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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
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
"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
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…
2 years, 7 months ago
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
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
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…
2 years, 9 months ago
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. …
2 years, 9 months ago
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
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