Lore and Legends

"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? Th...

"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...

"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....

"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 dur...

"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...

"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 ti...

"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...

"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 a...