Ma'at, the Aspidochelone, and Heimdall | Advice from Folklore w/ Dr. Moiya McTier
Spirits
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The gods are on the line, and we’re asking them for advice. We discuss “no, for now”, chaos gods give advice on finding order in life, and a living island tells you to live life at your own pace.
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Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of relationships, romantic rejection, pregnancy/birth, rejection/failure, queerbaiting, mental illness, classism, and body horror.
Guest
Dr. Moiya McTier is a New York-based astrophysicist who studies planets outside of our solar system. She’s also a folklorist who specializes in using science and logic to build fictional worlds. You can hear all about the worlds she’s built on her podcast, Exolore, where she imagines, discusses, and reviews fictional worlds, often with expert guests. You can learn more about Moiya and her work on her website, moiyamctier.com.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:10.7 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:13.9 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:14.6 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:15.5 | And I'm Moia. |
| 0:16.4 | Oh, hey. |
| 0:17.0 | And this is episode 279, another edition of advice from folklore. |
| 0:21.0 | Oh, it's always nice to hear Moia in the chat being like, oh, hey guys, I'm going to like drop some real metaphysical truths on you. Is that cool? And we're like, yes, Moia, thank you. |
| 0:31.1 | I look forward to this like every month. It's one of my favorite things to record. I love it. |
| 0:36.1 | Yay. That makes us happy. And it's one of our favorite things to record as I love it. Yay. That makes us happy. And it's one of our |
| 0:37.9 | favorite things to record as well. Yay. Well, as much as I love hanging out with y'all and shooting the |
| 0:42.9 | shit, like, listen, daylight has saved, all right? It is, it is spring. There is more light outside. |
| 0:48.4 | My body tells me it's 1 p.m. But the clock says it's noon. So let's put our time to good use and help the people, shall we? |
| 0:55.1 | Let's do it. All right. This is titled Afraid to Crush a Crush from Norpa on Instagram. |
| 1:00.6 | I'm afraid of ruining the friendship I have with my crush, but want to tell her, help would be great. |
| 1:06.0 | Norpa, I got you. I have channeled a very appropriate God, I think. |
| 1:16.5 | My dear Norpa, your heart must feel so heavy with this burden, the secret you're holding within yourself. Many of the hearts I've seen weighed against my feather have been similarly |
| 1:21.4 | encumbered by their own secrets, and I do not wish this fate for you. Withholding the truth |
| 1:26.6 | most often leads to oblivion in the pit |
| 1:29.1 | of a crocodile's stomach. I tried to get the pharaohs to understand this when I counseled them, |
| 1:34.1 | and most of them took my advice and used it to bring order to their empires. But some of them were too |
| 1:39.6 | stubborn. Do not be like the stubborn pharaohs who insisted on biting their tongues. |
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