Topic

mythology

• Ancient Myths and Open Source
  postsMay 3, 2023open sourcesoftwaremythology

  Sam Arbesman finds similarities between the oral storytelling of myth. With generation retellings and small, effective adaptations over time, ancient tales were made more Lindy: Over time though, each ever-retold stor…

• The Kalevala and the Underworld
  postsAug 5, 2022historygeologymythologybooks

  I just finished Robert Macfarlane's Underland, a book about all things "underworld" — catacombs, cave exploration, underground rivers, tree root networks, and geologic time. He ties these stories together with histori…

• The Geography of The Odyssey
  postsMar 3, 2019mapsgeographymythology

  I love this piece — a detailed analysis, backstory, and new map of Odysseus's supposed voyages around the Mediterranean: In 1597 the cartographer Abraham Ortelius became the first person to draw a map of Odysseus’ tra…