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Episode 177 - White as Snow, Red as Blood
We’re finally covering the original Disney animated film: Snow White. As usual, the Brothers Grimm have a much darker version. Then in Gods and Monsters, a boy will get into a predicament.
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The Goddess and Marija Gimbutas: Maureen Murdock, Ph.D. reflects on Gimbutas’ vision of the #sacred feminine, her legacy in #feminist spirituality and archeomythology, & the enduring relevance of Old Europe as a cultural mythos. #mythsky substack.com/home/post/p-...
The cover of The Hedge Knight comic, showing Sir Duncan the Tall in full armor
Episode 176 - The Vagina Dialogues
This week, a knight rescues some maidens and gets very…unique powers. And yes, it’s exactly as weird and bawdy as you think. Then in Gods and Monsters, a maid will argue with her vagina and part ways.
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Two armies of knights charge each other. A knight with a crown stands in the foreground, his horse rearing.
Episode 175 - The Once and Future King
We’re heading back to Britain for Arthur’s first foray into kingship. The barons…don’t take it well. Merlin makes his dramatic return. Then, in Gods and Monsters, Mr. Vinegar learns financial responsibility.
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Welcome to... ⚡🦉 🔱 MYTHOLOGY MONTH 🦌🧜🦢
We're slaying climate and clean energy myths all month long over on @greenjuice.wtf.
Get the facts, bust up the bullshit, gawk at the cute drawings!
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German Crusader ships on the open sea. The fly white sails with red crosses in the center.
Episode 173 - Holding Out for a Hero
It’s the continuing Bearslayer saga! Our hero seeks his missing love and best friend, but finds old enemies instead. Then in Gods and Monsters, a ghost will give an orphan a magical musical instrument.
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A poster for the Frosty the Snowman animated special. Frosty leads a group of townspeople across a winter landscape. He holds a broom aloft in one hand and wears a top hat.
Episode 171 - Frosty the Snowman
It’s the holiday special! We’re off to Denmark for the original tale of a snowman come to life and his forbidden love. Then in Gods and Monsters, we’ll meet a Christmas elf who’s more like a gremlin.
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We just crossed a quarter million downloads for this little mythology podcast. When I started this, I never would have imagined it getting this far. Thank you to everyone who listens to me shouting it into the void.
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Bugs Bunny talks to a confused Elmer Fudd while a skeptical Daffy Duck looks on
Episode 170 - Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow
It’s time to meet the trickster that inspired Bugs Bunny: Br’er Rabbit, himself an offshoot of Anansi the Spider. Then, in Gods and Monsters, a man begins working for the Devil.
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A humanoid figure with a deer skull for a head in red robes with green trim stands holding an old broom
Episode 169 - The Enchanted Princess
We’re headed to Russia to drink with demons, ignore a useful magic item, and abuse invisibility. Then in Gods and Monsters, we’ll meet an enemy of the Witcher.
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I am still looking for a book rec... Any #mythology nerds on Bluesky? Is #booksky a thing, or #mythsky?
King Yemma from Dragon Ball Z sits at a desk sized for his enormous person. He towers over the others the in room.
Episode 166 - Wrongful Death
This week, a Korean man will get dragged to hell. Literally. Then, in Gods and Monsters, a tiger will confront a tasty treat that is also its biggest threat: a fussy baby.
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Myths, Legends, and Fairy Tales - A fascinating lecture with Jack Zipes, from the exhibition "The Wonderful World Before #Disney". Via the Weisman Art Museum.
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"Medusa. Was she a monster or perhaps a #woman wronged by those around her?" Via Women & Mythology #Gorgons #Mythsky 🐍 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajdt...
On October 3rd, the KDP/Amazon take-down will be complete. COME HITHER NO MALICE, the Medusa/Perseus myth, told in antiquity, but eyes open to today, this novelette reimagines a victim as a heroine, and a “hero” as a compassionate defender. Cover art by Lane Faglie.
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An army of blue crabs swarms a beach next to ocean waves
Episode 165 - Beauty Like the Sun
Source: Filipino folklore
What happens when a strange vibe drags you into the sky like Super Mario? You make magic soup for the sun of course. Then, in Gods and Monsters, the crabs (and one unhappy shrimp) will go to war with the ocean.
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How Cronus overthrew Uranus illustration by Jan Parker in Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece by John Pinsent
Demeter and Persephone illustration by Jan Parker in Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece by John Pinsent
Demeter and Persephone illustration by Jan Parker in Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece by John Pinsent
The fall of Achilles and the Trojan Horse illustration by Jan Parker in Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece by John Pinsent
The Greek mythology book has gorgeous paintings
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A figurine of a horned cyclops sits on a rock beside a wooden spit. A human figure is bound to the spit as the cyclops turns him over an open fire.
Episode 164 - Island of Horrors III
It’s part 3 of Sinbad the Sailor. Our bold sailor will one again wish he’d never left shore as he meets terrible savers on the high seas. Then in Gods and Monsters, a magical bird will raise a child.
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okay so bahuchara mata is part of the mother goddess, fertility goddess, and transformation related archetypes...any gods, goddesses, or legendary figures from any other mythology that can be unrelated to hindu myth and religion that fit these archetypes? bonus points if trans subtext #mythsky
The temple is a late development of the cave.
Threshold rites are an expression of this numinous feminine place.
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A blonde princess in a blue gown stands in a fantasy forest next to an enormous blue fox
Episode 163 - Twilight Princess
We’re heading to French Canada for a cautionary tale about snubbing the fae. Then in Gods and Monsters, it’s Sweeny Todd meets Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Trying to think of a team name for mythology trivia tomorrow. Current favorite is Homer-erotic. Any suggestions?
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In myth, a single eye or tooth can represent the navel. Before birth, the feelings to be associated with the eyes and mouth are centered there.
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The latest episode of Folkloring is live - we are taking a look at more dark goddesses: www.folkloringpodcast.com/2275302/epis... #folklore #myth #folkloring #goddess #folkloresky #mythsky #folkloringlife
Sedna, the Inuit goddess of the underworld with her fingers cut off, floats beneath the sea, her ragged clothes swirling around her. The sea mammals and the dead under her dominion gather behind her.
Episode 161 - Wayfaring Stranger
We’re heading north of north for two tales from the Inuit. We’ll learn that some supernatural creatures make great husbands. Others… not so much.
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Poster for Disney’s animated film The Sword in the Stone. It shows a young Arthur in a red tabard pulling a sword out of stone while the bearded wizard Merlin watches from behind.
Episode 160 - The Sword in the Stone
It turns out that, as usual, Disney changed the story (although the duel between Merlin and Madam Mim was an improvement). Then, in Gods and Monsters, a farmer has trouble with a trickster fae.
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A Baltic man with a red beard and fiery red hair wearing intricate armor rides a horse out of a fiery cloud across a starry sky
Episode 157
It’s the saga of Lacplesis the Bearslayer! God is petty, the Devil is a try hard, and ghosts are particular about dinner. Then in Gods and Monsters, hostilities are about to erupt in the Silly Goose War.
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I do have a source for this "Paul Nash: Landscape and the Life of Objects" by Andrew Causey, and the essay "‘Evolving a Style’: Iris Murdoch and the Surrealist Moral Vision of Paul Nash" by Daniel Read, in the Iris Murdoch Review
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Illustration: The witch tests the apple for Snow White. By Gustaf Tenggren, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” ca 1923
Once Upon a Time - The Brothers Grimm, & the Lure of Fairy Tales. #Folklore #fairytales #mythsky
🎨 The #Witch tests the apple for Snow White. - Gustaf Tenggren, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” 1923
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