own free physical copy months before it even goes on sale! Enter to win here: https://myths.link/giveaway

📖 The Book!

Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age. 

If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us.  Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder

🔗 Links:

Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/37002/pg37002-images.html#ch3
Myths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

💬 Social:

Discord: https://myths.link/discord
Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram
Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky

---

📢 Sponsors

Home Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box plus free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legends

BetterHelp: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Don't let stigma stand in the way of support. Sign up and get 10% off at https://betterhelp.com/myths

Quince: Elevate your summer wardrobe. Head to https://quince.com/legends for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too.

Mint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just $15 a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.

---

🎵 Music Credits

India Melody by Breakmaster Cylinder
Lovin You is Easy Cause You're Chewable by Breakmaster Cylinder
Time's Arrow by Breakmaster Cylinder
On a Straight Down Train Car by Breakmaster Cylinder
Etude 1 Cherub by Breakmaster Cylinder
Izeah by Blue Dot Sessions

🏝️No one has seen or heard about Maui for quite some time

Meanwhile, all these strange portents are leading disparate groups to a faraway island, all the while there are ominous tales spoken in whispers. It's probably ok, right? I mean, it's Maui. He's always looking out for us.

Right?

😈 The Creature: Menehune

They'll build things for you (out of love), or they'll shoot you (also out of love?) but you better not watch them do either.

---

📖 The Book!

Myths and Legends has our first book coming out on December 1st! FOR THE KING is a comprehensive retelling of Arthurian legend, focused on humanity and written for the modern age.

If you like the podcast, you'll love the book, and preorders are a massive help to us.  Check it out here: https://myths.link/preorder

🔗 Links:

Disclaimer: https://myths.link/438
Membership: https://www.mythpodcast.com/membership
Myths and Legends YouTube:https://myths.link/youtube

💬 Social:

Discord: https://myths.link/discord
Instagram: https://myths.link/instagram
Bluesky: https://myths.link/bluesky

---

📢 Sponsors

Mint Mobile: To get your new wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/legends.

Home Chef: For a limited time, Home Chef is offering my listeners 50% off and free shipping for your first box plus free dessert for life! Go to https://homechef.com/legends

---

🎵 Music Credits

Woke up at the Aquarium by Breakmaster Cylinder
Bitter Bit by Blue Dot Sessions
Runway 12 by Blue Dot Sessions
Depths of Field Retreating by Blue Dot Sessions
Pelly's Overture by Blue Dot Sessions
A Aecollection by Blue Dot Sessions