Folktales are stories that come from the everyday lives of the common people (folk), to be told around the fire, in a community setting, and feature fantastical tales of the imagination for kids and adults alike. Join Dr. Caitlinn Curry and Dr. Randall Ulyate around the Mything Link fire as they explore different ways we can approach the study of folklore in Season 2: Monsters, and Cryptids, and Beasts, OH MY!

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Bibliography:

Bascom, William R. “Four Functions of Folklore.” The Journal of American Folklore, vol. 67, no. 266, 1954, pp. 333–49. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/536411.

Lotzof, Kerry. “Sea Monsters and Their Inspiration.”

Natural History Museum. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/sea-

monsters-inspiration-serpents-mermaids-the-kraken.html

Salvador, Rodrigo B. and Barbara M. Tomotani. “The

Kraken: When Myth Encounters Science.” 21 (3) Jul-Sep

1. ​ https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-59702014000300010

Content Warning: discussions of sex, beastiality, and sexual assault.

That’s a wrap on Season One! Join Dr. Caitlinn and Dr. Randall as they reflect on The Mything Link Season One: Kaos Theory.

Join us for Season 2- Monsters, and Cryptids, and Beasts—Oh My! Coming soon.

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Fuck Zeus Bumper Sticker

Helen Slater’s Greek Mythology storytelling album

Deborah Crossland’s novel The Quiet Part Out Loud

Content Warning: discussions of murder, rape, animal sacrifice

Special guest Professor Kristin Jøsvoll joins us from Texas A&M University - College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies to discuss Poseidon and maritime folklore.

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Bibliography:

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010.

The Iliad, translated by Caroline Alexander.

Content Warning: discussions of murder, gender dysphoria, queer violence.

Join Drs. Caitlinn Curry and Randall Ulyate as they explore the tales of the Amazons and the concept of gender from Ancient Greece to today. Dr. Marissa Aro joins as a special guest to talk about the importance of representation in comics such as the Amazons and Black Panther.

Marissa's interview starts at 37:40.

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Bibliography:

“Kaos’s Caeneus is part of a long tradition of queer and trans characters in retellings of ancient myths” by Suzanne O'Neillhttps://theconversation.com/kaoss-caeneus-is-part-of-a-long-tradition-of-queer-and-trans-characters-in-retellings-of-ancient-myths-239269

I used this article too ahahhahaah

Ovid’s Metamorphosis Mandelbaum

1. ​1353/are.2020.0000

Caeneus and Heroic (Trans)Masculinity in Ovid’s Metamorphoses Charlotte Northrop Arethusa, Volume 53, Number 1, Winter 2020, pp. 25-41 (Article) 

“Amazon Women” https://www.worldhistory.org/amazon/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Caeneus

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010.

The Iliad, translated by Caroline Alexander.

Content Warning: discussions of death, dismemberment, and the afterlife.

Join Caitlinn Curry and Randall Ulyate as they descend into the underworld with special guest, mythologist and actor Dr. Helen Slater. Learn more about Helen, her past work, and upcoming projects at HelenSlater.com

Helen’s interview starts at 46:32

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Bibliography:

Aristophanes. The Frogs: Acted at Athens in the Year B.C. 405.  Translated by Benjamin Bickley Rogers. United Kingdom, 1902.

Hesiod’s Theogony.

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010.

The Iliad, translated by Caroline Alexander.

Wheatcroft, Alexandra. "On the topography of the Greek underworld and the ‘Orphic’gold tablets." Prandium: The Journal of Historical Studies at U of T Mississauga 3.1 (2014).

Graf, Fritz. "Gold Tablets." Oxford Classical Dictionary.. October 26, 2017. Oxford University Press.

Content Warning: Today’s discussion contains themes of abduction, rape, parental separation from child, incest

Join Caitlinn Curry and Randall Ulyate as they continue their exploration of the Ancient Greek Underworld with this episode on the Furies! As the manifestation of badass female justice and a dizzying descent into madness, the Furies are unique figures in Ancient Greek Mythology. It’s been a long winter break, and we’re so happy to be out of hibernation!

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Bibliography:

Hesiod’s Theogony.

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010. Print.

The Iliad, translated by Caroline Alexander.

“Orestia,” Euripedes: Ten Plays. Translated by Paul Roche.

The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology, Arthur Cottrell and Rachel Storm.

Virgil’s Aeneid.

Content Warning: Today’s discussion contains themes of, sex, violence, beastiality, the loss of a child and murder.

Join Caitlinn Curry and Randall Ulyate as they descend into the Labyrinth with special guest Dr. Megan Lorraine Debin, art history professor and host of Art Trippin. Check her out on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok!

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Bibliography:

Hesiod. Theogony.

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images. Edited by Ami Ronnberg and Kathleen Martin. Taschen, 2010. Print.

Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, abuse of power, racism.

It’s Persephone and Hades, leaders of the underworld! Join Caitlinn Curry and Randall Ulyate as they descend into the underworld for their favorite Greek Myth!

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Bibliography:

Bly, Robert. "The Long Bag We Drag Behind Us." Meeting the Shadow: The Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature. ed. Zweig and Abrams. New York: Tarcher/Putnam, 1991. 6-12.

Hymn to Demeter.

Hesiod. Theogony.

Lesser, Elizabeth. Cassandra Speaks. Harper, 2020.

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.

This week, we have a special episode! Since we’re about at the halfway point of the season, today Dr. Randall Ulyate and Dr. Caitlinn Curry sit down to answer your questions!

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Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, abuse of power, racism.

It’s Medusa! The Gorgon, the Myth, and the Legend herself. Most of what we know about her comes through stories steeped in several layers of patriarchy. Join Dr. Caitlinn Curry and Dr. Randall Ulyate as they peel away those layers to reveal the true Gorgon.

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Bibliography:

Shield of Heracles.

Hesiod. Theogony.

Lesser, Elizabeth. Cassandra Speaks. Harper, 2020.

Mandelbaum, Allen, translator. The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1993.