Lore and Legends
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 34 ratingsLore and Legends explores humanities past, present, and future through the lense of the lore and legends built up by dominant cultures like Ancient Egypt, Greece, and more forgotten or ignored groups like the Native Americans or Tribal Africans, as well as modern myths, legends, and phenomena from bigfoot, to UFO's, psychic powers and even religions.... https://www.loreandlegends.net
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Anubis: God of the Underworld
March 24, 2019 18:45 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! Support via https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LoreandLegends Anubis, with the body of a man and the head of a Jackal is perhaps the most visually striking of all the Egyptian gods. Who was he and what was his role in the ancient Egyptian religion? Was he a terrifying demon god, a benevolent helper, or both? This episode of Wading In takes a quick look at the ancient god and seeks to find answers those questions... A...
Patrick of Ireland
March 13, 2019 00:44 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! Support via https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LoreandLegends Who was Saint Patrick and what’s he got to do with shamrocks, green beer, Ireland, and Christianity? Here's a brief rundown of how and when we got some of those symbols, which of the popular stories are just myths, and who the REAL Patrick was in life, and why he is remembered and celebrated around the western world more than a millennia later... Be sure to...
Nikola Tesla and the Martians
March 05, 2019 06:01 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! Support via https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LoreandLegends As long as humans have been able to think, we've wondered whether or not we're alone in the universe. From gods descended from the heavens, to single celled microbes on Europa, space has remained at the forefront of human science and fiction. In 1900, Nikola Tesla would famously receive an unknown signal of celestial origin some 30 years before the "birth" o...
The Nazi Space Weapons
February 21, 2019 07:34 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! Support via https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LoreandLegends The Nazi's, led by Adolf Hitler were one of the most notorious and brutal regimes of all time. But they're also famous for a fair amount of science and the mystic that surrounds them. This episode wade's into the Nazi plans for space during WW2. A Nazi Death Star, a futuristic bomber, and the first man made object to enter space, the V2 rocket. The Nazis...
George and the Dragon
February 13, 2019 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.1 MB"Wading In" is now Lore and Legends! Visit LoreandLegends.net for more! The legend of Saint George and the Dragon, and an account of his martyrdom in the Roman Empire that wold get him canonized as a saint in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. How much is history and how much is myth? George's story is one of archetypal good vs archetypal evil not unlike many others that came before it, down to the dragon and the spear. This story has inspired good for over well 1000 years, a...
Gods of Egypt
January 24, 2019 06:39 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! Support via https://www.buymeacoffee.com/LoreandLegends After a brief intro, this episode tells a version of ancient Egyptian creation myth, then the 'Osiris myth', followed by the 'Contendings of Horus and Set. Then considers what made Ancient Egypt one of the greatest civilizations of its time. All music in this episode has been edited and is listed below in order of occurrence: “The Descent” by Kevin Macle...
CRISPR, Eugenics, Nationalism, and You
January 18, 2019 05:30 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! This episode dives into genetic manipulation of humans via CRISPR and Eugenics. Starting with the recent news story of a Chinese researcher editing embryos with CRISPR, we jump into history and the pitfalls of nationalism and genetic discrimination in NAZI Germany and around the world. From there its into the future portrayed in various science fiction stories and movies like Gattaca, Brave New World, and even Sta...
Coyote
January 18, 2019 05:07 - 22 minutes - 21 MB"Wading In" is now "Lore and Legends" visit LoreandLegends.net for more info! Coyotes, hated by many, and misunderstood by most. A uniquely North American animal we've only just recently started to understand. Or, have we known for awhile just in a different format? The Native Americans had a remarkable and fabled relationship with the natural world. Maybe some of these myths and legends are on to something when it comes to our uniquely American friend the Coyote. Support @ BuymeACoffee.c...