Bonus: Legends of the Past - The History Behind Mythology (with Blindboy)

Irish History Podcast

Fin Dwyer

Ireland, Irish History, Norman Invasion, Great Hunger, Vikings, Interviews, History, War Of Independence, Great Famine

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

What does mythology teach us about the past? Where do these stories come from? In this podcast, I am joined by Blindboy to explore the origins of mythology and what it can reveal about history. Was there a Great Flood? Are these and other myths actually distant memories of ancient events?

Our conversation takes us back thousands of years, from Ancient Greece to Medieval Ireland. We conclude by discussing modern-day conspiracy theories and the ancient myths that inspire them.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, it's Finn. You're about to listen to a really special bonus episode of the Irish
0:09.0	History Podcast with a special guest, Blind Boy from the Blind Boy podcast.
0:14.0	Now it's brought to you by now where you can stream season 2 of House of the Dragon,
0:20.0	weekly every Monday.
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0:27.4	You've heard me talking about the show before. It's the prequel to Game of Thrones. Now I loved season one of House of the Dragon, the Kingdom of
0:34.9	Westerus teetered on the edge of Civil War and in season two that breaks into the open.
0:40.4	Now I'm a big fan of the show but if you haven't checked it out yet I can tell you it'll be right up
0:45.9	your street. House of the Dragon has all the things yourself and myself love as fans of history.
0:56.4	It's inspired by medieval history and mythology, so for history fans like us it's gripping stuff. It's got a big budget, the acting is top class and
1:02.4	the production values bring the world of Westross to life.
1:05.8	Now you can stream House of the Dragon, season 2, weekly every Monday with now, without a contract. It's the big TV moment of the summer.
1:16.0	Now in this episode Blind Boy and myself had a great conversation. He's big into
1:21.8	his mythology and well as you know I'm big into my history so we started out talking about where history and mythology meets and if myths were inspired by real world events in the past.
1:33.2	Was there a great flood, like the biblical flood?
1:35.6	That kind of thing.
1:37.1	Now after setting off down that road,
1:38.8	we ended up in ancient Greece.
1:40.6	We talked about how societies in the past were able to pass down stories over hundreds of generations,
1:46.0	and then we finished up talking about modern conspiracy theories and the myths that inspire them.
1:51.6	So we covered a lot of ground. Just a heads up, the language in this
1:55.8	episode is a little stronger than normal, but that said let's get into it and
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