Goddess Behavior

Whispers on the Wind What if the wind isn’t just weather? Across mythology and folklore, wind has been imagined as a god, a spirit, a messenger, a warning, a guide, and even a force capable of carrying people across boundaries. And thousands of years later, our favorite stories are still using it the same way. This week, we’re following the wind through ancient belief, folklore, and pop culture to...

Breath That Binds: The Mythology of Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius What happens when ideas become more powerful than force? In the final chapter of our zodiac series, we’re looking to the skies and exploring the mythology behind Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius—three signs connected by curiosity, communication, justice, rebellion, and the power of an idea. From the inseparable twins Castor and Polydeuces,...

Of Quartz It’s Magic!  Why does fantasy always put the magic in a crystal? This week, we’re digging into quartz—one of the most common minerals on Earth and somehow one of the rocks humans have spent thousands of years deciding is anything but ordinary. From the ancient belief that clear quartz was ice frozen so completely it could never melt, to amethyst and its connection to sobriety, Irish fair...

The Trolls Have Entered The Chat: Mythology’s Greatest Rebrand How did a terrifying creature hiding in the mountains of Scandinavia become a rainbow-haired pop star… and eventually the worst person in your comment section? This week on Goddess Behavior , we are following one of folklore’s strangest transformations: the evolution of the troll. Long before Frozen , The Hobbit , DreamWorks, and inter...

Grounded In Stone: The Mythology of Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn What do a sacred bull, a goddess who refused to abandon humanity, and a half-goat, half-fish creature have in common? Welcome to the Earth signs. This week on Goddess Behavior , we’re digging into the mythology behind Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn—and discovering that Earth signs have always been about much more than being practical,...

Before chemistry could explain why plants worked, humans understood one thing: nature had power. The right leaf could ease your pain. The wrong berry could kill you. A strange root could inspire stories of magic, while a tree that survived for centuries could become sacred to the gods. In this episode of Goddess Behavior , Steph and Laura dig into the mythology, folklore, and very real power hidin...

Once Upon a Curse: The Magic Nobody Wanted What’s worse: being punished for something you did—or being cursed for something that had absolutely nothing to do with you? Before curses belonged to fairy tales, people carved them into stone, pressed them into clay, raised them on wooden poles, and used them to protect tombs, defend boundaries, punish enemies, and call upon the supernatural for justice...

That’s Dragon Behavior: The World’s Favorite Mythological Creature Every culture has dragons. Cultures separated by oceans, languages, and thousands of years all imagined enormous, powerful, serpent-like beings. Some breathed fire. Others controlled rivers, rain, storms, or the sea. Some were worshipped as gods. Some protected sacred knowledge and entire nations. Others became monsters consumed by...

Born From Fire: The Mythology of Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius  Before Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius became zodiac signs, they were myths. In this episode of Goddess Behavior , we’re exploring the ancient stories behind the fire signs—from the Golden Ram and the Nemean Lion to the wise centaur, Chiron—and uncovering what they reveal about courage, legacy, and humanity’s endless desire to explore, crea...

Dead Men Tell No Tales: Pirate Myth, Mutiny, and Monsters of the Sea Pirates have become some of the most iconic figures in history—but how did criminals become legends? This week, we’re diving into the mythology behind Blackbeard, Anne Bonny, Davy Jones, the Kraken, ghost ships, buried treasure, and the stories that transformed real people into larger-than-life folk heroes. Because pirate stories...

The Cities Beneath the Sea: Lost Kingdoms, Flood Myths, and the Civilizations We Can’t Let Go What if the greatest civilization in history didn’t disappear—it simply sank beneath the waves? From Atlantis to the Welsh kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod, from the Breton city of Ys to flood myths found on nearly every continent, humans have been telling stories about lost worlds for thousands of years. But...

Beautiful Things That Drown You: Sirens, Mermaids & Sea Creatures The ocean has always inspired two emotions at the same time: wonder and fear. Long before humans could map the deep or explain storms, currents, and disappearances, we filled the water with stories. Mermaids. Sirens. Selkies. Sea monsters. Across cultures separated by oceans and centuries, people imagined beautiful, mysterious b...

Written in Water: The Mythology of Cancer, Scorpio & Pisces Before the zodiac became horoscope memes, it was mythology. In this episode, we’re diving beneath the surface of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces to explore the constellation stories, ancient myths, and pop culture archetypes that shaped the water signs. From Hercules and the Hydra, Orion, to Typhon, & the depths of the ocean itself, w...

The Sun & The Moon: Why Humans Made The Sky Personal  Before horoscopes and birth charts, humans were already looking to the sky for answers. In this episode of Goddess Behavior , we explore how cultures around the world transformed the sun and moon into gods, siblings, rulers, and symbols of power, emotion, and transformation. From Norse, Greek, Japanese, and Egyptian mythology to the origins...

The Black Forest and The Birth of Fairytales Episode Description Before fairytales became bedtime stories, they were warnings. This week on Goddess Behavior , we’re traveling into Germany’s Black Forest to explore the folklore that shaped some of the world’s most famous fairytales. We’re uncovering the real fears hidden beneath the magic. Because these stories weren’t originally written to enterta...

That’s Superstitious Behavior Episode Description Why do we still knock on wood? Why do athletes wear lucky socks? Why do actors refuse to say Macbeth in a theater? Why do people throw salt over their shoulder, avoid tempting fate, and insist they’re “not superstitious” right before checking their horoscope? This week on Goddess Behavior , we’re diving into the fascinating world of superstitions....

The Mountains Remember Too: Appalachian Folklore, Hauntings, and The Stories That Keep People Alive Before horror movies taught people to fear the woods, Appalachian folklore already did — not because the mountains were evil, but because they were alive. This week, we head deep into Appalachian folklore born in one of the oldest and most isolated mountain ranges on Earth. We unpack how Appalachian...

The Land Remembers: Native American Stories Rooted in Place What does it mean to say “the land remembers”? In this episode of Goddess Behavior , we explore Native American mythology through the elements — earth, fire, air, water, sky, and memory — looking at how different Indigenous traditions understand the natural world not as a backdrop, but as kin. This episode traces stories rooted in creatio...

The Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann: Three Weapons and One Emotional Support Cauldron Before Excalibur. Before Thor’s hammer. Before the One Ring… Ireland had four sacred treasures tied to kingship, fate, victory, and survival itself. This week on Goddess Behavior , we’re diving into the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann: the Stone of Fál, the Spear, the Sword of Nuada and the Cauldron...

Episode 8: ACOTAR Book 6 Theory: The Power of Truth or Something Mor? Mor’s power is “truth”… but after five books, we still don’t really know what that means. In this episode, we dive into one of our biggest ACOTAR 6 theories yet: what if Mor isn’t just the Night Court’s diplomat, Rhys’s Second, or the Inner Circle’s golden girl? What if her power is tied to something much older — fate, judgment,...

That’s Triple Goddess Behavior Across mythology and folklore, powerful feminine figures appear in threes again and again — from crossroads and battlefields to the roots of the world tree itself. But the version most of us recognize today — Maiden, Mother, Crone — may not be the original story at all. In this episode of Goddess Behavior , we explore the real mythological roots of the Triple Goddess...

Folklore, Evermore, and the Power of Anonymous Stories — It’s Time To Go In This Episode Last episode, we talked about what happens when the goddess becomes the bard — when Taylor Swift steps out of the center of the myth and into the role of storyteller. This week, we stay in the woods. Because once the story belongs to folklore, it stops needing clean endings. In this episode, we’re diving into...

Folklore, Evermore, and the Power of Anonymous Stories - The Goddess Becomes the Bard In This Episode This week, we’re stepping into Folklore and Evermore —not just as albums, but as part of a much older system: Folklore as power. Storytelling as survival. And what happens when the most famous woman in the world steps out of the spotlight… and becomes the storyteller instead. The Goddess Becomes t...

Gods and Ghost Stories: Mythology vs Folklore Some stories rule empires. Others keep the kitchen running. In this episode of Goddess Behavior , we step away from gods and thunderbolts and into the quieter world of folklore — the stories passed between families, whispered at firesides, and reshaped by survival. Because while mythology explained the cosmos, folklore taught people how to endure it. I...

They’re called monsters—feared, hunted, blamed, and remembered only for their worst moments. But what if the myths got it wrong? What if “monster” was just another word for powerful, different, or inconvenient? In this episode, we turn the spotlight on some of mythology and folklore’s most infamous figures and ask the uncomfortable question: were they truly monstrous… or deeply misunderstood? From...