372: Unicorns

Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore

Multitude

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

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

What do Victorians, kids of the 90s, and Renaissance Christians have in common? They were all SUPER into unicorns. We talk about unicorn stories from across the globe and from ancient times to now, to see how the unicorn has evolved over the years.

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of racism, colonialism, animal death, animal attacks, Christopher Columbus, poaching, illness, genitals, homophobia, and pornography.

Housekeeping

- Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends the A League of Extraordinary Women series by Evie Dunmore

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0:00.0	Oh, Welcome the Spirit's Podcasts' Podcasts of Boosie dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:33.2	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:36.8	I'm Amanda.
0:37.8	And I'm Julia.
0:38.8	And Amanda, we've talked a lot about various different creatures that we've seen not only around the world but in
0:44.7	pop culture, in fantasy, in all different types of media.
0:47.7	We've talked about where wolves, you talked about vampires, you talked about dragons, all sorts of creatures, right?
0:52.8	But one that we haven't talked about much on the show
0:55.5	is the unicorn.
0:58.0	Now Julia, have you been avoiding the subject
1:01.1	out of politeness and care for me because early on in the
1:05.1	podcast I firmly asserted that NAR walls were fictitious and you said,
1:10.5	baby, baby, they're real and I said no that can be right I think enough time has passed
1:15.4	that we can address that and you don't feel like a fool and that is my kindness to you thank you
1:22.3	you know I'm learning along with everybody in the audience.
1:25.4	It's been eight years.
1:26.5	I'm, you know, the distance between when we started spirits
1:30.4	and now is the distance between us starting high school and finishing it.
1:37.4	So maybe or maybe midway through high school.
1:39.9	So A, that's nuts and B, I've grown. Yeah, that's nuts, and B, I've grown.
1:44.0	Yeah, that's fair.
1:45.0	Hey, listen, we've all grown here.
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