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July 16, 2019

The Whowie – Monster of the Riverina – Yorta Yorta Myths (Australian Aboriginal) – Extra Mythology

Filed under: Australia, History — Tags: — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 15 Jul 2019

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Once, the Tongala River, which most maps now call the Murray, was a place of peace where the Water-Rat Tribe could live with ease. But then one day appeared the Whowie: a great frog-headed lizard, long and fat and slow, prowling the banks.

July 13, 2019

Legends Summarized: Atlantis

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, Middle East — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published on 12 Jul 2019

THE MAP OF ATLANTIS IS AVAILABLE ON A WIDE ARRAY OF MERCH: https://www.redbubble.com/people/ospy…

Don’t get TOO excited, Plato’s pretty dry.
Eh? Eh? Geddit? But seriously.

(Won’t it be fun if the conspiracy algorithms pick this one up?)

No, the ending song isn’t “under the sea”, I already did it twice.

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July 5, 2019

Miscellaneous Myths: Rainbow Crow

Filed under: Americas, History — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published on 31 May 2019

This is one of the shortest videos I’ve ever made, and I’d feel bad about that if this month hadn’t been very long and tiring already. Enjoy this bite-sized myth, everybody!

SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM THE LENAPE: If you’d like some further reading, try http://www.nanticoke-lenape.info/history.htm, or the official Nanticoke-Lenape online museum at http://nanticokelenapemuseum.org/. The official Lenape tribe website is at http://www.lenapeindiantribeofdelaware.com/, and the Delaware Tribes overall have a site at http://delawaretribe.org/.

And guess what I actually remembered to do before I archived my project file? I actually remembered to note down the SONGS I USED! In order, they are:
•Rondo Alla Turca (Mozart)
•Starfall (Two Steps From Hell)
•Morning Mood (Grieg)
•Fire And Ice (City of the Fallen)
•Flight of the Silverbird (Two Steps From Hell)
•The End Of The Battle (Shadow of the Colossus OST)

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July 2, 2019

The Rainmaker – Ualarai Stories – Australian Aboriginal Myth – Extra Mythology

Filed under: Australia, History — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 1 Jul 2019

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During a terrible drought, the people wondered why Wirreenun, the Rainmaker, was doing nothing, if he was the one who could bring the rains back. It turned out that he really needed to do an extremely complex elaborate ritual to make the people learn how to take care of themselves.

June 18, 2019

Ōkuninushi’s Tale – Japanese Myth – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Japan — Tags: — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published on 17 Jun 2019

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Last we saw Ōkuninushi, he showed kindness to a hare in distress, and the hare of Inaba had foretold that he would be the one that the princess of Yakami would desire. And this was true, because when his 80 brothers showed up at court and declared their intentions, the princess insisted she would only marry him — so thus, his brothers began trying to kill him off…

June 15, 2019

Miscellaneous Myths: Io

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, Middle East — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published on 14 Jun 2019

The moon! The myth! The legend! The three millionth woman to live through an absolute nightmare just because Zeus couldn’t be bothered to keep it in his pants!

Still had a better life than Callisto, though.

Pro tip, if someone is listed on wikipedia as a “lover” of zeus, that does not at all indicate that their relationship was consensual.

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June 3, 2019

The Hare of Inaba – Japanese Myth – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Japan — Tags: — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 1 Jun 2019

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A small white hare stood alone on the Isle of Oki, yearning to cross the deep waters to Japan. He was a clever hare — crafty, if not always wise — and he had a plan.

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May 21, 2019

Warlocks and Warriors – Russian Myth – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Russia — Tags: — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 20 May 2019

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When a soldier returns home from the battlefield, he finds the townspeople in fear of a warlock — but the solider wants to learn more about this fellow. And (un?)fortunately, the warlock is all too happy to tell…

May 7, 2019

Tale of the Golden Tree – Nart Sagas – Russian Myth #1 – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Russia — Tags: — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 6 May 2019

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“If our lives be short let our fame be great!” The legends of the Nart people still echo across the Caucasus, but that echo is getting fainter, so to honor that cry from long ago, it’s only fitting that we tell one of their tales today. We’ll start with an old one, perhaps one of the first to be told. The tale of a golden tree.

The Nart people pursued the apples of a golden tree which bore a strange red and white pattern — eating from either side of it would allow the conception of a child with beautiful white hair. However, the apples kept mysteriously vanishing during the night — so two mighty brothers were set on the case of the vanishing apples.

May 4, 2019

Miscellaneous Myths: Hermes

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, Religion — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published on 3 May 2019

He’s fast! He’s smart! He should really put on some pants! It’s history’s most marketable deity, Hermes himself!

(but red, who are those other two guys?)
(shhhhh)

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May 1, 2019

Mythology Matters #4 – Persian Myths – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Middle East — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 29 Apr 2019

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In this episode, Extra Credits goes to King’s Landing — er, so we can talk about the things we couldn’t fit in to our Persian myths episodes, *obviously.*

Myths offer us a fascinating look into the things that a culture historically valued, even though as modern viewers we may have a hard time relating to them.

April 23, 2019

Zal and Rudabeh: A Love Story – Persian Myth #2 – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Middle East — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published on 22 Apr 2019

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Zal was raised not by his father, who feared his amazing white hair, but by the terrifying creature Simorgh — becoming a man of the mountains in the process. When his father decided to accept him back into society, his muscular frame caught the eye of the princess Rudabeh — but would he be able to gain favor for his wits?

April 18, 2019

Holiday Tales: Easter!

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Published on 30 Mar 2018

Happy Good Friday, everyone! Easter’s in two days, so let’s take a hot minute to see if we can figure out what exactly we’re celebrating when we pull out our egg baskets and chocolate bunnies, and why exactly we do it the way we do. Will we be able to unravel the mysteries of Easter before Jesus’s death timer hits zero? (Spoiler: no!)

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April 10, 2019

Zahhak the Demon King – Persian Myth #1 – Extra Mythology

Filed under: History, Middle East — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published on 8 Apr 2019

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Zahhak was not always a demon king — but, deceived by a young man named Iblis, he was motivated to slay his father to obtain world power. His pride would cause him to turn into a monstrous demon king, with serpents on his shoulders that fed on the Arabian people, for a thousand years… until Feraydun showed up…

April 9, 2019

Miscellaneous Myths: The Five Suns

Filed under: Americas, History — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published on 5 Apr 2019

Everybody loves a good creation myth. The Aztecs loved it so much they did it five whole times! I’d call it “overkill”, but compared to all the other stuff the aztecs believed, four mythical extinction events is actually remarkably tame.

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