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Back to SearchA psychology of craft: the shirt of stinging nettles
Season 5 Episode 8
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Our appreciation of mythology as a symbolic language is central to the contemporary relationship to myth. As people boun…
2 years, 11 months ago
"The Wild Swans"--- Powerful Words and Living with Wings
Season 5 Episode 7
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On the surface, "The Wild Swans" is a fairy tale about cursed brothers who are saved by their sister. This is a common…
3 years ago
The World's Wife, Contemporary Myth Poems by Carol Ann Duffy
Season 5 Episode 6
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In The World's Wife, Carol Ann Duffy offers myth poems that are also myths for today in the form of a poem. These poems…
3 years ago
Myth, Poetry, and the Power of the Word
Season 5 Episode 5
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April is National Poetry month!
Myth and poetry have a long, shared history. In fact, our oldest known myths are poems.
H…
3 years, 1 month ago
Athena, goddess of Reason ?!
Season 5 Episode 4
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The Greek goddess Athena was a warrior, the patron of cities and mentor of heroes, clear-eyed, practical, and strategic.…
3 years, 1 month ago
Myth, History, and the Woman Warrior
Season 5 Episode 3
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Myth has an interesting and complex relationship to history.
Myth is part of the historical record of our species, and p…
3 years, 2 months ago
Free to Love: Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid
Season 5 Episode 2
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The freedom to love and individuality. The difference between spiritual love and carnal love. Love for the self and love…
3 years, 2 months ago
2023 and the Year of the Rabbit
Season 5 Episode 1
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A new year is a time of beginnings and possibility. A fresh and hopeful creativity infuses our aspirations. This is a go…
3 years, 3 months ago
Christian saints, Norse gods, and magic mushrooms: myths of Santa Claus
Season 4 Episode 24
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Yes, Christmas is grossly commercial, a taint that touches other year-closing holidays as well. And yet this time, and t…
3 years, 4 months ago
A Winter Story: Raven Steals the Light
Season 4 Episode 23
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Whatever your ancestry, wherever your people had deep roots, winter was the time for storytelling. To gather together in…
3 years, 5 months ago