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Medusa, the Snake Haired Gorgon in Greek Mythology
The mortal Medusa along with her two immortal sisters Stheno and Euryale are known as the Gorgons and were born to the sea god Phorcys and the sea goddess Ceto in Greek mythology. All three of the gorgons (in the Greek sources) had wings...
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The Nine Muses of Greek Mythology
An infographic depicting the nine Muses of Greek mythology. The Muses are a group of divine sisters who govern various aspects of creativity and intellectual pursuits. Originally, the ancient Greeks recognized three Muses: Melete, Mneme...
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Egyptian Mythology: a Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria
Egyptian Mythology: a Traveller's Guide from Aswan to Alexandria book cover.
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Floods in the Ancient Near East: Crash Course World Mythology #16
This week on Crash Course mythology, Mike is talking to you about floods. You may have heard the story of Noah and the Ark from the Bible, but that is not the only deluge story humans tell. It's a common thing across culture. You could say...
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Ares the God of War in Greek Mythology
Ares was the god of war in Ancient Greek mythology and is described in Hesiod’s Theogony as shield-piercing Ares and City-sacking Ares. Ares was the god of the brutal, violent and bloody side of war, and loved war for war’s sake. He was the...
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Hades, Tartarus and the Underworld in Greek Mythology
The Greek God Hades was born to the Titans Rhea and Cronus, and along with his siblings Hestia, Demeter, Hera and Poseidon, they were swallowed by their father (except Zeus). After the battle known as the Titanomachy, the Olympian gods were...
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Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China: Crash Course World Mythology #17
On this Crash Course in World Mythology, Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about floods and deluges, specifically in China. In Chinese myth, flood stories pretty much all revolve around a guy named Yu the Great, or Yu the Engineer. In the distant...
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The Legend of Osiris - Mythology 101 with Dael Kingsmill
Dael takes a crack at Egyptian mythology for the first time, featuring attractive containers, dead people trees, and lots of animal heads. Head over to the Geek & Sundry forums and join in the discussion: http://geekandsundry.com/forums/categories/dael-kingsmill...
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Indian Pantheons: Crash Course World Mythology #8
In which Mike Rugnetta continues our unit on pantheons with the complex Indian pantheon, focusing on stories that were written in Sanskrit. We start with a violent creation story. We talk about the concept of Brahman, and the personification...
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Atalanta, a Huntress and Heroine of Greek Mythology
Atalanta is a huntress and heroine in Greek mythology who, after being exposed as an infant because her parents wanted a son and not a daughter, was nursed by a she-bear before being found by hunters. Her name comes from the Greek ‘atalantê’...