Summary
Go beyond Noah and the Ark with great flood myths from Mesopotamia, China, Native North America, and more. We dig into flood origin stories, survival strategies, the merits of Prometheus vs. Spider Grandmother, and way too many puns to count.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, episode seven, blood special edition. |
| 0:04.3 | This is not just one myth from one society for you guys. |
| 0:07.7 | It's a whole handful of myths from all continents, all different times, all different traditions, |
| 0:15.1 | explaining something that apparently is very fundamental to human society. |
| 0:19.7 | Great floods and great destruction and exciting renewal. |
| 0:23.6 | You guys know Noah, but I don't think you guys know these other myths. |
| 0:27.2 | We go from China. |
| 0:29.0 | We go to Africa. |
| 0:30.3 | We go to Europe. |
| 0:31.3 | Mesopotamia. |
| 0:32.2 | Europe. |
| 0:32.9 | Mesoamerica. |
| 0:34.5 | Mesoamerica. |
| 0:34.5 | We go to Arizona. |
| 0:37.1 | That's where the hopei are, right? |
| 0:38.7 | Yes, we go across the land bridge from Asia to North America, folks. |
| 0:43.5 | We're going all the way back and up to the present day to bring you floodmits from throughout the ages. |
| 0:49.0 | We'd like to thank everyone who's rated and reviewed us on iTunes. |
| 0:52.2 | We really appreciate you guys going out there and |
| 0:55.7 | taking some time to write us up a quick message. It's like super nice to read. Amanda and I were |
| 1:01.1 | just giggling over our most recent one. It warms the depths of our heart. It sends a flood of |
| 1:06.7 | emotion over us. That was terrible. Bringing new listeners to the show really is the best way to support us. |
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