Last week we looked at the History of the End of the World. Today, we’ll look at more recent doomsday predictions, which, surprise, surprise, never happened. It’s time to celebrate failed predictions of armageddon, from the population bomb, to Y2K, to the Mayan apocalypse, to the black hole of doom! From thousands of years ago to the present day, there have been countless predictions about the end of the world that have...well, failed. Lucky for us, we’re still alive and kicking.

The Fantastically Terrible Character or creature this week is Meng Po, the Chinese goddess of forgetfulness. She gives you forgetfulness soup to wipe away any memories of your previous life or time in hell.

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People think of the end of the world as a singular event. After all, it is THE END. But humans are nothing if not creative about their own destruction. The ultimate annihilation, the end of the world, Armageddon or the apocalypse has a long history. It seems the end is always near.

The Fantastically Terrible Character or creature this week is the plague doctor. They were physicians who treated victims of the Black Death in the 1600s. Close your eyes and imagine a steampunk bird man showing up at your door after you’ve contracted a disease that’s killing everyone in your town.

MUSIC ♪♪

- Creepy Doll Halloween Music https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/creepy-doll-halloween-music/

- Sehgah by Asghar Bahari https://bit.ly/3rp2TNj

- Gregorian Chants for Pentecost https://youtu.be/w64btMQ5YQg

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We’re going to put on our Indiana Jones outfit and travel the globe searching for the Green Man. We were surprised by how global the Green Man motif is. He’s a superstar from Scotland to Egypt to Mesopotamia to Thailand, and everywhere in between. We’ll travel around the world and put a pin in each stop along the way.

The Fantastically Terrible Character or creature this week is Melusine. Melusine is a feminine water spirit that resembles a mermaid. You’ve probably seen her on the logo of a little coffee shop called Starbucks. She’s popular in the folklore of northern France. She’s a good wife and mother, but give her one day to be by herself. It’s not much to ask is it? When her husband decides one day to see what she does alone on her day of rest, he sees that she’s transformed into something that makes mermaids seem normal.

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- Collegium Musicum Of Yale University School Of Music Volume by Paul Hindemith https://bit.ly/3xXfqdf

- Mysterious Atmosphere Music by Spanac https://bit.ly/2TrADNj

- Beyond the Warriors Guifrog https://bit.ly/2UyQF8J

- Sehgah by Asghar Bahari https://bit.ly/3rp2TNj

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Temptation, sex, magic and beheadings! This is the tale of "Gawain and the Green Knight". Gawain is King Arthur’s nephew and a knight at the Round Table. He must face his deepest fears and anxieties while confronting a supernatural giant known as the Green Knight. He’s a lean and green head chopping machine!

The Fantastically Terrible Character or creature this week is King Edward III of England and his Order of the Garter.

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We’re all familiar with Norse mythology, but did you know that one fantastic story about Thor’s wedding to a Giant? Yes, Thor was a lovely bearded bride and Loki was his manly maiden who couldn’t stop laughing. Since this is Norse mythology, it still ends with massive amounts of carnage, but before the blood starts to flow, let’s enjoy Thor’s big day with his buddy Loki. We’ll also discuss Loki’s often overlooked and pivotal role in arming and protecting the Aesir. It’s only when they kill his children and torture him that he seeks revenge.

Our Fantastically Terrible Character or Creature this week is Thor’s hammer, Mjölnir. We all know it’s the mightiest weapon forged in mythology, but did you know that it was also a holy object? Capable of blessing, consecrating and even banishing the forces of chaos in the universe! Does that make Thor a type of cosmic pope?

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☆ Episode 31: Golden Apples in Norse Mythology (Loki & Idun)

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Last week in episode 30, we looked at Golden Apples in Greek mythology. Today, we’re going to continue with the Golden Apples in Norse mythology with “The Kidnapping of Idun”. The apples provide immortality, strength, fight disease, they slice, they dice...as long as you take them regularly. It’s like a prescription from your family doctor or an illegal drug, depending on how you want to look at it.

We’ll also look at some of the key differences between Greek and Norse mythology. It was not our intention to described Idun as a drug dealer, the Aesir as addicts and Odin as an alcoholic, but in the end, that’s exactly what happened. We hope you can share a laugh as you listen and learn.

The Fantastically Terrible Character or Creature this week is Sæhrímnir, the god of bacon!

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☆ Episode 31: Golden Apples in Norse Mythology (Loki & Idun)

☆ Episode 30: Golden Apples in Greek Mythology

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In Greek mythology, there are a lot of golden apples being tossed around, but they're not the same apples. Some provide immortality, some a punishment, others are a distraction to win a race and still others are used to crash a wedding. All lead to tragic consequences. I mean, it’s Greek mythology. There are always tragic consequences.

Today we’ll look at three absolutely legendary stories from Greek mythology that promptly feature golden apples.

1. Hercules and Garden of Hesperides

2. Atalanta the swift-footed huntress

3. The golden apple of Discord which eventually lead to the Trojan War

The Fantastically Terrible Character or Creature this week is “immortality”. Or more specifically, 3 mythological ways to become immortal. But as you’ll see, it never works out.

LINKS

☆ Episode 31: Golden Apples in Norse Mythology https://soundcloud.com/7robotspodcast/episode-31-golden-apples-in-norse-mythology

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Today we look at three tragic jaw dropping moments in history! Three coincidences that are unbelievable... but they're true. And most of us have never heard of them. We're here to remedy that.

1. The unlucky “Lucky” Yamaguchi: the man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs.

2. How Edwin Booth saved Robert Todd Lincoln’s life.

3. Where did future dictators go to hang out in 1913? Apparently, they preferred Vienna.

The Fantastically Terrible Character or Creature is the original Snow White from the Brothers Grimm. The fairy tale is not for children! It includes murder, violence, child marriage and even cannibalism.

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People have been reporting inexplicable things flying in the sky for 100s of years. When did the U.S. government start to sit up and pay attention? In the 1940s and early 1950s, UFO investigators seemed genuinely interested in listening to witnesses and finding answers. Then there was a period of denial. The focus was no longer on finding the truth, or leaving cases “unidentified”, but on providing an answer to every sighting, no matter how absurd it sounded.

So, where do things stand now? The U.S. government in 2021 finally admitted that it has credible witnesses and physical proof of UFOs or UAPs (unidentified aerial phenomenon) that are “unidentified”. Thanks for the 360 that brought us all the way back to 1947.

Now let’s take a look back at where it all started and where things changed. There were probably three critical moments that lead to the US government to focus on UFOs.

1. World War II ending and the start of the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

2. Kenneth Arnold’s historic 1947 sighting of a UFO.

3. The Roswell incident the summer of 1947.

The Fantastically Terrible Character or Creature are the Nommo, the ancestral spirits venerated by the Dogon people of Mali. According to French anthropologists Marcel Griaule and Germaine Dieterlen who consistently stayed with the Dogon in the 1920s and 1930s, the tribe was aware of the existence of Sirius B, which is where the Nommo game from....on spaceships. They knew every detail of the white dwarf near Sirius B. They knew the length of its orbit in years, the shape of its orbit and the fact that the white dwarf is quite dense.

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How many times have you heard the term “black Africa”? Or the sub-continent? Africa is at a disadvantage by how we describe it. Northwestern Africa, also known as the Maghreb, includes Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. “North Africa” is often removed from the continent or treated as fundamentally different from “black” Africa. Let’s point out some obvious facts. Arabs are not indigenous to Africa. Being Muslim doesn’t make you Arab. And speaking Arabic doesn’t mean you don’t also speak your own local language. King Masinissa of Numidia, whom we mentioned as being an ally of Rome in the 2nd Punic War said, “Africa for Africans.” Would you call people from Hong Kong or Ireland British? Would you call Brazilians Portuguese or Mexicans Spaniards? Of course not. So why do we do that to North Africa? Why do we constantly associate them with Arabs?

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The Fantastically Terrible Character or Creature are Hungry Ghosts. If you commit the lowest of the low evil acts while alive, it may cause your soul to be reborn as a hungry ghost, never satisfied. Stick around until the end of the show and we'll tell you how to avoid becoming a Hungry Ghost.

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