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Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

370: Egyptian Mythology 101

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Multitude

Myths, Folklore, Society & Culture, Alcohol, Legends, Learning, Urbanlegends, Mythology, Comedy, History, Education, Gods, Educational, Drunkhistory

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

It’s 2024. We’re digging into Ancient Egyptian mythology, FINALLY! But before we really get into it, Julia’s laying out a 101 class to get us all prepped, including history, cosmology, and of course, the Book of the Dead (it’s not what you think!)

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of colonialism and imperialism, death, childbirth, apocalypse, elitism, and murder/execution.

Housekeeping

- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at https://spiritspodcast.com/books

- Call to Action: Check out Exolore!

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Cast & Crew

- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin

- Editor: Bren Frederick

- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod

- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman

- Multitude: https://multitude.productions

About Us

Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, Did you forget how we start this podcast? Yeah I did. Uh-huh. Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boosy dive into mythology,

0:35.6

legends, and folklore. Every week we pour a drink and do the intro the same way, which

0:40.4

I did just forget a moment ago and learn about a new story from around the world

0:43.6

I'm Amanda and I'm Julia and today Amanda is the start of a new

0:50.1

2024 series we've done Greece we've done the Norse and now it's time for worshiped in Egypt.

0:59.0

Okay.

1:01.0

Okay, listen, if you can think of a better pun for the series, let me know, message me, I was struggling.

1:07.8

I looked at a lot of ancient Egyptian puns for kids and they were all terrible.

1:13.6

Yeah, you don't want to verge on the disrespectful here at all.

1:16.4

So, you know, top of the pyramid was the closest thing I've been thinking of,

1:21.0

but I'm really open to possibility here. Julia don't let my processing of the title

1:27.8

stand in representing like a lack of enthusiasm for the series because I am so excited. I'm also very excited. There's

1:35.4

also not a lot of words that rhymed with Egypt. So I was just trying my best, you know?

1:40.4

I'm just trying my best girl. I could be like Gal-Gadotte and be like,

1:46.0

that's enough champagne to fill in the aisle.

1:48.0

We'll see.

1:50.0

I haven't watched that one. I've only seen the the first one if you're ever like

1:54.4

sick or sad it's a real it's a real good just like background watch and very napable

1:59.5

yeah she's a mess but hey we love we love a mystery, so that's something.

2:04.2

So to get us started with our new series, this episode in particular, we are going to cover kind of

2:10.6

of the religious worship of ancient Egypt and specifically the evolution of

2:15.4

worship over the course of time from the early dynastic periods all the way to

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