In Case You Mythed It

In this incredibly short (and late...sorry) episode, we pick up with Europa, princess of Phoenicia, last seen riding a bull into the sea.

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In this story, Cadmus, one of Greece's earliest heroes, loses a sister, founds a city, marries a goddess, fights a dragon, and turns into a snake, not necessarily in that order.

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When things start going bump in the night at a farmstead in medieval Iceland, there's only one man with the strength and wrestling skills to fight the undead: Grettir the Strong! 

(This episode covers one part of the much longer Grettis Saga)

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In this special free bonus episode, we discuss the earliest history of Hekate (also spelled Hecate), Greek goddess of witchcraft, ghosts, magic, and various other spooky things.

In this episode, we finish up Hesiod's Theogony, the ancient Greek creation myth. The Olympians battle the Titans, Zeus is horrible to women, and the Olympian gods take power.

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Thank you for listening.

This week, the podcast gets a new format. Every other week will be a story from mythology, while the weeks in between will be Patron-only episodes where I break down the history and context of the myths.

The myth this week is the most-complete version of the ancient Greek myth of the creation of the world, as told in Hesiod's Theogony. Since the episode threatened to be quite long, I have broken it into two parts, with this first part recounting the birth of the world and the first generations of gods, Hesiod going on a long tangent about Hekate, and finally the birth of Zeus. Along the way, we get a look at the sheer amount of assaults that happen in Greek myth.

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In this episode of In Case You Mythed It, we return to Ireland for a story of the Devil getting embarrassed, a man drinking a lot, and the creation of the first Jack O'Lantern.  There is also an important announcement on the future of the podcast.

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In which Spooky Season begins with the stories of a pair of Irish vampires; Abhartach of County Derry and the Dearg Due of County Waterford. Along the way, I discuss the historical connections between Ireland and the modern vampire story.

Content Warning: Since this is about vampires, discussion of blood (and the drinking thereof) is inevitable, though this episode also contains references to domestic/spousal abuse, suicide, and murder. Just to let you know.

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In this episode, I dive into one of the lesser-known legends recorded by the Grimm brothers in Germany n the early 19th century. As it turns out, Death himself makes a pretty good godfather...