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64 (HD): Striding Horned Wild Man
Ancient Art Podcast, Ancient Worlds
English - December 16, 2014 17:15 - 7 minutes - 427 MB Video - ★★★★ - 25 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Society & Culture myths legends ancient art history egypt egyptian greece greek rome Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Just in time for Christmas, episode 64 of the Ancient Art Podcast spins a Yuletide yarn. All decked out for the holidays, this amazing, little, elvish sprite weaves us up a tall mountain pass on an enchanting journey through antiquity. The 5,000 year old horned striding figure from the ancient Near Eastern Proto-Elamite culture captivates our imagination of the enigmatic wild man of collective ancient lore. Herein we meet Gilgamesh's Enkidu, Egyptian gods and Pharaohs, the Greco-Roman Hercules, Olympian athletes, modern statesmen, and Europe's pagan renderings of an untamed, primal Santa Claus and companions Knecht Ruprecht, Perchta, Belsnickel, Zwarte Piet, the Julbocken, and of course Krampus! This video is just a short primer. For the big picture visit http://ancientartpodcast.org/64. Connect at http://facebook.com/ancientartpodcast and http://twitter.com/lucaslivingston.