This video [12:14] focuses on the great goddesses archetypes of world mythology. Specifically, this video talks about archetypes as they're applied to female deities. Goddesses, man. You'll learn about prehistoric fertility goddesses...

This video focuses on the Norse Pantheon including the geneology of the gods and goddesses from each of the two groups of gods, Vanir and Aesir. Thor, the god of Thunder from Aesir, is the most powerful and well known god. He briefly...

This video focuses on the African Pantheons and particularly the Orishas including the gods and goddesses including Olorun, the great sky god and Orunmila, god of wisdom and divination. The Orishas all wanted their own powers; the myth...

This video focuses on the theories of myths relying on the study of mythology. Euhemerism is interpreting myths as primitive explanations of the natural world or as time-destorted accounts of long-past events. Early Christians believed...

This video focuses on the characteristics of goddesses, and specifically two myths: from Hawaii, we're going to hear a story about Pe-le, the great goddess of the Hawaiian Islands, and we'll hear the story of the gifts of the White...

This video focuses on the archetypes that are often associated with male divinities. It talks about Fathers & Sons, Kings & Judges, Saviors & Sages, Shamans, Tricksters, and Lords of Destruction. Along the way, we looks at...

This video focuses on floods in the ancient Near East. You have heard the story of Noah and the Ark from the Bible, but that is not the only deluge story humans tell. It's a common thing across cultures. You could say the study of...

This video [9:25] focuses on flood stories from China. In Chinese myth, flood stories pretty much all revolve around a guy named Yu the Great, or Yu the Engineer. In the distant past, he was tasked with stopping the flooding on the...

This video focuses on floods in the Americas. We're looking at ancient flood myths in the Americas, and what they can tell us about the stories that people tell, and how they can look similar, even in cultures separated by large swathes...

This video focuses on the dying god in world mythology. It's the Circle of Life and Death and sometimes, Life again. Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about Dying Gods, by which I mean gods that die, and then return to life. You'll learn...

This video focuses on tricksters in world mythology. This week, Mike introduces you to Tricksters, starting with Anansi, the West African trickster god who is also sometimes a spider. Tricksters are, well, tricky. They're wise and...

This video focuses on the Apocalyspe in World Mythology. Mike Rugnetta is going to tell you stories of death, destruction, divine judgment, damnation, and the occasional happy ending. That's right, this week we're talking about the...

This video focuses on the Norse Apocolypse, Ragnarok. Ragnarok! It's the end of the world, Norse style. It's got everything you want in an apocalypse. Earthquakes, destruction, armies of the dead, a giant evil wolf, giants with flaming...

This video focuses on the Hindu hero Rama from the Indian poem Ramayana, one of India's oldest stories. We're going to be talking about Rama's importance to Hindu culture, and how Rama fits into Campbell's idea of the Hero's Journey....

This video focuses on the Monomyth of the Hero's Journey. We're talking about the Hero's Journey and the Monomyth, as described by Joseph Campbell. Campbell's theories about the shared qualities of human story telling are pretty cool....

This video focuses on The Epic of Gilamesh. Gilgamesh was a terrible ancient king who left his kingdom seeking adventure, and eventually on the prowl for immortality. Along the way, he checks pretty much all the boxes on the checklist of...

This video continues to focus on Tricksters in world mythology. In this episode, we're talking about tricksters as culture heroes. Basically, a culture hero is someone whose creativity adds to their mythological culture. We'll learn how...