Older Than Fire

Older Than Fire

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Older Than Fire episodes

  • Older Than Fire — The House That Fed Its Children

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    A king sets a feast for his brother, places the bodies of the brother's children beneath the dishes, and discovers that revenge can become a house large enough to shelter every generation born after it.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Older Than Fire — The Music That Turned Around

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    A musician walks out of the land of the dead with the woman he loves behind him, and the only rule is that he must not turn around to see whether she is still there.

    1 hr 6 min
  • Older Than Fire — The Fire Thief Bound to Stone

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    A god hides a coal inside a hollow stalk and carries it down to human beings, knowing that the small flame will outlive the punishment waiting for him above.

    1 hr 3 min
  • Older Than Fire — The Girl Who Ate Six Seeds

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    A girl reaches for flowers in a meadow, and the earth opens beneath her feet before she has time to understand that the world can take a person away without asking permission.

    1 hr 9 min
  • Older Than Fire — The Thread Through the Dark

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    A girl stands at the mouth of a maze with a ball of thread in her hand, knowing that the man she loves will enter the dark only if she gives him the way back.

    1 hr
  • Older Than Fire — The Girl Who Ate Six Seeds — Preview (full episode on Patreon)

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    A girl reaches for flowers in a meadow, and the earth opens beneath her feet before she has time to understand that the world can take a person away without asking permission.

    The full episode is live now for Patreon subscribers -- everyone else gets it in 7 days. Full episode early at patreon.com/cw/storiesbymia.

    8 min
  • Older Than Fire — Episode 24 — Preview (full episode on Patreon)

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    Two infants are left beside a river to die, a wolf feeds them in the wilderness, and the city they build will begin when one brother kills the other.

    The full episode is live now for Patreon subscribers -- everyone else gets it in 7 days. Full episode early at patreon.com/cw/storiesbymia.

    7 min
  • Older Than Fire — Episode 23 — Preview (full episode on Patreon)

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    A princess sees the city burning before the first torch is lit, but every warning she gives becomes another reason for the people around her to call her mad.

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    7 min
  • Older Than Fire — Episode 22 — Preview (full episode on Patreon)

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    A hunter steps into a hidden grove and sees the goddess at the water, then loses the human face that could have asked forgiveness before his own hounds mistake him for prey.

    The full episode is live now for Patreon subscribers -- everyone else gets it in 7 days. Full episode early at patreon.com/cw/storiesbymia.

    7 min

About Older Than Fire

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Before there was history, there was story — the flood that drowned the world, the trickster who stole the sun, the god who died and came back changed.

Older Than Fire retells the myths…