In Case You Mythed It: Recent Episodes
Karl Gage
IN which we discuss the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, from which comes the story of Persephone's abduction by Hades, Demeter's grief and wrath, and how one of ancient Greece's most mysterious rituals was founded.
Today, after a brief rundown of Finnish history, language, and mythology, we look at the time that Vainamoinen, hero of the Kalevala, went to the underworld, and the things that he saw there.
In today's episode, we hear the story of Inanna, the most beloved goddess of Sumer, and how she died and was reborn...
In today's installment, the Nereid nymphs play pinball, Jason and Medea get married, the Argonauts miss reuniting with Herakles by mere hours, Jason gets help from a desert mirage, Poseidon has a very helpful son, Medea fights a giant, Jason does some dream interpretation, and the Argonauts finally get back home.
In this chapter of the Argonautica, Jason and Co. try (and fail) to get home, and along the way commit a murder, the guilt which requires the aid of another witch to cleanse. A brief discussion of the ancient Greek concept of supplication is also given.
In today's episode, Jason plows a field and throws a large rock, Medea has trouble sleeping (again,) the moon starts talking, and Jason succeeds in beating a dragon, despite not actually doing anything.
In today's chapter, Medea can't sleep, Jason and Medea finally meet, Jason is struck by love, and Medea gives him homework that involves doing some witchcraft.
This week, having reached their goal, the Argonauts get wowed by the palace of Aeetes, creeped out by some trees, and finally get upset that they might need to ask a witch for help.
In today's episode, the Argonauts lose some of their crew, gain others, narrowly avoid a conflict with the Amazons, get into a conflict with some very strange birds, and hear the sound of a mythical organ removal.
Today, Jason and friends reach the home of the blind prophet Phineas, and help him with a very smelly problem, before continuing on their way into the Black Sea, where some divine interactions happen.
Today, the Argonauts lose one of their biggest allies by accident, then do some boxing.
On this episode, the Argonauts have shore leave after a solid few days at sea, then meet a friend and have a tragic encounter...
In this episode, we begin a new arc on In Case You Mythed It. A man with one sandal must assemble a crew of Greece's Mightiest Heroes in order to go steal some shiny wool from a land beyond the sea...
In this episode, which is quite long, we look into the story of Antigone, daughter of Oedipus and one of the most interesting, if tragic, women in all of Greek mythology, with a small detour into ancient Greek burial practices. And when its all over, we finally reach the end of the episodes on Thebes.
In this episode, after a long absence, we pick up where we left off in recounting the stories of the city of Thebes. When one of the sons of Oedipus steals the throne, seven champions step forward to attack the city on behalf of his spurned brother. Meanwhile, Oedipus meets his fate near Athens (though not without causing problems for all involved,) the blind prophet Tiresias remains blind (and a good prophet,) and a whole lot of Thebans and other Greeks die.
In this episode, we discuss the tragic story of King Oedipus, as recounted in Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
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In this episode, Thebes gets its seven gates (and almost as many kings,) Mount Kithaeron appears twice as a place to get rid of unwanted infants, and an appearance by Zeus brings back the ding sound. Finally, a baby is born whose fate will eventually result in one of the most tragic stories of all time.
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In this episode, we return to Cadmus and the city of Thebes, for the tale of the Bacchae, as told by Euripides. This is the first, but not the last, great tragedy to befall Thebes, as the curse upon the House of Cadmus continues to do its work.
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In this incredibly short (and late...sorry) episode, we pick up with Europa, princess of Phoenicia, last seen riding a bull into the sea.
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In this story, Cadmus, one of Greece's earliest heroes, loses a sister, founds a city, marries a goddess, fights a dragon, and turns into a snake, not necessarily in that order.
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When things start going bump in the night at a farmstead in medieval Iceland, there's only one man with the strength and wrestling skills to fight the undead: Grettir the Strong!
(This episode covers one part of the much longer Grettis Saga)
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In this episode, we finish up Hesiod's Theogony, the ancient Greek creation myth. The Olympians battle the Titans, Zeus is horrible to women, and the Olympian gods take power.
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This week, the podcast gets a new format. Every other week will be a story from mythology, while the weeks in between will be Patron-only episodes where I break down the history and context of the myths.
The myth this week is the most-complete version of the ancient Greek myth of the creation of the world, as told in Hesiod's Theogony. Since the episode threatened to be quite long, I have broken it into two parts, with this first part recounting the birth of the world and the first generations of gods, Hesiod going on a long tangent about Hekate, and finally the birth of Zeus. Along the way, we get a look at the sheer amount of assaults that happen in Greek myth.
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In this episode of In Case You Mythed It, we return to Ireland for a story of the Devil getting embarrassed, a man drinking a lot, and the creation of the first Jack O'Lantern. There is also an important announcement on the future of the podcast.
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In which Spooky Season begins with the stories of a pair of Irish vampires; Abhartach of County Derry and the Dearg Due of County Waterford. Along the way, I discuss the historical connections between Ireland and the modern vampire story.
Content Warning: Since this is about vampires, discussion of blood (and the drinking thereof) is inevitable, though this episode also contains references to domestic/spousal abuse, suicide, and murder. Just to let you know.
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In this episode, I dive into one of the lesser-known legends recorded by the Grimm brothers in Germany n the early 19th century. As it turns out, Death himself makes a pretty good godfather...
In this inaugural episode, I discuss how a shipwrecked sailor learned to be patient from a dragon.
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