Why study myth?

A short introduction to this album. 

Open University academic Valerie Hope explains how objects found at Nemi reveal how mythology played a key role in everyday life. 

Gods and heroes. Titans and transformations. Life before earth, and after it. Mythology uses half-humans to explore what it means to be human. And the newest podcast from Parcast explores Mythology. Through audio-drama, we bring these stories to life. Then, we examine where myths ...  Show more

There is a problem with the word “myth” in our culture. We believe that a myth isn’t ‘true’..but that’s only partially correct. A myth may not be true in the literal sense, but any good myth points at deep and hidden truth. Michael Meade, regarded as one of the foremost expert ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Greek myths from Achilles to Zeus. Are you a touch narcissistic? Do you have the body of an Adonis? Are you willing to undertake Herculean tasks or Promethean ventures? Perhaps you have an Oedipus complex? If you answer to any or perhaps all of ...  Show more

From Cinderella to Beauty and the Beast, the roots of fairy tales stretch back thousands of years — to the dawn of Indo-European languages and beyond.In this episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes is joined by author and journalist Laura Spinney to explore the origins of mytholo ...  Show more