Myths and legends can often seem strange to us. But behind shapeshifters, ancient curses, and magic spells are surprisingly practical, down-to-earth meanings. One of the best ways to see this is to look at the influences of ancient stories that carry through into modern works. One Old Norse story, The Saga of the Volsungs, features themes of power, corruption, and transformation using a symbolic language that will be well familiar to fans of works like JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.”

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The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day. This channel provides interpretations and insight into these stories, to find and apply their meaning to contemporary life. All stories covered are treated academically. This channel makes no claims regarding the historical, scientific, or religious truth of these tales. Rather, its goal is to find the meanings understood by their authors and apply them to the modern world.

Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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