Mythillogical is the podcast where two enthusiasts of mythology, history and folklore try and make sense of the wide variety of fantastic tales told by cultures around the world. We discuss why the same idea can show up in the mythology of cultures on opposite sides of the world, what real events can inspire superstition and folklore, how stories can completely change over time, and where possible try to figure out what could have inspired people to dream up dragons, demons, gods and monsters. May contain wild speculation, terrible puns, and if we’re lucky, actual facts.
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Resurfacing with part three, we continue our voyage through the history of the Loch Ness Monster, following the organisations making scientific efforts to identify Nessie, and the story of one particularly infamous Nessie Hunter.
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Episode 28 • 10 September 2024 • 1h, 52m and 47s
What lurks in the unfathomable depths of Loch Ness? This time we dive into the mystery of the famous monster, from mythical creatures of Scotland, to the sightings that gave birth to the legend we know today.
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Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 27 • 5 September 2024 • 1h, 51m and 23s
What lurks in the unfathomable depths of Loch Ness? This time we dive into the mystery of the famous monster, from mythical creatures of Scotland, to the sightings that gave birth to the legend we know today.
https://www.patreon.com/theHistocrat
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Mythillogical logo + Thumbnail art by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
https://www.instagram.com/ettore.mazza/
https://ettoremazza.tumblr.com/
Suonatore di Liuto Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 26 • 10 August 2024 • 2h, 51m and 49s
Hey guys, it’s your girl Pandora, welcome to my latest unboxing video. Charles and Crofty join me to unpack my jar of evils, on the way learning of the creation of humanity, the trickery of Prometheus, and how the story evolved from Ancient Greece to the present day.
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Episode 25 • 18 May 2024 • 2h, 6m and 11s
On our second ever solo episode, Charles takes a deep dive into the briny seas of the 18th century, to track the origins of the phantom ship of legend. Over the course of a hundred years of voyaging we'll watch the slow development of the Dutchman from merely an unfortunate vessel doomed by storms and plague, to an ill omen for all who encounter her.
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Episode 24 • 14 April 2024 • 1h, 7m and 35s
So folks, it’s been a while! On today’s episode Crofty and Charles journey to the land of the rising sun, to examine the head of the Japanese pantheon and mythical ancestress of it's Imperial family, Amaterasu. Together they examine her earliest appearances in Japanese myth, along with wider theories as to her origin and evolving significance in Japan’s culture.
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Episode 23 • 24 January 2024 • 2h, 24m and 2s
In the second part of their examination of Fairies, Charles and Crofty tour the fairy ruins and otherworlds of both Ireland and Scotland. Here they delve too deeply into the unique fairies and pagan gods that call those nations home, and explore some of the darker sides of how fairy belief was treated in centuries past.
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Episode 22 • 8 September 2023 • 1h, 47m and 37s
In the first episode of a two parter, Charles and Crofty run the risk of being trapped in fairy land on a quest to understand the origins of its famous denizens. Together they trace the history of these mysterious creatures throughout Britain and Ireland, examining how they evolved from elusive elves in Anglo Saxon times, to the regal fairy courts of Elizabethan literature, before finally take their iconic forms amongst the Victorian folklore craze.
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Episode 21 • 25 August 2023 • 1h, 51m and 20s
Who's that figure standing at the crossroads? After following Anansi’s journey from Africa to the New World, today’s bonus episode sees Charles and Crofty investigate two other trickster figures who were brought from Africa to the Americas, the gods Eshu and Legba.
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Episode • 28 May 2023 • 32m and 24s
Today Charles and Crofty discuss the enigmatic trickster, Anansi the Spider, tracing his origins on the fringes of West African society and religion, to his evolution into a symbol of slave defiance and rebellion in plantation Jamaica.
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Mythillogical logo by Ettore Mazza. You can find more of Ettore's excellent artwork below:
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Episode 20 • 14 May 2023 • 2h, 31m and 27s
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