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Beowulf and why we need Monsters

Season 5 Episode 18

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The existence of monsters, alongside gods and goddesses, is a distinguishing feature of myths, fairy tales, and legends.…

2 years, 5 months ago

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Mythic Sensibility: The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran

Season 5 Episode 17

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The season around Halloween and Samhain is a liminal time when shadows grow and lengthen in the world and psyche. The ol…

2 years, 6 months ago

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"Those Who Live Beneath Us": Sedna the Inuit Woman of the Sea

Season 5 Episode 16

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Sedna is the goddess mother of the sea, marine animals, and the underworld in the myths of the Inuit people, an indigeno…

2 years, 7 months ago

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The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill and the Salmon of Knowledge

Season 5 Episode 15

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"I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thre…

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Mythical Bonds: Dogs, Kinship, and the Irish tale of Fionn and the Birth of Bran

Season 5 Episode 14

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“Dogs are our link to paradise.” -- Milan Kundera


Sometimes a "little" detail in my day triggers thoughts about my mythic…

2 years, 8 months ago

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Churning the Cosmic sea: Joseph Campbell, meaning, and the rapture of being alive

Season 5 Episode 13

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"I don’t think the meaning of life is what we’re seeking. I think it’s an experience of being alive, so that our life ex…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Myth, science, and the creation story: Mr. g by Alan Lightman

Season 5 Episode 12

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"Rationality and logic can be spiritual." -- Alan Lightman, Mr. g

The antagonism between Western science and myth/religio…

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Gates of Babylon: The Enduring Legacy of Ancient Creation Myths

Season 5 Episode 11

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The Babylonian Enuma Elish, also known as The Seven Tablets of Creation, is one of the oldest surviving creation myths. …

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Creation Myths: In the beginning

Season 5 Episode 10

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How did all of this-- what we call reality, the universe, the earth, life, begin? What do you think? This question is a …

2 years, 10 months ago

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Myths of the Father

Season 5 Episode 9

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The proper way to be a father or mother, questions about who can father or mother, and what these parental roles mean ar…

2 years, 10 months ago

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