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Crash Course World Mythology #12: Theories of Myths
This video focuses on the theories of myths relying on the study of mythology. Euhemerism is interpreting myths as primitive explanations of the natural world or as time-destorted accounts of long-past events. Early Christians believed...
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Crash Course World Mythology #16: Floods in the Ancient Near East
This video focuses on floods in the ancient Near East. You have heard the story of Noah and the Ark from the Bible, but that is not the only deluge story humans tell. It's a common thing across cultures. You could say the study of...
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Crash Course World Mythology #18: American Floods
This video focuses on floods in the Americas. We're looking at ancient flood myths in the Americas, and what they can tell us about the stories that people tell, and how they can look similar, even in cultures separated by large swathes...
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Crash Course World Mythology #19: The Dying God
This video focuses on the dying god in world mythology. It's the Circle of Life and Death and sometimes, Life again. Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about Dying Gods, by which I mean gods that die, and then return to life. You'll learn...
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Crash Course World Mythology #20: Tricksters: An Introduction
This video focuses on tricksters in world mythology. This week, Mike introduces you to Tricksters, starting with Anansi, the West African trickster god who is also sometimes a spider. Tricksters are, well, tricky. They're wise and...
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Crash Course World Mythology #23: The Apocalyspe
This video focuses on the Apocalyspe in World Mythology. Mike Rugnetta is going to tell you stories of death, destruction, divine judgment, damnation, and the occasional happy ending. That's right, this week we're talking about the...
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Crash Course Mythology #31: Ma'ui, Oceania's Hero
Mike Rugnetta teaches you about Ma'ui, prominent hero of many cultures in Oceania, aka the Pacific Island nations. Ma'ui is just the kind of hero we're interested in at Crash Course. He's a culture hero, he's an adventurer, he has a...
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Crash Course Mythology #32: Mythical Caves and Gardens
Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about mythical gardens and caves, which appear in cultures all over the world. Caves and gardens can stand for different things, but in the two stories we're talking about today, they tie into the creation...
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Crash Course Mythology #34: Mythical Trees
Mike Rugnetta is teaching you about mythical trees. There are lots of trees in myth, and we've touched on some of them before, but today we're going to focus on three trees from three different traditions. We'll talk about the Tree of...
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Crash Course Mythology #36: Monsters. They're Us, Man
This episode starts the discussion of Mythical Creatures with the WORST creatures. Monsters. What makes a monster monstrous though? Mike Rugnetta will guide you through the fine line between a magical creature and a monster. Spoiler...
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Crash Course Mythology #38: Serpents and Dragons
In this episode, Mike is teaching you about the most mythic of mythological creatures: Dragons. Cultures across the world (and across Westeros) tell stories of dragons, and their power to destroy, their power to prop up kings, and their...
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Crash Course Mythology #39: Witches and Hags
Mike Rugnetta teaches you about the stories we tell about witches and hags. It's definitely unfortunate that a lot of social orders have generated stories about evil women with magical powers. Today we're going to look at a few of those...
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Crash Course World Mythology #26: The Epic of Gilgamesh
This video focuses on The Epic of Gilamesh. Gilgamesh was a terrible ancient king who left his kingdom seeking adventure, and eventually on the prowl for immortality. Along the way, he checks pretty much all the boxes on the checklist of...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Mythology: Lesson 2
This video tutorial is an introduction to the mythology genre. It defines mythology and provides examples from various cultures. [5:56]
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Mythology: Keeping Up With the Gods
This animation references the mythology unit as a resource for learning about the Gods. 2:08sec.