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Ep 102 - Athena, Greek Goddess of Smart War

This Women’s History Month, we’re repping our badass and beloved Greek Goddesses. Starting with a collector of names and weaver of tales, patron goddess of Athens and Heroes alike. WHO? It’s ya girl, Athena. We weave three myths of Athena’s petty justice. Gor(gone) girls best watch out for this one.

Drunk Mythology is a podcast created by Krista and Christian, recounting the feats and failures of world Mythology, with a few drinks along the way.

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Ep 101 - Ares, Greek God of Dumb War

Welcome to Greek Mythology 101! We’re picking up with the A’s and working our way across many a pantheon. What better way to start than with the much-maligned, much hated, and much made fun of - Ares, the Greek God of War and holder of the title, Angriest Olympian. Find out about the many illegitimate children of Love and War he has with Aphrodite and all the times he gets captured. It’s at least two, which isn’t many but weird that it happened twice.

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Ep 95 - Scary Tales: The Pied Piper

Happy Spooky Season! Welcome to our transition from Grimm Adventures to Scary Tales! We travel down to the medieval German town of Hamelin, which is under siege from like 10,000 rats. But wait, there’s a new man in town, Der Rattenfänger, offering to make their rat troubles go away. But you better make sure you pay the Pied Piper.

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Ep 94 - Grimm Adventures: Hansel and Gretel

Better not lose that breadcrumb trail because we are picking back up on our Grimm tales with the dynamic sibling duo, Hansel und Gretel from the eponymous fairy tale from Germany about a cannibalistic candy witch.

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Ep 93 - Grimm Adventures: Rumpelstiltskin

We’re going Grimm this fall, starting with one of our favorite fairy tales that stars the one, the only, Rumbletitskid, Rumperskersin, no… wait, ah yes, Rumpelstiltskin! He’s weaving for the life of the miller’s daughter and wants his payment. A man, friend or fae, needs a name.

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Ep 92 - Mayan Hero Twins defeat the Lords of Xibalba

Those Hunahpu boys are back at it, and this time, they’ve found their old man’s sports gear and they are ready for some justice served in the Pitz of Hell (or rather the Pok-a-Tok ball courts of Xibalba). It’s two on Twelve with Xibalanque and Hunahpu duking it out in the rematch of the century against the Twelve Lords of Death who murdered their father and uncle, but the Xibalbans are the only ones with tricks up their sleeves.

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Ep 91 - Mayan Hero Twins defeat Seven Macaw

Today we are talking about the Maya Hero Twins, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the central heroes in the Popol Vuh. If you’ve seen The Road to El Dorado, these are the two Trickster Heroes that Tulio and Miguel are impersonating. These two magical jaguar boys are gonna take down one big, gaudy, god bird and his sons in a mafia style hit ordered by Don Huracan.

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Ep 90 - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

In honor of the upcoming movie, The Green Knight, we invite you to the defining tale of King Arthur’s most okayest knight, Sir Gawain. It’s a Christmas story that takes a turn for the weird for Gawain when the party games start involving beheading and jolly green giants. One year later and life gets even weirder for the very-average-but-still-trying-his-best Sir Gawain when the smooching games starts happening.

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Ep 88 - Aztec Gods of the underworld, Mictlan

We’re going down, all the way down to Mictlan, the Aztec underworld to take a deeper look at the Gods and Goddess who run the place, including a husband and wife who just want to get flayed and eat stars and a faithful dog god with a more famous flying topside twin.

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Ep 86 - Shamash Mouth, Son of Sin

Somebody once told us that we’d be talking to you today about Shamash, the Sun God and a major deity of the Pantheon of the Mesopotamian cultures. Sumerians know him as Utu, Sin knows him as his son, Ishtar knows him as a brother, and we (and the Akkadians) know him, we love, him, it’s Shamash time! He’s taking the Sun Chariot all the way, he’s laying down the laws and the justice, Shamash is coming to an arena near you.

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Ep 85 - What's new Rougarou?

Bonjour cher! Today we going down the bayou and we gonna find ourselves a Rougarou. This Cajun werewolf is known to haunt Catholic kids and Lent breakers in Louisiana. Go grab your colanders and 13 of anything cause the Rougarou is coming to you.

Warning: Really bad cajun accents and baby shark beats coming your way.

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Ep 84 - Pooka Boo!

Join us for a wild ride in Ireland as we hop on the back of a tricksy Pooka for Pookapalooza 2021. We’re going all over the Emerald Isle to find shape-shifting tricksters who like to take drunk people for wild rides down to Demon Holes. Next stop: tales of Viking-fighting High Kings, Easter Bunnies, and yes, sexy furries.

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Ep 83 - Tam Lin

All the way from Scotland, we have the tale of Princess Janet and her sexy elf man Tam Lin. Janet is in it to win it and no fairy queens or sacrifices to hell are gonna stop this lassie from getting her Tam Lin.

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Ep 82 - The Contendings of Horus and Set Pt 2

The thrilling conclusion of our talk on kings and succession. Good-Boy-Falcon-God Horus and his uncle Storm-and-Sex-God Set take their war for who’s the next King of Egypt from the battlefield to the tribunal court of the Ennead. Now, we will have order in the court of Atum-Ra.

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Ep 81 - The Contendings of Horus and Set Pt 1

Listeners! Be prepared! We’re talking about kings and succession. Falcon-God Horus and his uncle Storm-and-Sex-God Set are gonna duke it out for King of Egypt. Featuring awkward family reunions. Boat races. Horny horny hippos. Butt races. And unplanned pregnancies. Ya better yeet that skeet. And for the love of Ra, don’t eat that salad.

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Ep 80 - For a Few Dragons More

BAD DRAGONS! Want to know more about the worst bad boy dragons of pop culture and mythology? We share our rankings of the best of the worst dragons from Babylonian, Arabic, Norse and Greek mythology. We got world serpents, hydras, pythons, and greedy dwarf princes turned into dragons. Did we miss your favorite dragon to hate? Let us know.

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Ep 79 - A Few Good Dragons

DRAGONS! Want to know more about the best good boy dragons of pop culture and mythology? We got em both here! We share a few of our favorite dragons and learn about a few of the coolest dragons from China, Japan and Korea. Stick around til the end for our new 2021 Eat The Rich Dragon Mascot. Did we miss your favorite? Let us know.

Image Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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Ep 72 - Orishas: Big Hero 7

We are back from a long hiatus with our first recently recorded episode in a long time! Today, we are talking about the Orishas of the Yoruba religion and tradition, as well as their ties to Santeria and other mythologies and religions in the Americas! We’ll dish the hot goss on the coolest spirits/deities/forces of nature in the Yoruba pantheon. And if you stick around to the end, we share a surprisingly relatable creation myth for anyone who’s ever had a bad boss or employee.

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Ep 65 - The Sensational Snallygaster

Hide yo chickens, children, and moonshine! It’s been 25 years and the Snallygaster is gonna get you! Watch out for its ever-increasing list of scary descriptors and powers as we go back 111 years to the wilds and small towns of central Maryland. Hold on to your butts, we got another backyard cryptid coming your way.

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Ep 58 - American Cryptids: Enter the Goatman

Amateur podcasters and even more amateur cryptozoologists Krista and Christian attempt to enter the world of their friendly neighborhood Goatman of Prince Georges County, Maryland and answer the question — does he have hoof hands for holding axes or ax hands for doing baaaad deeeds?

Also heads up, there is some mention of animal cruelty in the form of four-legged victims of the Goatman so if that’s not your bag you may want to skip some parts, but we’ll let you know when those pop up.

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