#seasonal

Janus is the two-faced god of the Roman pantheon. He was the god of beginnings and endings, of dual natures, of passageways and passage through time. He’s the god of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thank you so much for joining us on this end-of-the-year journey! Here are our sources for this episode: Livy: The History of Rome (Benjamin Oliver Foster [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   We couldn’t have made this episode without these excellent sources. Krampus: Exploring the Legend of the Christmas Demon by Mythology & [...Read More...]

If you know anything about Mithras, you might have the impression that he was kind of a proto-Jesus. Turns out that’s wrong. Think of this as less of a seasonal episode, [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here is an image of a Phrygian cap. Here is a picture of Papa Smurf. Coincidence? WE THINK NOT With that out of the way, here are some of our sources: Cult [...Read More...]

What tales kept people from thousands of years ago up at night? This Halloween, Ancient History Fangirl teams up with Liv Albert from Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! to delve [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thanks so much for joining us on that wild ride! Check out Liv’s podcast, Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! Our sources for the Banshee include: The [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Happy Yule! Io Saturnalia! Now that Genn’s wassail hangover has ended it’s time to get down to the show notes. It wouldn’t be a holiday [...Read More...]

What do you know about Yule? Maybe a lot. The holiday is widely celebrated in Scandinavian countries, and it’s an important part of Wiccan and Pagan tradition. But for [...Read More...]

Last time we covered vampires, we were struck by the haunting connection between vampire myths and real disease. Between that and the many vampire myths from around the world [...Read More...]