Pantheons of the Ancient Mediterranean: Crash Course World Mythology #7
In which Mike Rugnetta begins our unit on pantheons, which are families of gods. We further define pantheons and talk about why they're important. Then, we discuss pantheons from the myths...
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Hey there, I’m Mike Rugnetta and this is Crashcourse Mythology and today we’re going to start looking at pantheons. Pantheons are families of gods, and those families are complicated. Really complicated. A whole tangle of grandparents and parents and uncles and aunts and nieces and nephews and a couple of children of mortal women who were raped and a pretty staggering amount of violence and incest to just round everything off. They have amazing feasts, but honestly, can you imagine Thanksgiving with these people? I mean Thoth, you had a mistress and a wife and you somehow gave birth to yourself. How is that not awkward? INTRO The pantheons we are going to examine are families of deities from cultures that are usually considered polytheistic, meaning th...
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Hey there, I’m Mike Rugnetta and this is Crashcourse Mythology and today we’re going to start looking at pantheons. Pantheons are families of gods, and those families are complicated. Really complicated. A whole tangle of grandparents and parents and uncles and aunts and nieces and nephews and a couple of children of mortal women who were raped and a pretty staggering amount of violence and incest to just round everything off. They have amazing feasts, but honestly, can you imagine Thanksgiving with these people? I mean Thoth, you had a mistress and a wife and you somehow gave birth to yourself. How is that not awkward? INTRO The pantheons we are going to examine are families of deities from cultures that are usually considered polytheistic, meaning th...
