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Myths in Context: Gods, Heroes, and Ancient Stories

Myths in Context: Gods, Heroes, and Ancient Stories

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Myths in Context retells gods, heroes, tricksters, and journeys from ancient and traditional sources, then explains what each story reveals in its own setting. Travel from Demeter's search and Thor's missing hammer to Inanna's descent, Anansi's contests, Māui's struggle with the sun, and the Monkey King's rebellion. Clear, researched mythology with source traditions kept distinct and later retellings identified. 世界 社会科学
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  • Anansi and the Stories: A Contest of Cleverness

    Anansi and the Stories: A Contest of Cleverness
    2026/09/24
    Anansi asks Nyame for the stories and receives a price designed to be impossible. The spider answers size and strength with staged arguments, false rescues, and a chain of carefully planned traps. Inside this episode: - Nyame's price for the stories - The traps for Onini and Mmoboro - Anansi's false rescue of Osebo - How the selected Akan-Asante telling explains ownership of stories Sources include R. S. Rattray's Akan-Asante tale, the Moral Ecologies of African Folklore archive, and Smithsonian Folkways material. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow Myths in Context for more researched stories of gods, heroes, tricksters, and journeys from around the world.
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  • Māui Slows the Sun: Making More Time for the Day

    Māui Slows the Sun: Making More Time for the Day
    2026/09/24
    The sun moves too quickly for people to finish their work, so Māui and his brothers prepare ropes and travel toward its place of rising. This episode follows one specifically identified Māori telling and keeps its cultural setting clear. Inside this episode: - Why the short day creates a shared problem - Flax ropes, inherited knowledge, and preparation - The journey toward Tamanuiterā - How collective action changes the pace of the day Sources include the New Zealand Ministry of Education's Māori telling and Te Ara, the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow Myths in Context for more researched stories of gods, heroes, tricksters, and journeys from around the world.
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    8 分
  • The Salmon of Knowledge: How Fionn Gained His Wisdom

    The Salmon of Knowledge: How Fionn Gained His Wisdom
    2026/09/24
    A young student named Demne cooks the salmon his teacher has pursued for seven years. A burned thumb and an accidental taste redirect the fish's promised knowledge and help give Fionn his famous name. Inside this episode: - Demne's study with the poet Finneces - Seven years of waiting beside the Boyne - The burned thumb and accidental taste - Knowledge, poetry, and the name Fionn Sources include The Boyish Exploits of Finn in the CELT archive, Ask About Ireland, and the Dictionary of Irish Biography. This episode is a researched narrative summary. Historical records may be incomplete, translated differently, or interpreted differently by scholars. We distinguish documented facts, estimates, disputed interpretations, and later stories where material. Corrections are logged and incorporated into future editions. Follow Myths in Context for more researched stories of gods, heroes, tricksters, and journeys from around the world.
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    8 分
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