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Mythology, History, Storytelling: the Godyssey podcast is a deep dive into our shared humanity through gods.
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Doves highlight the connection of Aphrodite and Inanna/Ishtar/Asherah: a symbol of the goddess of love, doves have been found as figurines and in imagery going back millennia in Mesopotamia. The Ancient Greek word, peristerá, may literally be "Bird of Ishtar." #LegendaryWednesday
Inanna with a chained lion, winged and armed, surrounded by flying doves, the detail worn out of them by age A stock card of Venus, showing her riding a chariot driven by doves, over the word Venere
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Eir is the surgeon of the gods, a valkyrie and healer among the Æsir. She offers her knowledge through blood sacrifice, a price most healers understand and can make easily. #WyrdWednesday
An artist whose name I can't reads depiction of a white eyed Eir, standing in a forest with herbs in her pack, a sickle on her belt, a book on her arms, and the scene embroidered with moon phases, a snake, and a toad
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The alicanto is a strange flightless bird of the Atacama Desert, but flightless for a strange reason: this shining bird eats metal! Searching the desert plateau for ores and worked metal, the alicanto becomes so heavy it cannot fly. #LegendaryWednesday

🖼️: R. Powell
Rob Powell's depiction of a road runner-esque golden creatures standing on some gold ore, glowing in darkness.
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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The object of adoration and ire throughout her tale, Psyche is a sacrifice to the gods yet is spared by one, who marries her. When curiosity betrays that god, Psyche quests across the ancient world to save him, all while learning he is lovely Cupid. #WyrdWednesday

🖼️: K. Craft
The wonderful Kinuko Craft's depiction of Psyche embracing her god-husband as he fades into starlight come morning, flying into the heavens with his cherub companions; Cupid is notably very human here, and Psyche actually quite happy; the ground is his verdant fields and farmland
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Join us this #Wyrdwednesday for our topic:

'Sacrifices, Offerings and Selfless Acts!'

Serve us up your tantalizing tales from history, myth and lore about ravenous deities and grand gestures both good and evil!
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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The crime of Bres, King of the Tuatha de Danann, was not giving his people enough: while he feasted, they starved; while he invited their enemies to dine with him, they worked as slaves for those enemies. He betrayed his people for his own gain. #FairytaleTuesday
Food proportedly eaten by St. Patrick in the 5th century, showing nuts, fish, eggs, grapes, large tangerines, oranges, lamb, chicken, lettuce, broccoli, zucchini, garlic, carrots, leaks, and some peppers and tomatoes that are almost certainly inaccurate.
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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While she was already the goddess of food, Uke Mochi's death guaranteed the world would be filled to the brim with food: for from her body came fish, wild game, and all the grains that make up the Japanese diet. #FairytaleTuesday

🖼️: Soragami
Uke Mochi, supposedly by artist Soragami according to reverse image search, showing a beautiful Japanese woman in an orange kimono with a red obi, rising out of a bowl of ramen full of the usual fixings but with food of all kinds pouring into it from her left hand; steam rises from the ramen. Her hair has leaves of lettuce and cherry tomatoes, as well as sushi, for hair ornaments.
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The crime of Bres, King of the Tuatha de Danann, was not giving his people enough: while he feasted, they starved; while he invited their enemies to dine with him, they worked as slaves for those enemies. He betrayed his people for his own gain. #FairytaleTuesday
Food proportedly eaten by St. Patrick in the 5th century, showing nuts, fish, eggs, grapes, large tangerines, oranges, lamb, chicken, lettuce, broccoli, zucchini, garlic, carrots, leaks, and some peppers and tomatoes that are almost certainly inaccurate.
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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A tale among the Lakota tells of a badger family who prepared for winter by storing food, only for a lazy bear to take advantage of their generosity and then to later deny them food. The Great Spirit rewarded them, though: be generous, but careful. #FairytaleTuesday

🖼️: R. Toll
Rachel Toll's watercolor of a badger in the forefront of a winter scene, a massive moon coming through the barren trees, with splatters of black on the snow.
November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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The gods' favorite feasting spot was the great hall of the sea god Ægir, whose parties were without match in terms of mead, of food, and of entertainment. This backfired: the last party saw a drunk Loki calling out every god of their improprieties. #FairytaleTuesday

🖼️: C Hansen
Constantin Hansen's depiction of the Feast of Ægir, showing Loki attempting to leave when Thor threatens him to silence or face a hammer in the face; the gods are all shocked at his slut-shaming, his call-outs, and his insults, Odin looking on gravely as he knows what comes next.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Fire may have killed the goddess of Creation but the god of beneficial fire was not a part of that. Sanbō-Kōjin (三宝荒神) is god of the stove, of fire, hearth, and kitchen. He cleans away all impurities, watching the household. He can be male or female. #MythologyMonday
An irori, a traditional sunken Japanese hearth, showing an ashy-sandy lower level, surrounded by wood, with two pots of water in case the fire in the center gets out of hand. The kettle hangs from the ceiling, complete with decorative fish, and there are four interlocking tatami floor squares that presumably are somewhat flame retardant.
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Nephthys and Isis worked together as attendants of Ra as he traveled through the Duat, including maintaining his home and hearth. The two goddesses thus learned many secrets by that fire and it was there that Isis discovered how Osiris could rise to power. #MythologyMonday
A depiction of Nephthys and Isis attending to the hearth of Ra, a basin above which is a series of hieroglyphs including the Eye of Ra
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The vatër is an Albanian hearth, a place of sacred intergenerational connection: for at the vatër, past, present, and future generations collide, caring for one another with old recipes and new hopes, thus making it a sacred place all were expected to pay respect #MythologyMonday
A vater circa 1908, showing a stone hearth area surrounded by crosses and representations of past generations in the form of semi-stick figures
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The cloak of winter is fast falling on the Northern Hemisphere, draping us in sheets of frost and soon, snow. In Gaelic folklore this is the Cailleach laying out her cloak to rest; when she has rested, she pulls her cloak back and wanders on. #FolkloreSunday

🖼️: Liktar
Liktar's depiction of the Cailleach as a thin gray old woman, no hair visible, holding a staff that is frankly just a branch, petting a stag with other elk behind her, their eyes glowing; she turns quickly to face the viewer, a wind causing snow to fly up in a circle around her; the stag are not bothered by this, but stare ghost-eyed at the viewer.
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The mighty Snow Lion is the King of Beasts in Tibetan lore, one of the Four Dignities, and representative of joy and strength in the world. The milk of the Snow Lion is said to restore one's purity and correct one's dharma, making it invaluable. #FolkloreSunday
The 1957 emblem of Tibet, showing two Snow Lions upholding the dharmachakra, which here is rainbow, as the sun and moon are in their rightful place between the mountains.
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The cloak of winter is fast falling on the Northern Hemisphere, draping us in sheets of frost and soon, snow. In Gaelic folklore this is the Cailleach laying out her cloak to rest; when she has rested, she pulls her cloak back and wanders on. #FolkloreSunday

🖼️: Liktar
Liktar's depiction of the Cailleach as a thin gray old woman, no hair visible, holding a staff that is frankly just a branch, petting a stag with other elk behind her, their eyes glowing; she turns quickly to face the viewer, a wind causing snow to fly up in a circle around her; the stag are not bothered by this, but stare ghost-eyed at the viewer.
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The land becomes brutal for man and beast in the wake of Pondese, the Old Man Winter of Great Lakes folklore. Snow and ice are his cloak and contempt, and he has no love for things that grow, for animals in need, or for people. #FolkloreSunday

🖼️: W.F. White
How Old Man Winter Was Driven Back," an adaptation of a Haudenosaunee legend about why there are seasons. Old Man Winter, made of frost, is bearded and near naked, standing over a youth who presents him with his pipe; the youth holds his bow, Pondese holds a hammer threateningly.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Where do people get desktop wallpapers these days? I've had the same one for 10 years and just got a new laptop, it feels like it's time to change.
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Seeing the steak first before reading the caption.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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There's a whole debate on "were these concubines monstrous because they had to be or were they framed and dissed by Confucian historians or were they not monsters and framed by Confucian historians?"
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Because the girl refused to play Lady Daji's game of frolicking in the Shang palace nude, Lady Daji had her executed. Because her father protested, Lady Daji had the girl's father killed and cut into steaks, then fed to his own men. #FolkyFriday
A nice juicy medium rare steak.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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The term checkmate betrays chess' Indo-Persian origins, as does the name. Chess comes from the Italian scacchi, which is descended from the Persian word for king, Shah. Checkmate is Shah Mat: the King is Helpless. #FolkyFriday
The first page of a manuscript from the reign of Khosrow I, where Indian ambassadors teach the Shah's court to play chess. The text is famously A Treatise on Chess, which explains the importance of learning chess in kingly courts and strategies.
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Because the girl refused to play Lady Daji's game of frolicking in the Shang palace nude, Lady Daji had her executed. Because her father protested, Lady Daji had the girl's father killed and cut into steaks, then fed to his own men. #FolkyFriday
A nice juicy medium rare steak.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM