Pandora's Box and the Creation of Man
Mythillogical Podcast
Hey guys, it’s your girl Pandora, welcome to my latest unboxing video. Charles and Crofty join me to unpack my jar of evils, on the way learning of the creation of humanity, the trickery of Prometheus, and how the story evolved from Ancient Greece to the present day. Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below: Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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The Flying Dutchman
Mythillogical Podcast
On our second ever solo episode, Charles takes a deep dive into the briny seas of the 18th century, to track the origins of the phantom ship of legend. Over the course of a hundred years of voyaging we'll watch the slow development of the Dutchman from merely an unfortunate vessel doomed by storms and plague, to an ill omen for all who encounter her. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below: Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...
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Amaterasu and the Japanese Creation Myth
Mythillogical Podcast
So folks, it’s been a while! On today’s episode Crofty and Charles journey to the land of the rising sun, to examine the head of the Japanese pantheon and mythical ancestress of it's Imperial family, Amaterasu. Together they examine her earliest appearances in Japanese myth, along with wider theories as to her origin and evolving significance in Japan’s culture. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below: Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License...
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The Fairies, Part 2
Mythillogical Podcast
In the second part of their examination of Fairies, Charles and Crofty tour the fairy ruins and otherworlds of both Ireland and Scotland. Here they delve too deeply into the unique fairies and pagan gods that call those nations home, and explore some of the darker sides of how fairy belief was treated in centuries past. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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The Fairies, Part 1
Mythillogical Podcast
In the first episode of a two parter, Charles and Crofty run the risk of being trapped in fairy land on a quest to understand the origins of its famous denizens. Together they trace the history of these mysterious creatures throughout Britain and Ireland, examining how they evolved from elusive elves in Anglo Saxon times, to the regal fairy courts of Elizabethan literature, before finally take their iconic forms amongst the Victorian folklore craze. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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Trickster Gods of Africa and Voodoo - Bonus Episode
Mythillogical Podcast
Who's that figure standing at the crossroads? After following Anansi’s journey from Africa to the New World, today’s bonus episode sees Charles and Crofty investigate two other trickster figures who were brought from Africa to the Americas, the gods Eshu and Legba. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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Anansi the Spider
Mythillogical Podcast
Today Charles and Crofty discuss the enigmatic trickster, Anansi the Spider, tracing his origins on the fringes of West African society and religion, to his evolution into a symbol of slave defiance and rebellion in plantation Jamaica. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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Beowulf
Mythillogical Podcast
On today's episode Crofty makes a triumphant return, joining Charles to wax poetic about Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon epic rich in historical and legendary connections, and to ask if the eponymous hero was a poet’s creation, or a figure of legend himself? Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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The Bell Witch Haunting
Mythillogical Podcast
On an impromptu Halloween episode, Charles finds himself lost in the woods on the trail of the Bell Witch of Northern Tennessee, tracking it from the first accounts of the early 19th century, through to its fullest and spookiest of incarnations. Enjoy! Audio editing by Charles Snart and Byron Lewis. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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Mesopotamian Creation Myths (w/Mythology with Mike)
Mythillogical Podcast
On today's episode, Charles is joined by a special guest host to take a long voyage through two thousand years of Mesopotamian History. Together they track the earliest surviving Creation myths, beginning with the fragmentary creation myths of the Sumerians, through to the Epic Creation myth of the Babylonian period, the Enūma Eliš. Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
info_outlineIn this inaugural episode, Charles and Crofty dive into the world of Dragons, including their origins in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and far off China and Japan.
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