Episode 92: Let's talk about myth retellings

Fable & The Verbivore

English - June 01, 2021 06:55 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 91: Would Like To Meet by Rachel Winters

Next Episode: Episode 93: Let's talk about Fairytales

Notes:

Fable references our conversation with author Stephanie Ascough and the mythology that she incorporated into her book “A Land of Light and Shadow: A Tale of Decamonde”. That episode can be found here: https://fableandtheverbivore.com/podcast/episode-50

The Verbivore reads a quote from J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Return of the King where truth has passed away from common knowledge to old wive’s tales. Here is that quote:

“Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know.”

While preparing for this episode, the Verbivore referenced several different series of YouTube videos on the subject of mythology as resources. Here are the links to the most influencial ones:

Crash Course Mythology Videos Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRCVcuA6yZQ&list=PLEb6sGT7oD8G8nPbyvObaZUNdfV6kitZQ

Ted Ed Mythology Videos Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjj_-CPxjCM&list=PLneOWMcmDufL5I4aIb_c2JEge344bNFIf

The Verbivore mentions that there are articles that talk about Disney movies as modern mythology. Here is a link to one such article:

https://creativeenglishteacher.com/blogs/news/ten-reasons-why-disney-movies-are-modern-mythology

The Vebivore mentions Star Wars and it’s reliance on Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces and the Hero’s Journey. Here is a short video clip of an interview with Joseph Campbell on this topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXjnYL2GncU

And here is a link to an article on the Hero’s Journey:

https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/heros-journey/

The Verbivore mentioned that the Illiad and the Odyssey have both been translated many times and that it was recently translated by a women for the first time. Here is the link to an article on this topic:

https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/11/20/16651634/odyssey-emily-wilson-translation-first-woman-english

Fable mentions the Aarne-Thompson-Uther (ATU) index or classification system for fairytales. Here are a couple links with further information on this topic:

https://retellingthetales.com/a-casual-girls-guide-to-using-the-atu-index/

https://sites.ualberta.ca/~urban/Projects/English/Content/ATU_Tales.htm

The Verbivore references Rick Riordan’s response to the questions of what his inspirations were for Percy Jackson and was he inspired by Harry Potter. Here is his full response from his website:

https://rickriordan.com/2005/11/did-you-get-that-from-harry-potter/

And here is a link to the middle grade mythology books that are being released through the Rick Riordan Presents label:

https://rickriordan.com/rick-riordan-presents/

Books Mentioned:

A Land of Light and Shadow: A Tale of Decamonde by Stephanie Ascough

The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

Harry Potter: Books 1-7 by J. K. Rowling

Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold by C. S. Lewis

Circe by Madeline Miller

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood