mythology

Become a Patron! It’s show notes time! We had such a great time recording this episode. As you’ve guessed there was wine  . . . lot’s of wine. One of us [...Read More...]

In our last episode we talked about the journey Dionysus took to become a god. We followed his travels across the Mediterranean as he went on an epic quest to spread the [...Read More...]

Forget what you thought you knew about Dionysus and his cozy wine-drinking image. This is the Dionysus of Thrace. The Dionysus of Mithradates. Of Spartacus. Of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! It’s show notes time! We had such a great time recording this episode. As you’ve guessed there was wine  . . . We had a great time diving into [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Happy Yule! Io Saturnalia! Now that Genn’s wassail hangover has ended it’s time to get down to the show notes. It wouldn’t be a holiday [...Read More...]

What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scandinavian countries, and it’s an important part of Wiccan and Pagan tradition. But for [...Read More...]

Last time we covered vampires, we were struck by the haunting connection between vampire myths and real disease. Between that and the many vampire myths from around the world [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s the previous episode we ran on vampires. And check out Tiny Vampires with Raven Forrest Fruscalzo! Here’s her Halloween episode on what [...Read More...]

What can a story from ancient Ireland tell us about the Gauls before Caesar? Maybe a lot. The Hound of Ulster is synonymous with Irish history. But it also draws back the [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thanks for joining us on that wild chariot ride! We will seriously never stop hearing Genn’s Warp Spasm Voice in our heads. It narrates our every [...Read More...]