Ep 111: Larger Than Life: Giants
Just A Story: Urban Legend Podcast
English - January 07, 2018 04:00 - 2 hours - 123 MB - ★★★★ - 380 ratingsSociety & Culture History culture fable legend story urban conspiracy and apocalypse beats bigfoot Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Why do we like to imagine that the world was once full of giants? All cultures seem to have a version of a myth or legend that mentions that how much bigger our ancestors were once upon a time. Is it the idea that our human history was once part of something bigger and more fantastic? Sure, that is basically all nostalgia is, when you put it like that. But why have people believed it? Why have generations of people in every region of the globe, at some point in time *believed* that there were giants upon the earth in those days? That’s what we will be exploring this week, the evidence of giants and what people believed about them. Join us as we discuss The Postdam Grenadiers, Greek hero cults, circus giants, a notorious discovery made in Cardiff, New York, and a real life love story of epic proportions.
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