Willing & Fable

This week Spenser Starke joins us for the second in a three-part series on Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other acts of God.

We talk about the history of the sexy history of Pompeii, the Herculaneum Papyri, and scandalous ancient graffiti.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Younger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields

Italia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna

https://www.italia.it/en/campania/herculaneum

Visit Pompeii

https://www.visitpompeiivesuvius.com/en/e/herculaneum

Smithsonian Mag

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/

University of Kentucky 

https://www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculaneum-papyrus-scrolls/

History Channel

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/pompeii

https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii

Pompeii online

https://www.pompeionline.net/en/archaeological-park-of-pompeii/history-of-pompeii

Wellesley 

http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome/exhibits/show/discovery-of-pompeii-and-hercu/founding-pompeii

New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/the-terror-and-the-fascination-of-pompeii

Pompeii Org

http://www.pompeii.org.uk/s.php/tour-the-two-letters-written-by-pliny-the-elder-about-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-in-79-a-d-history-of-pompeii-en-238-s.htm

IGPP

https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html

Pompeii

https://www.pompei.it/pompeii/daily-life-pompeii.htm

Western Australian Museum

https://museum.wa.gov.au/pompeii2010/daily-life/lifestyle/index.html

The Travel

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-prehistoric-pompeii-italy/

History Today

https://www.historytoday.com/reviews/brothels-ancient-pompeii

Getty

https://www.getty.edu/news/what-did-ancient-romans-eat/

History Ace

https://thehistoryace.com/the-roman-empires-reaction-to-pompeii/#:~:text=The%20Roman%20Public%20Was%20Devastated%20and%20Grieved&text=This%20was%20because%20of%20two,held%20lots%20of%20Senatorial%20estates.

History Channel
https://www.history.com/news/6-bizarre-natural-disasters

Newspapers

https://blog.newspapers.com/lake-nyos-disaster-august-21-1986/

Pompeii Site

http://pompeiisites.org/en/pompeii-map/analysis/the-casts/

Journal of Geophysical Research
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002JA009504

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-radiation-storm#:~:text=Solar%20radiation%20storms%20occur%20when,atmosphere%20to%20very%20high%20velocities.

UNESCO

https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/818#:~:text=UNESCO%20and%20Italy%20have%20agreed,World%20Heritage%20List%20in%201997.

Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bracing-for-a-solar-superstorm/

The Herculaneum Society

https://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/about-us/story-of-herculaneum

Daily News (Trove)
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77351480

Science Direct

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117706000160

Solar Storm Risk to the North American Power Grid

https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/pdf-solar-storm-risk-to-the-north-american-electric-grid/1/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf

CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/the-tunguska-event-1.742329

Science Direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103518305104?via%3Dihub

Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/actually-it-was-not-a-surprise-when-the-pompeii-volcan-1528203959

The Theogony by Hesiod

https://users.pfw.edu/flemingd/Hesiod%20Theogony.pdf

HowBig Map Tool
https://hanshack.com/geotools/howbig/

Ranker

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-pompeii-remains/andy-miller

The Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/could-women-in-ancient-rome-read

The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/the-explosive-history-of-the-2-000-year-old-pompeii-masturbating-man-180557

The Nation

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secundus-defecated-here-what-ancient-graffiti-means-today/

Ancient World Magazine

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/indian-figurine-pompeii

The Collector

https://www.thecollector.com/roman-graffiti-painting-pompeii-herculaneum/

The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/adrienne-was-here/475719/

This week Spenser Starke joins us for the first in a three-part series on Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other acts of God.

We talk about the history of the Pompeii, the science of volcanoes, and the art of archeology

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pliny_the_Younger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegraean_Fields

Italia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Etna

https://www.italia.it/en/campania/herculaneum

Visit Pompeii

https://www.visitpompeiivesuvius.com/en/e/herculaneum

Smithsonian Mag

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/buried-ash-vesuvius-scrolls-are-being-read-new-xray-technique-180969358/

University of Kentucky 

https://www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculaneum-papyrus-scrolls/

History Channel

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/pompeii

https://www.history.co.uk/article/the-eruption-of-mount-vesuvius-in-79-ad-and-the-destruction-of-pompeii

Pompeii online

https://www.pompeionline.net/en/archaeological-park-of-pompeii/history-of-pompeii

Wellesley 

http://omeka.wellesley.edu/piranesi-rome/exhibits/show/discovery-of-pompeii-and-hercu/founding-pompeii

New Yorker

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/17/the-terror-and-the-fascination-of-pompeii

Pompeii Org

http://www.pompeii.org.uk/s.php/tour-the-two-letters-written-by-pliny-the-elder-about-the-eruption-of-vesuvius-in-79-a-d-history-of-pompeii-en-238-s.htm

IGPP

https://igppweb.ucsd.edu/~gabi/sio15/lectures/volcanoes/pliny.html

Pompeii

https://www.pompei.it/pompeii/daily-life-pompeii.htm

Western Australian Museum

https://museum.wa.gov.au/pompeii2010/daily-life/lifestyle/index.html

The Travel

https://www.thetravel.com/what-to-know-about-prehistoric-pompeii-italy/

History Today

https://www.historytoday.com/reviews/brothels-ancient-pompeii

Getty

https://www.getty.edu/news/what-did-ancient-romans-eat/

History Ace

https://thehistoryace.com/the-roman-empires-reaction-to-pompeii/#:~:text=The%20Roman%20Public%20Was%20Devastated%20and%20Grieved&text=This%20was%20because%20of%20two,held%20lots%20of%20Senatorial%20estates.

History Channel
https://www.history.com/news/6-bizarre-natural-disasters

Newspapers

https://blog.newspapers.com/lake-nyos-disaster-august-21-1986/

Pompeii Site

http://pompeiisites.org/en/pompeii-map/analysis/the-casts/

Journal of Geophysical Research
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2002JA009504

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/solar-radiation-storm#:~:text=Solar%20radiation%20storms%20occur%20when,atmosphere%20to%20very%20high%20velocities.

UNESCO

https://whc.unesco.org/en/news/818#:~:text=UNESCO%20and%20Italy%20have%20agreed,World%20Heritage%20List%20in%201997.

Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bracing-for-a-solar-superstorm/

The Herculaneum Society

https://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/about-us/story-of-herculaneum

Daily News (Trove)
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77351480

Science Direct

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117706000160

Solar Storm Risk to the North American Power Grid

https://assets.lloyds.com/assets/pdf-solar-storm-risk-to-the-north-american-electric-grid/1/pdf-Solar-Storm-Risk-to-the-North-American-Electric-Grid.pdf

CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/the-tunguska-event-1.742329

Science Direct
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103518305104?via%3Dihub

Gizmodo

https://gizmodo.com/actually-it-was-not-a-surprise-when-the-pompeii-volcan-1528203959

The Theogony by Hesiod

https://users.pfw.edu/flemingd/Hesiod%20Theogony.pdf

HowBig Map Tool
https://hanshack.com/geotools/howbig/

Ranker

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-pompeii-remains/andy-miller

The Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/could-women-in-ancient-rome-read

The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/the-explosive-history-of-the-2-000-year-old-pompeii-masturbating-man-180557

The Nation

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/secundus-defecated-here-what-ancient-graffiti-means-today/

Ancient World Magazine

https://www.ancientworldmagazine.com/articles/indian-figurine-pompeii

The Collector

https://www.thecollector.com/roman-graffiti-painting-pompeii-herculaneum/

The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/adrienne-was-here/475719/

The second half of our two part series on Beauty and the Beast with Kailey Bray!

We talk about the authors of Beauty and the Beast, the impacts of its creation on story, and the idea of the woman as a muse. Also, Kailey tells a us her own tale.

Sources

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner

Beauty and the Beast, Old and New by Terry Windling

La Belle et La Bête by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve

Kailey Bray joins us once again, this time she brings to light the tale of Beauty and the Beast.

We discuss feminism, fairytales, storytelling, and Shrek

Sources

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers by Marina Warner

Beauty and the Beast, Old and New by Terry Windling

La Belle et La Bête by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve

La Belle et La Bête by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont

The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Ice by Sarah Beth Durst

Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill

This week Tracey dives into the history and mythology behind one of Hell's top demons. The demon Prince of Lust, himself: Asmodeus

Join us as we explore the enigmatic world of Asmodeus, Hell's misunderstood bad boy. Discover the depths of his character, debunk the misconceptions, and uncover his potential as a surprising love interest. From mythology to popular culture, we unravel the allure of Asmodeus.

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmodeus#In_the_texts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Tobit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lesser_Key_of_Solomon#Ars_Goetia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_demons#Binsfeld's_classification_of_demons

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:The_Story_of_King_Solomon_and_Ashmedai

The Legends of History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpTHKRwDXU

Mythology Explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zteMeq616eM

Jewish Encyclopedia

https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/2019-asmodeus

Jewish Book Council

https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/a-demon-for-the-ages

Monstropedia

https://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Asmodeus

Encyclopedia

https://www.encyclopedia.com/philosophy-and-religion/bible/biblical-proper-names/asmodeus

Symbol Sage

https://symbolsage.com/asmodeus-king-of-demons/

Casie comes back to the show to share the fascinating story behind the Sacred Band of Thebes. She goes into the queer history behind the most powerful group of gay soldiers in Ancient Greece

Sources

Britannica 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Boeotian-League 

History of War

http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/peace_antalcidas.html 

The Ancients podcast, The Sacred Band of Thebes 

https://www.worldhistory.org/Pelopidas/

Plutarch’s writing http://classics.mit.edu/Plutarch/pelopida.html 

https://youtu.be/ju8PQcvlq00 

World History

https://www.worldhistory.org/Battle_of_Leuctra/ 

Heritage History

https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=haaren&book=greece&story=epaminondas 

NEH

https://www.neh.gov/article/lovers-and-soldiers

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Band_of_Thebes

Legacy Project Chicago

https://legacyprojectchicago.org/person/sacred-band-thebes

Heritage Daily

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/06/the-sacred-band-of-thebes-the-elite-military-unit-of-same-sex-lovers/139599

Invicta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWsZwlN1j3c

NEH

https://www.neh.gov/article/lovers-and-soldiers

History Today

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/army-lovers-sacred-band-thebes

Greek Reporter

https://greekreporter.com/2022/04/15/sacred-band-of-warriors-part-of-classical-era-greece/

https://www.greece-is.com/day-ancient-greece-battle-leuctra-371-bc/

This week Tracey shares the tale of Aka Manto, a Japanese Urban legend about a toilet ghost.

Be careful when walking into public bathrooms…

Sources

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka_Manto

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_urban_legends

Generasian

https://generasian.blog/2020/12/22/deconstructing-japanese-urban-legend-and-its-cultural-integration/

Japan Travel

https://en.japantravel.com/article/japanese-urban-legends/67903

Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1130620/Chillas_Art_Aka_Manto/

The Business Standard

https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-aka-manto-39937

Yokai

https://yokai.com/akamanto/

This week, Tracey answers the age-old question: Why were the Victorians so spooky?

The answer includes Rowan’s favorite fact to tell at parties, a bit about women writers, and a scandalizing detail about…naked ghosts?

Sources

Cambridge

https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-history-of-the-gothic/genesis-of-the-victorian-ghost-story/BF01E846C601BD0D534B56EBF0E740A6

Interesting Literature

https://interestingliterature.com/2015/10/10-classic-victorian-ghost-stories-everyone-should-read/

Victorian Era

https://victorian-era.org/ghost-stories-of-the-victorian-era.html

Old Style Tales

https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/2018/06/23/spooky-spotlight-the-best-victorian-ghost-stories

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/23/ghost-stories-victorians-spookily-good

Victorian Web

https://victorianweb.org/victorian/genre/ghoststories/cooke1.html

British Library

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-victorian-supernatural

History Channel 

https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories

Jstor

https://daily.jstor.org/the-dressy-ghosts-of-victorian-literature/

This week’s show is all about sadness and sweetness. In her mini myth, Rowan describes the tradition of “telling the bees.” We dive into the grief, bee friendly gardening, and the joy of little outfits.

Sources

The Bee Conservancy

https://thebeeconservancy.org/10-ways-to-save-the-bees/

Planet Bee Foundation

https://www.planetbee.org/how-to-help-bees

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telling_the_bees\

JSTOR Daily

https://daily.jstor.org/telling-the-bees/#:~:text=The%20ritual%20involves%20notifying%20honey,could%20share%20in%20the%20mourning.

Poetry Foundation

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45491/telling-the-bees

The B Farm

https://thebfarm.com/blogs/news/the-interesting-tradition-of-telling-the-bees

Amusing Planet

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/04/the-adorable-custom-of-telling-bees.html

Great Lakes Bee Supply

https://www.greatlakesbeesupply.com/single-post/2017/05/25/the-floklore-of-telling-the-bees

Mythology, Technology & The Fall of Man

This week is our first Mini Myth! Tracey brings us the tale of Adapa and the Food of Life. Rowan and Tracey have conversations about technology, AI (we’re looking at you Chat GPT), zoochosis, and ancient mythology.

Sources

World history

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/216/the-myth-of-adapa/

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamian_myths#The_Myth_of_Adapa

Sacred Texts

https://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/adapa.htm

UPenn

http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/amgg/index.html

Andrews EDU

https://www.andrews.edu/library/car/cardigital/Periodicals/AUSS/1981-3/1981-3-01.pdf

EisenBrauns

https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-952-10-9491-0.html

Ducksters

https://www.ducksters.com/history/mesopotamia/akkadian_empire.php#:~:text=The%20Akkadians%20lived%20in%20northern,but%20spoke%20a%20different%20language.

History Channel 

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/mesopotamia