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What stories are the inspirational ‘Muses’ in your life? Many-headed monsters, ferocious fighters, scheming sorcerers, humble heroes: mythology, legends, and folklore are full of fascinating stories and vibrant characters. For thousands of years, humanity has used mythology to make sense of our own lives, express our creativity, and connect with each other. In Myths and Muses, the Mythik Camps team shares stories drawn from across many pantheons and cultures, with the hope that young demigods (and their families!) will feel inspired to explore ancient legends, modern marvels, and the heroic potential in their own lives.
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Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
What happens when the Muses of Greek mythology want to have a podcast... but they don't actually want to do the work of making one? They conscript a demigod, of course!
In the inaugural episode of Myths and Muses: A Plato Learning Podcast, we start at the very beginning: origin stories and myths of creation!
Whether it's stories of how the whole world and all the gods came to be, or stories with a smaller focus, like the creation of a particular flower, origin stories can tell us a lot about a culture. They're also Origin something we humans seem to find endlessly fascinating – at least if all the Batman and Wolverine movies are anything to go by! We'll look at a few examples, then dive into the origins of storytelling itself.
This episode's interview features Persephone and her mortal alter-ego, Plato Learning founder Crystal Bobb-Semple!
If you'd like to submit a story or artwork to be featured on Myths & Muses, use this form (with a Mortal Guardian's permission!).
Stuff to Read:
- 25 Creation Stories from around the World
- Where did writing come from? A history of cuneiform
- Visible Writing: a multimedia exploration from Google Arts & Culture
- Middle-Grade book recommendation (ages 7-11+): In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World, by Virginia Hamilton and Barry Moser
- Young Adult book recommendation (ages 12-18+): Popol Vuh: A Retelling, byIlan Stavans and Gabriela Larios
- A book for grown-ups: The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, by Jonathan Gottschall
- More information on our summer camps and other programming!
Stuff to Watch:
- Myths & Muses Episode 1 tie-in YouTube playlist: A series of short videos, including:
- The Greek creation of the world and the gods
- The Taino creation myth
- The Khmer origins of lightning, thunder and rain
- Hades, Persephone, and the origin of the seasons
- The Aztec origins of humanity
- TED Ed: Why do we tell stories? series (each video between 9-18 minutes)
Cool Images:
Cave painting: Chauvet Cave, France. 30,000 to 28,000 BCE.
Cave Painting: Serra da Capivara, Brazil. 28,000 to 6,000 BCE.
Cave Painting: Cumberland Valley Caves, Tennessee, U.S. Dated to: 4,000 BCE.
Cave Painting: Cueva de las Manos, Argentina. 7,300 BCE to 700 CE.
Cave Painting: Lubang Jeriji Saléh, Indonesia. More than 40,000 years old.
Cuneiform tablet, Shuruppak, circa 2600 BCE
Egyptian hieroglyphs, c. 3000 BCE: 
Oracle Bone Script, China, c. 1250 BCE:
Maya codices, c. 900-1500 CE:
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