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Published on 29 Apr 2019Join the Patreon community! http://bit.ly/EMPatreon
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.
May 1, 2019
Mythology Matters #4 – Persian Myths – Extra Mythology
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April 23, 2019
Zal and Rudabeh: A Love Story – Persian Myth #2 – Extra Mythology
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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?
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April 18, 2019
Holiday Tales: Easter!
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Published on 30 Mar 2018Happy 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
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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…
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April 9, 2019
Miscellaneous Myths: The Five Suns
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Published on 5 Apr 2019Everybody 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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April 4, 2019
Mythology Matters – Gilgamesh Meaning – Extra Mythology – #3
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The myth of Gilgamesh is a metaphor for building a civilization — yes, really? Let’s go behind-the-scenes on our Bronze Age myth!
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March 31, 2019
Miscellaneous Myths: Nerites
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Published on 1 Mar 2019This teenie weenie episode is brought to you courtesy of our patron Ryan The Nomad!
There’s no art of Nerites, which means none of you can prove he WASN’T a mermaid.
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March 27, 2019
Gilgamesh vs. Humbaba – Bronze Age Myths – Extra Mythology – #2
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Gilgamesh and Enkidu set out to slay Humbaba. With the help of the goddess queen Ninsun in obtaining a blessing from the gods, these two men became brothers, who went on to have, like, totally epic dreams, bro, in the “House of the Dream God” which empowered them to take on the monstrous foe.
Someone had way too much fun doing the voices for this episode. Just sayin’
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March 12, 2019
Bronze Age Myths – Gilgamesh and Enkidu, BFFs – Extra Mythology – #1
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Gilgamesh was a powerful yet cruel dictator in the Bronze Age civilization of Uruk (Babylon). In response to the people’s cries, the gods created a man from nature, Enkidu, who was born in the wild but eventually learned the ways of humanity. He set out to stop the cruelty of Gilgamesh, not knowing that the power of friendship was here to save the day.
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March 5, 2019
Mythology Matters – Wendigo Origins – Extra Mythology – #2
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Published on 4 Mar 2019Did you know that the Wendigo myth can be thought of as a warning against overconsumption of the natural world? We talk about this and other fun facts that we didn’t really get to cover in our animated Wendigo episode!
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February 28, 2019
Native American Myth – The Wendigo – The Omushkego Tribe – Extra Mythology
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Anwe the Killer was a man skilled in death — and he approached the People in their hour of need, to put to death the cannibals — the Wendigo — who had been torturing them.
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February 13, 2019
Native American Myth – Nlaka’pamux: The Adventures of Coyote – Extra Mythology
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Coyote is not just a wild animal in North America, but also a heroic, trickster protagonist whose mythological adventures reflect lessons learned from the natural world. Let’s examine the Nlaka’pamux tribe’s interpretation of Coyote.
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February 5, 2019
Mythology Matters – Extra Mythology – #1
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We’ll periodically, in-between series, do a Mythology Matters video, where we talk about some of the writing and research choices we made and topics we didn’t really get to cover in the full illustrated episodes. Let’s talk about plot holes and discrepancies in the myths we’ve covered so far, and the parallels we see between myths from completely different cultures!
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February 1, 2019
Celtic Myth – Fomorian Blues – Extra Mythology – #2
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Published on 28 Jan 2019
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January 24, 2019
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Extra Sci Fi – #1
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Published on 22 Jan 2019J.R.R. Tolkien wasn’t *just* a fantasy author — he was a mythology master. As a result, he ended up inventing some of the most popular genre tropes that science fiction heavily draws upon. Fellowship of the Ring introduces the theme of the “lessening of the world” and the decay of humanity.
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