Chthonia
Brigid Burke
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Kali (Chthonia Classic Remastered 10)
Remastered Kali episode from 2020. This is the last remaster I will be posting. The original promos still exist at the end of the episode, but are no longer valid.
Zigu: the Purple Maiden
In this final episode of Chthonia, we look at a Chinese toilet goddess called Zigu. Her backstory makes her an abused concubine murdered in the toilet, though toilet gods and goddesses exist…
Kalma: Personification of the Grave and the Corpse
In this week's episode we look at Kalma, a Finnish folkloric figure mentioned in the Kalevala associated with corpses and graveyards. She is the daughter of the god and goddess of the underworld, and…
Scathach: Teacher of Great Warriors
In this episode we talk about Scathach, the mythical Irish warrior woman who would train men able to reach her island in the art of war. Her most famous pupil was the legendary Cú Chulainn, and much…
La Cigaupa: Dominican Mountain Mermaid
This week's episode looks at La Cigaupa, a beautiful howling woman with backward facing feet who is found in the mountains in Dominican folklore. She is often treated as a dangerous siren figure, but…
Styx: Hate Goddess as a Source of Strength?
This week we look at the daimonic goddess Styx, who is a personification of the river in Hades, but is also associated with Hatred. Her children are Victory, Force, and Rivalry, and Zeus rewarded her…
Dea Tacita: Double Edged Sword of Silence
This week's episode is about the Roman deity Dea Tacita, celebrated with a ritual at the Feralia to keep gossip and the results of "loose tongues" from the family and the city. However, Dea Tacita's…
Cliodhna: the Banshee Queen as Soul Image
This week we look at Cliodhna, an Irish fairy queen who is a patroness of Munster and also called Queen of the Banshees. This beautiful banshee has a habit of stealing mortal men away from her…
Virgin Mary: the Paradoxical Divine Connection
By request, we are looking at the Virgin Mary in this week's podcast, in particular the "dark Feminine" elements of her mythology. An exploration into Mary (or Maryam), mother of Jesus reveals…
Mary Magdalene: The Apostles' Apostle
In this episode we look at Mary Magdalene, the favorite female disciple of Jesus. The gospels suggest that Mary became a follower of Jesus after he expelled seven demons from her. Pope Gregory…
Ran: Death as a Fisher of Men
This week's podcast looks at the Nordic deity Ran, a wrathful sea goddess that causes shipwrecks and drags fishermen down to the watery depths with her net. With her husband Aegir and her nine…
Lugh: the Mercurial Hero
In honor of Lughnasadh (August 1), this week's podcast is about the Irish god Lugh. Lugh very likely originates from the Celtic deity Lugus, who Julius Caesar equated with the Roman Mercury. He is…
Hermes: the Archetype of Youth
This week's podcast looks at Hermes, the messenger of the Greek gods, known as Mercury in Roman myth. We mainly focus on the story of Hermes' birth in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, in which he manages…
Libitina: the Venus of Funerals
Join us at the Institute for the Study of Feminine Myth--$10 "Thinker's Tavern" sessions on Thursdays in July!https://instituteforfemininemyth.org/thinkers-tavern This week's podcast is about…
Semiramis: Legendary Babylonian Queen
Join us for Thinker's Tavern on Thursdays 6:30 EST; details at https://instituteforfemininemyth.org/thinkers-tavernThis week's episode looks at Semiramis, the legendary Queen of the Assyrian Empire…
Circe (Kirke) (Chthonia Classic Remastered 9)
This is a re-edit and re-upload of the Chthonia episode on Circe, or Kirke, from 2019. Circe is best known for her encounter with Odysseus and his men in the Odyssey, where she turns the men into…
La Loba: Wolf Woman and the Psychology of Bones
Join us for the new Thinker's Tavern series at the ISFM: https://www.instituteforfemininemyth.org/thinkers-tavernThis week's episode looks at La Loba, the Wolf Woman, sometimes also called the Bone…
Hermaphroditus: Two Views of Merging Masculine and Feminine
* Check out the new Thinker's Tavern discussion series athttps://www.instituteforfemininemyth.org/thinkers-tavern *This week's podcast looks at the figure of Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes (Mercury)…
Helen of Troy: the Dangers of Beauty
This week's episode looks at the legendary woman known as Helen of Troy, "the face that launched a thousand ships." The daughter of either Zeus and Leda or Zeus and Nemesis, the desire to possess…
Atë, the Daimon of Deception
This week we look at the Greek daimon Atë, the personification of deception and ruin. Atë is a prominent figure in Homer’s Iliad, and often appears in Greek tragedy as a figure associated with…
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