Filed under: Podcast Episodes, The Tales | Tags: death, ghost story, ghosts, Greek Mythology, magic, necromancy, Orpheus, Tam Lin, Witch of Endor, witchcraft
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Join me this episode for tales of death, ghosts, and necromancy just in time to get into the spirit of All Hallow’s Eve. We will travel from ancient Greece to the Pacific Northwest, then on to Scotland and Ireland, a haunted house in Athens, and, lastly, we will travel to Israel to hear a tale of necromancy from the Old Testament.
Main Characters: Orpheus, Eurydice, Hades, Persephone, Coyote, Eagle, Tam Lin, Saul, Samuel, The Witch of Endor
Music Credits: “Ancestor Chant” & “Cross the River” by T. Thorn Coyle & Sharon Knight, and “Tam Lin” by Tricky Pixie
Resources:
- Clark, Ella E. Indian Legends of the Pacific Northwest. University of California Press, 2003.
- Ellis Davidson, Hilda. The Seer in Celtic and Other Traditions. John Donald, 1989.
- Felton, D. Haunted Greece and Rome: Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity. University of Texas Press, 1998.
- Good News Bible (1 Samuel, 28: 3-25). Canadian Bible Society, 1990.
- Moncrieff, A.R. Hope. “Orpheus and Eurydice”. Classic Myth and Legend. New York: William H. Wise & Co., 1934.
- Morgan, Michael A. Sepher Ha-Razim: The Book of Mysteries. Society of Biblical Literature, 1983.
- Yeats, W.B. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. London: Walter Scott, 1888.
Filed under: Podcast Episodes | Tags: Assyrian Mythology, big bang, creation myth, folklore, Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, storytelling, universe
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Like any storyteller knows, you always start at the beginning, so with this podcast episode we will start at the beginning of the universe – the Birth of the Cosmos. I start the show by telling three ancient creation myths in order of their age (Assyrian, Greek, and Norse) and afterward I analyze the tales to reveal their hidden meaning.
Happy listening!
Main Characters:
Anshar (Asshur), Anu, Apsu, Atlas, Bor, Buri, Chaos, Cronus, Cyclopes, Ea, Enlil, Erebus, Eros (Protogonus, Phanes), Frost Giants (ogres) Gaia (Gaea), Ginnungagap, Igigi, Hecatonchires, Kingu, Kishar, Lachamu (Lahamu), Lachmu (Lahmu), Merodack (Marduk), Mummu, Nyx (Night) Ouranos (Uranus), Rhea, Tiamat, Ymir, Zeus
References & Resources:
- From Snorri Sturlson’s Edda: The Viking Gods. Gudrun Publishing, 1995.
- Hesiod’s Theogyny (800 BC?).
- Joseph, Rawn Ph.D. “Black Holes”, Journal of Cosmology.
- Kerényi, Karl. The Gods of the Greeks. Thames & Hudson, 1951.
- National Geographic
- Seven Tablets of Creation. From the library of Ashurbanipal (685-627 BC). Translation and arrangement by Donald A. McKenzie
- Sturlson, Snorri. The Poetic Edda (1200 AD).
Music samples are from Kan’Nal‘s “Dreamwalker” album
P.S. Does anyone know how to pronounce Ginnungagap and Hecatonchires?
