You're listening to the ancient tradition.

A Wonk Media production.

Music provided by Joseph McDade.

Here's your host, Dr. Jack Logan.

Welcome to the ancient tradition.

I'm your host, Jack Logan.

It's great to have you along with me today as we dive into the ancient tradition.

If you're new to the program,

you're in for the theological ride of your life. On this program, we take the writings and oral

traditions of the ancients seriously, especially their claim that God revealed a pure, true,

religious tradition in the very beginning from the very start of the human experience on

earth, a religious tradition, which we refer to on this program as the ancient tradition.

And we do this by identifying the themes or motifs that show up time and time again all over the

globe, and then we focus on those themes that we can trace all the way back to deep antiquity.

And that's what we're going to do today.

If you're a new listener, this podcast is progressive, which means that each new episode

builds on the previous episode.

You're going to get a lot out of today's episode as a standalone episode, but when you get

a chance, be sure to catch up on the episodes you've missed so that you're caught up to speed. You'll get a much fuller picture of the ancient

tradition. In today's episode, we're going to talk about one of the most widespread motifs

that we can find in the ancient world. In fact, this motif is not only the most widespread, it's one of the most

important. Wherever we find it in the ancient world, it represents the core, central theme

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