The Odyssey Isn’t Greek: it is one of our Oldest Ever Stories YouTube video by Crecganford

My latest video The Origins of Homer's Odyssey... youtu.be/K1oGYlyHI9U

These Mythical Creatures Might Be Living in Your Home Right Now YouTube video by Crecganford

A new video about the small gods is now out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv4a...

Be nice to them or they may hide your car keys!

The Folklore Database has had some major updates. If you haven't used it yet and you study folklore or social sciences then feel free to try it (it is free)... and join the thousands of researchers across hundreds of universities who do.

With an algorithm that hallucinates! Just so disrespectful...

If another person sends me a critique written by AI then I shall call upon all the gods from all of time to wipe your computer of all its data, and your backups as well!

Uncovering an Ancient Myth YouTube video by Crecganford

Going live in one hour to talk about dogs, neanderthals, and the origins of Homer's the Iliad and the Odyssey, come along and join in the discussion: youtube.com/live/DVFmGXf...

IT'S OVER: The end of Comparative Mythology?! YouTube video by Crecganford

In less than an hour we can have a chat about Comparative Mythology... youtube.com/live/1e_CrOj...

I've just updated the mythology database to allow people to search mythemes, a huge evolution in how to research Folklore. So just search for those for food, and then check out the related narratives. Any questions, just ask :)

The Origin of the Flood YouTube video by Crecganford

New YouTube Video: The Flood Myth is much older than the Bible, than Gilgamesh, than the Younger Dryas, or the last Glacial Maximum: youtu.be/UHHn1Yw7sNk

Live: Questions answered from Floods to Dragons via Witches YouTube video by Crecganford

I'll be streaming live in a couple of hours 8pm UK time, 3pm EST, noon PST... feel free to come along and have a chat:
youtube.com/live/4kv2Q9K...

The Sky Father or his son, the Storm God? YouTube video by Crecganford

Sky Fathers and Storm Gods, where did they go? A new video out now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfhB...

Germanic Mythology, Racism, and the Misuse of Ancient Stories YouTube video by Crecganford

Claim the myths that speak to you. Embrace your heritage. But don’t distort ancient stories to justify hate. Mythology should connects us, not divide us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVR5...

Our Oldest Stories and Why they Survive (and what they are) YouTube video by Crecganford

A new video just released! Based on an essay I wrote at Oxford; the real reason stories persist, but do myths last longer than fairytales? And if so why? A deeper dive into this, with many references so we can have a great discussion about it. youtu.be/gE6qiM1WfoA

Myths, Mushrooms & Tea Episode 01: From Star Wars to the Hero's Journey YouTube video by Myths Mushrooms and Tea

A new podcast on which Im a host, an interesting wander through myth and the strange: youtu.be/5vzXU2RkY-Y

When Man Created God YouTube video by MythVision Podcast

Going live on YouTube with Derek from MythVision, and will be talking about our Oldest stories and our Oldest gods... www.youtube.com/live/rVNzmxn...

Tricksters: Good or Evil? Gods or Mortals? YouTube video by Crecganford

Don't be tricked, watch this!
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Cosmic Battles and Sea Serpents: The Bible's Other Creation Myths YouTube video by Crecganford

A new video about the many creation myths which are told within the bible... www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2FY...

A concise article, however I wish you'd mentioned Yuri Berezkin's work, far more useful in studying/mapping myths than the ATU, and is now translated and offered as a free and expanded resource by myself (mythologydatabase.com).

The epic scientific quest to reveal what makes folktales so compelling Linguists, psychologists and experts in cultural evolution are discovering why we tell stories, how ancient the oldest ones are and why some tales run and run

Mythology-ology @newscientist.com Some of the stories we tell are surprisingly old.

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Our Most Interesting Cave Art YouTube video by Crecganford

Live Stream at 8pm GMT, 3pm EST, noon PST... we're talking more about cave art, with some more fascinating examples. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dLy...

Garden of Doom E.270 Union of the Snake & Dragons Garden Of Doom · Episode

I had a little chat about snakes and dragons on the Garden of Doom podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/6JJv...

The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans - Nature Ancient DNA reveals how the explosive expansion of Yamnaya steppe pastoralists began with a small community north of the Black Sea speaking ancestral Indo-European, and detects genetic links with Anat...

A paper "The Genetic Origins of the Indo-Europeans" which includes work from David Reich's team was released yesterday. There's a summary of it on my Patreon.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Their root is more to do with immortality, in the sense that I'll give you fruit to stop you being hungry, and in return I'll take your immortality. That is in essence the root of the story from Genesis, and is adapted from older African tales.

Live Stream: Ancient Art and its Meaning YouTube video by Crecganford

Live at 8pm UK time, 3pm EST, noon PST, we're going to talk about cave art and what it could mean... looking forward to seeing you there... www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiIx...

Landscape in Myth and Folklore: An Interview with Jon Norman Mason YouTube video by Crecganford

A discussion about mythology and landscape and how urban landscape impacts it; with Jon Norman-Mason, storyteller, researcher for the BBC's "You're Dead to Me", and in his final year of his PhD: youtu.be/2Aqv-Dv9gAw

Landscape and Mythology: An Interview with Jon Norman-Mason Crecganford · Episode

An interview with Jon Norman-Mason on Landscape and Mythology, a fascinating dive into the challenges of myth-making in the modern world: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZFL...

How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.

Looking forward to more stories and texts being revealed: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Let's talk myth and the future of Crecganford. Going live at noon PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nycj...