Chthonia Podcast
1) 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 favored...Show More
2) 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 various...Show More
3) 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 promote...Show More
4) 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 childre...Show More
5) 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 not...Show More
6) 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 t...Show More
7) 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 Libitina...Show More
8) 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 w...Show More
9) 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 pigs...Show More
10) 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 Wo...Show More