mythic

17 Oct 2022

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Surviving 536 CE

Cultural Trends & Surviving Volcanic Winters

Surviving 536 CE

20 Dec 2021

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Giants

Fighting giants with snakes in the butt

Photo of ants on a log via Pexels

3 Aug 2020

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Karen Haegemans on Elissa of Carthage

The historicity of Dido, founder of Carthage

Dido Building Carthage aka The Rise of the Carthaginian Empire by J. M. W. Turner

27 Sep 2016

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Folklore Ancient & Modern

Gremlins & road gators

Gremlins, a modern myth... and children's book by Roald Dahl.

18 Jul 2016

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Heroes and Parenting

The ascendancy of Achilles over Hawkeye

Achilles chose heroism instead of parenting

6 Jun 2016

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Giants in War

Frost Giants & Firbolgs

Many of Ireland's mythical early settlers were considered giants.

9 May 2016

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Curious Disasters

Failed marriages in folklore

A rose was nearly Beauty's undoing in Beauty and the Beast.

25 Apr 2016

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Great Men or Sons of Society?

Questioning the uniqueness of history’s leaders

Saint Paul delivering the Areopagus sermon in Athens addressed early issues in Christology.

11 Apr 2016

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Mythology as Science

Fermi's paradox, cryptozoology, & mangled oral traditions

The satellite from which the SETI messages were sent into space.

28 Mar 2016

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History Becomes Myth

Exaggeration is a powerful memetic force

George Washington admitting he chopped the cherry tree.