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African Pantheons and the Orishas: Crash Course World Mythology #11
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African Pantheons and the Orishas: Crash Course World Mythology #11

So, today we’re talking about African Pantheons. Now, you might say, that’s ridiculous. Africa isn’t a single place with a single pantheon, and we’d be fools to try and cover all that in an eleven minute video. You’d be right. Instead we’re...
Great Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #13
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Great Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #13

This week on Crash Course Mythology, we're talking archetypes. Specifically, we're talking about archetypes as they're applied to female deities. Goddesses, man. You'll learn about prehistoric fertility goddesses like the Venus of Willendorf...
Theories of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #12
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Theories of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #12

This week, we're talking about theories of Myth. We'll look at the different ways mythology has been studied in the last couple of millenia, and talk about the diffeent ways people have interpreted myth, academically. Crash Course is on...
Fire and Buffalo Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #14
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Fire and Buffalo Goddesses: Crash Course World Mythology #14

This week, we’re continuing our talk about the characteristics of Goddesses, and we’re going to look in depth at two stories from parts of the world we haven’t visited much in this series so far. From Hawaii, we’re going to hear a story about...
Archetypes and Male Divinities: Crash Course World Mythology #15
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Archetypes and Male Divinities: Crash Course World Mythology #15

This week on Crash Course Mythology, Mike is teaching you about the archetypes that are often associated with male divinities. We’re going to talk about Fathers & Sons, Kings & Judges, Saviors & Sages, Shamans, Tricksters, and Lords of Destruction...
Floods in the Ancient Near East: Crash Course World Mythology #16
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Floods in the Ancient Near East: Crash Course World Mythology #16

This week on Crash Course mythology, Mike is talking to you about floods. You may 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 culture. You could say...
Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China: Crash Course World Mythology #17
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Yu the Engineer and Flood Stories from China: Crash Course World Mythology #17

On this Crash Course in World Mythology, Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about floods and deluges, specifically in China. In Chinese myth, flood stories pretty much all revolve around a guy named Yu the Great, or Yu the Engineer. In the distant...
American Floods: Crash Course World Mythology #18
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American Floods: Crash Course World Mythology #18

We don’t want to deluge you with information on the subject, but this week on Crash Course Mythology, Mike Rugnetta is talking once again about floods. We’re looking at ancient flood myths in the Americas, and what they can tell us about...
The Dying God: Crash Course World Mythology #19
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The Dying God: Crash Course World Mythology #19

This week on Crash Course 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 about the Corn...
Tricksters: An Introduction: Crash Course World Mythology 20
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Tricksters: An Introduction: Crash Course World Mythology 20

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 foolish, they're promiscuous and amoral, but in a lot of ways...
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