Thoth | Denial Isn't Just a River

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 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Get your notepad ready to take notes, because we’re talking about the god Thoth! There’s games of chance, justice, cliffhangers, and so much more!

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of colonialism, racism, sexual content, bodily fluids, death, fire, pregnancy/childbirth, incest, polygamy, animal death, decapitation, and gore.

Housekeeping

- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends The No-Girlfriend Rule by Cristen Randall

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Cast & Crew

- Co-Hosts: Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin

- Editor: Bren Frederick

- Music: Brandon Grugle, based on "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod

- Artwork: Allyson Wakeman

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About Us

Spirits is a boozy podcast about mythology, legends, and folklore. Every episode, co-hosts Julia and Amanda mix a drink and discuss a new story or character from a wide range of places, eras, and cultures. Learn brand-new stories and enjoy retellings of your favorite myths, served over ice every week, on Spirits.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The Welcome to Spirits podcast to boosy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore.
0:32.6	Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world.
0:35.9	I'm Amanda.
0:36.6	And I'm Julia.
0:38.3	And we are back at it with our ancient Egyptian series. Hey, welcome back. It's time. Let's gather around the river.
0:43.9	You know, I feel like a nice picnic out by the river with like cocktails and maybe a cheeseboard is kind of
0:48.5	the vibe that I'm going for. Ooh, yeah. I'm so into that. I'm picturing reeds. I'm sure Egypt has lots of different kinds of
0:54.5	biomes, but the ones I'm picturing are like those beautiful kind of like, you know,
0:58.4	tailed like grasses growing in the sort of like brackish water. Love it. I love that. It's beautiful.
1:05.4	We will avoid the crocodiles. But Amanda, there's a bird over there. What kind of bird is that?
1:10.7	Oh, is that a crane? It kind of looks like a crane. Amanda, I think that might be an ibis. Oh. And that's very fitting today. I didn't, I didn't plan any of that. I was just like, wait, hold on, we can get there. Go for it. Go for it. Nailed it. So we're talking today about the god Thoth, who is the ibis-headed
1:30.5	god, the god of wisdom, writing, science, and my personal favorite, secret knowledge.
1:37.7	Ooh, I love this combination of stuff. It's a real predecessor to the, I feel like this was like an early 2010's trend of not just
1:47.4	STEM but STEAM. Got to put the arts in there, Julia. Got to put the arts in there. And we
1:52.3	will talk about that. Got to be able to write. You're kind of right on the money as per usual.
1:56.5	Ooh. We've only been doing this for how many years. You're always read on the money. I love it. You've got to give me some context clues, but I can follow you down the winding river here. I love it. So he is also not
2:05.6	only all of those things, also a lunar deity and is very much associated with the moon. Cool.
2:11.5	Not the only lunar deity, I should mention. The ancient Egyptians had several lunar deities, but we will get to that towards the end of this episode.
2:19.4	Great.
2:20.0	We'll be referring to him as Thaw through this entire episode, but that was actually a name that was given to him by the Greeks and not the Egyptians.
2:27.6	What do the Egyptians call?
2:28.8	The Egyptians refer to him as jahuti, but he definitely became more popularized, especially in like modern
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