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Mythology, History, Storytelling: the Godyssey podcast is a deep dive into our shared humanity through gods.
The people of Vietnam are descended of Lord of Dragons and Queen of Mountain Fairies, divided between them. This origin explains the diverse peoples of Vietnam and its geography, all while setting them apart from their neighbors. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼: W. Lin
🖼: W. Lin
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The people of Vietnam are descended of Lord of Dragons and Queen of Mountain Fairies, divided between them. This origin explains the diverse peoples of Vietnam and its geography, all while setting them apart from their neighbors. #FairytaleTuesday
🖼: W. Lin
🖼: W. Lin
In the Quran, Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba, brings her nation's sun worship to Solomon's court, where in time she submits to Solomon's faith; in some folk traditions, Bilquis is the daughter of a djinn. #FairytaleTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In the Quran, Bilquis, the Queen of Sheba, brings her nation's sun worship to Solomon's court, where in time she submits to Solomon's faith; in some folk traditions, Bilquis is the daughter of a djinn. #FairytaleTuesday
After all she had done for Jason, all the death and bloodshed they had used to buy power, Medea snapped when he left her for Princess Glauce of Corinth: killing her own children, she gave Glauce a dress soaked in poison which killed her and King Creon #FairytaleTuesday
🖼️ Neithy
🖼️ Neithy
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
After all she had done for Jason, all the death and bloodshed they had used to buy power, Medea snapped when he left her for Princess Glauce of Corinth: killing her own children, she gave Glauce a dress soaked in poison which killed her and King Creon #FairytaleTuesday
🖼️ Neithy
🖼️ Neithy
In her first appearance Morgan le Fay (spelled Morgen and not yet called le Fay) is the queen of the nine sisters of Avalon, who brings the boat and ferries a dying Arthur to rest and heal on that mythical island; this version is a sorceress but cannot do evil. #FairytaleTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In her first appearance Morgan le Fay (spelled Morgen and not yet called le Fay) is the queen of the nine sisters of Avalon, who brings the boat and ferries a dying Arthur to rest and heal on that mythical island; this version is a sorceress but cannot do evil. #FairytaleTuesday
Rhiannon is a Princess of Annwyn, the Welsh Otherworld. She is first seen riding a white horse that cannot be caught, implying she is connected to the larger motif of Celtic sovereignty goddesses. #FairyTaleTuesday
🖼: J. Wall
🖼: J. Wall
November 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Rhiannon is a Princess of Annwyn, the Welsh Otherworld. She is first seen riding a white horse that cannot be caught, implying she is connected to the larger motif of Celtic sovereignty goddesses. #FairyTaleTuesday
🖼: J. Wall
🖼: J. Wall
With few exceptions across thousands of years of history, Egyptian rulers were typically clean-shaven. Occasionally rulers would be shown with false metal beards in their iconography, whether pharaohs or or their consorts, but Hatshepsut is famous for being both. #MythologyMonday
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
With few exceptions across thousands of years of history, Egyptian rulers were typically clean-shaven. Occasionally rulers would be shown with false metal beards in their iconography, whether pharaohs or or their consorts, but Hatshepsut is famous for being both. #MythologyMonday
Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Keukegen (毛羽毛現) are hairy, dirty, and dubious thing. Looking like a sentient beard, it lives in seemingly abandoned, unclean places, which is fine except they bring disease and bad luck. Keep your home clean, or one might visit you. #MythologyMonday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
The Titan Atlas was cursed to hold the heavens on his shoulders in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and over time the Titan's beard and hair became deep forests full of life. If you don't properly maintain your hair, so might yours. #MythologyMonday
🖼: J.S. Sargent
🖼: J.S. Sargent
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The Titan Atlas was cursed to hold the heavens on his shoulders in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, and over time the Titan's beard and hair became deep forests full of life. If you don't properly maintain your hair, so might yours. #MythologyMonday
🖼: J.S. Sargent
🖼: J.S. Sargent
The name Lombard means Longbeard, a name derived from a myth where the women joined the men and let their hair fall on their face like a beard. Frea, turning Godan (Odin)'s bed to face them, awoke and shouted "Who are these longbeards?" #MythologyMonday
🖼️: E. Doepler
🖼️: E. Doepler
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The name Lombard means Longbeard, a name derived from a myth where the women joined the men and let their hair fall on their face like a beard. Frea, turning Godan (Odin)'s bed to face them, awoke and shouted "Who are these longbeards?" #MythologyMonday
🖼️: E. Doepler
🖼️: E. Doepler
In Japanese folklore be sure you follow the appropriate protocols when building your home: if a pillar is placed upside down, the spirit of the dead tree, the sakabashira, will manifest as a luck-stealing poltergeist, moaning and causing misery. #FolkloreSunday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In Japanese folklore be sure you follow the appropriate protocols when building your home: if a pillar is placed upside down, the spirit of the dead tree, the sakabashira, will manifest as a luck-stealing poltergeist, moaning and causing misery. #FolkloreSunday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
Hestia is childless by choice, as the goddess of hearth and home. She maintains the sacred fire, the one that always keeps a home warm and keeps Olympus bright, and it is Hestia who accepts the sacrifices to the gods and distributes them. #FolkloreSunday
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Hestia is childless by choice, as the goddess of hearth and home. She maintains the sacred fire, the one that always keeps a home warm and keeps Olympus bright, and it is Hestia who accepts the sacrifices to the gods and distributes them. #FolkloreSunday
The Old English cofgodas are house spirits and possibly the precursor of hobs and brownies. These "cove-gods" are said to be just like Roman penates, house spirits of domestic activities like meals and cleaning. #FolkloreSunday
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Old English cofgodas are house spirits and possibly the precursor of hobs and brownies. These "cove-gods" are said to be just like Roman penates, house spirits of domestic activities like meals and cleaning. #FolkloreSunday
Hoffmann's Der Sandmann takes the traditionally benign Sandman of Eurpean folklore and makes him something dark, threatening young children that if he puts sand in your eyes, they will fall out and he will feed them to his children—so go the f*ck to sleep! #FolkyFriday
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hoffmann's Der Sandmann takes the traditionally benign Sandman of Eurpean folklore and makes him something dark, threatening young children that if he puts sand in your eyes, they will fall out and he will feed them to his children—so go the f*ck to sleep! #FolkyFriday
Hypnos is Sleep itself, living in a cave where Day and Night meet above the Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness. His twin is Thanatos, death itself, and he has a thousand sons, including Morpheus, Dream itself. #FolkyFriday
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Hypnos is Sleep itself, living in a cave where Day and Night meet above the Lethe, the River of Forgetfulness. His twin is Thanatos, death itself, and he has a thousand sons, including Morpheus, Dream itself. #FolkyFriday
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
🖼: J.W. Waterhouse
Without good sleep you cannot recover, and nightmares stand in the way of good sleep. Good thing for the Baku, the Eater of Dreams: this anteater-looking oddity of Japanese folklore devours bad dreams and the spirits that produce them. #FolkyFriday
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Without good sleep you cannot recover, and nightmares stand in the way of good sleep. Good thing for the Baku, the Eater of Dreams: this anteater-looking oddity of Japanese folklore devours bad dreams and the spirits that produce them. #FolkyFriday
In the 90s, swept into a Satanic panic about Pokemon, psychic Uri Geller sued Game Freaks for defamation over the Pokemon Kadabra, who bends spoons (like Uri) and its Japanese name Yungerer, for being "evil." #FolkloreThursday
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In the 90s, swept into a Satanic panic about Pokemon, psychic Uri Geller sued Game Freaks for defamation over the Pokemon Kadabra, who bends spoons (like Uri) and its Japanese name Yungerer, for being "evil." #FolkloreThursday
One of the most complex games ever made despite its simplicity, Go was invented in China around the 4th century BCE. Black and white stones are placed on intersections, with the goal of owning the most territory by game's end. #FolkloreThursday
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
One of the most complex games ever made despite its simplicity, Go was invented in China around the 4th century BCE. Black and white stones are placed on intersections, with the goal of owning the most territory by game's end. #FolkloreThursday
Contrary to popular belief tarot began its life as a set of cards meant for playing games. It was not until the 18th century that tarot became a divination tool. Like most decks it has four suits (the minor Arcana) but adds 22 additional cards (the major Arcana) #FolkloreThursday
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Contrary to popular belief tarot began its life as a set of cards meant for playing games. It was not until the 18th century that tarot became a divination tool. Like most decks it has four suits (the minor Arcana) but adds 22 additional cards (the major Arcana) #FolkloreThursday
Ouija is copyright of Hasbro: before their board, these parlor games were called spirit boards. Invented by spiritualists in Ohio in the 1880s as much for fun as anything, they were popularized after WW1 and demonized by fundamentalists as gateways to Hell. #FolkloreThursday
November 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ouija is copyright of Hasbro: before their board, these parlor games were called spirit boards. Invented by spiritualists in Ohio in the 1880s as much for fun as anything, they were popularized after WW1 and demonized by fundamentalists as gateways to Hell. #FolkloreThursday
Winter's Extreme is a literal way of reading 冬至, uses for the winter solstice festival in East Asia. Called Dongzhi in Chinese, this festival marks balance in cosmic yin and yang and is marked by eating Tangyuan, a deep-fried dessert, and family gatherings. #LegendaryWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Winter's Extreme is a literal way of reading 冬至, uses for the winter solstice festival in East Asia. Called Dongzhi in Chinese, this festival marks balance in cosmic yin and yang and is marked by eating Tangyuan, a deep-fried dessert, and family gatherings. #LegendaryWednesday
For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For two years the people of Sweden sacrificed first bulls then men to end the famine that devastated the land. On the third year, they seized their King, Domalde, and sacrificed him to the gods. The next year was prosperous. #WyrdWednesday
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
🖼️: E. Werenskiold
Daughter of the queen of the sea falls in love with a land-dwelling human, and the world falls into chaos. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic The Little Mermaid, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a Japanese retelling with a very different ending. #FairyTaleTuesday
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Daughter of the queen of the sea falls in love with a land-dwelling human, and the world falls into chaos. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's classic The Little Mermaid, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is a Japanese retelling with a very different ending. #FairyTaleTuesday
This time of year, spiders start coming inside. While it might terrify many of us (myself included), killing them is bad luck in some cultures, perhaps because they are such good pest control. Killing a spider might bring bad winter luck. #FolkloreSunday
🖼️: V. Rybakow
🖼️: V. Rybakow
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This time of year, spiders start coming inside. While it might terrify many of us (myself included), killing them is bad luck in some cultures, perhaps because they are such good pest control. Killing a spider might bring bad winter luck. #FolkloreSunday
🖼️: V. Rybakow
🖼️: V. Rybakow
Known for their grand migrations southwards this time of year, monarch butterflies in many cultures are associated with the souls of the dead. They guarantee souls find their way home, but sometimes, when they return, they might just be those souls revisiting us. #FolkloreSunday
November 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Known for their grand migrations southwards this time of year, monarch butterflies in many cultures are associated with the souls of the dead. They guarantee souls find their way home, but sometimes, when they return, they might just be those souls revisiting us. #FolkloreSunday
In Daoist astrology, autumn is the time of the White Tiger of the West and the element of metal. It represents a movement inward, a time to reflect, to grieve, and to celebrate the good things life brings, in preparation for the harsh truths of winter. #FolkloreSunday
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
In Daoist astrology, autumn is the time of the White Tiger of the West and the element of metal. It represents a movement inward, a time to reflect, to grieve, and to celebrate the good things life brings, in preparation for the harsh truths of winter. #FolkloreSunday